Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 08-01-2014 and time 09:59:54 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 08-01-2014 08:59:54 (UTC)
  • 08-01-2014 09:59:54 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3110, 15.4810 at 69 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Villafranca Tirrena ME 9 8584 8584
Spadafora ME 13 5021 13605
Saponara ME 14 3988 17593
Venetico ME 14 3911 21504
Messina ME 15 238439 259943
Valdina ME 16 1355 261298
Rometta ME 16 6650 267948
Roccavaldina ME 17 1133 269081
Villa San Giovanni RC 17 13784 282865
Torregrotta ME 17 7431 290296
Campo Calabro RC 19 4536 294832
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 297609

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
27 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 2.0 2014-01-08
08:59:54
38.3108 15.4807 69 2015-09-21
09:33:08
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 8459721
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.0 2014-01-08
08:59:54
38.2837 15.4938 72 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 5206391
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-01-08 08:59:54 ± 0.35
Latitude 38.3108 ± 0.0387
Longitude 15.4807 ± 0.0206
Depth (km) 69 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 8459721

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4349
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 380
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 172
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 4350.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 127
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05126
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.43347
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 8459721
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-22 09:03:50

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 5206391
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-01-08 09:26:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-01-08T09:00:15.44 0.3 undecidable manual S 280 44.1225 142 -0.05 73
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2014-01-08T09:00:15.76 0.3 undecidable manual S 47 48.1185 139 -0.27 69
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-01-08T09:00:13.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 259 22.1556 159 -0.14 75
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-01-08T09:00:12.53 0.3 undecidable manual S 155 5.6943 174 0.18 76
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2014-01-08T09:00:07.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 47 48.1185 139 0.06 97
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-01-08T09:00:06.82 0.1 undecidable manual P 280 44.1225 142 0.16 95
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-01-08T09:00:05.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 155 5.6943 174 0.32 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-01-08T09:00:05.41 0.1 negative manual P 259 22.1556 159 0.1 100
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-01-08T09:00:05.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 219 34.9428 149 -0.47 91
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000152 1.58 AML other m 2014-01-08T09:00:19.45
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000155 1.02 AML other m 2014-01-08T09:00:21.22
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