Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 16-02-2014 and time 15:20:08 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 16-02-2014 15:20:08 (UTC)
  • 16-02-2014 16:20:08 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2530, 15.1620 at 14 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Milazzo ME 8 31646 31646
Merì ME 12 2338 33984
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 13 41583 75567
Terme Vigliatore ME 13 7395 82962
San Filippo del Mela ME 13 7115 90077
Pace del Mela ME 15 6239 96316
Rodì Milici ME 16 2056 98372
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 103022
Furnari ME 17 3784 106806
Falcone ME 17 2808 109614
Oliveri ME 17 2181 111795
Condrò ME 17 493 112288
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 17 1807 114095
Castroreale ME 18 2504 116599
Torregrotta ME 18 7431 124030
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 18 1531 125561
Venetico ME 18 3911 129472
Spadafora ME 19 5021 134493
Valdina ME 19 1355 135848
San Pier Niceto ME 20 2837 138685

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2014-02-16
15:20:08		 38.2528 15.1622 14 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 5545411
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-02-16 15:20:08 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.2528 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1622 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 14 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 5545411

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 427
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 315
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 167
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 430.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 120
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.14
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05756
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.36333
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 5545411
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-02-16 15:31:22
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:21.88 0.3 undecidable manual S 249 40.3263 97 0.15 70
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:19.43 0.3 undecidable manual S 169 31.8459 100 -0.05 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:19.98 0.3 undecidable manual S 227 34.2435 99 -0.13 71
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:18.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 88 30.1476 100 -0.24 70
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:16.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 249 40.3263 97 -0.12 94
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:16.52 0.3 undecidable manual S 125 20.3685 110 0.01 75
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:16.58 0.1 undecidable manual S 311 20.9679 109 -0.07 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:15.23 0.6 negative manual P 227 34.2435 99 0.05 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:15.08 1.0 negative manual P 169 31.8459 100 0.26 23
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:14.67 0.1 positive manual P 88 30.1476 100 0.11 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:13.12 0.1 positive manual P 125 20.3685 110 0.02 100
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:13.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 311 20.9679 109 0.02 99
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:13.49 0.1 undecidable manual S 71 6.3936 150 -0.1 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-02-16T15:20:11.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 71 6.3936 150 0.28 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000338 0.42 AML other m 2014-02-16T15:20:16.74
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00035 0.68 AML other m 2014-02-16T15:20:17.05
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00007825 0.52 AML other m 2014-02-16T15:20:17.21
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000789 0.62 AML other m 2014-02-16T15:20:17.35
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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