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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 05-03-2014 and time 18:42:13 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 05-03-2014 17:42:13 (UTC)
  • 05-03-2014 18:42:13 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0790, 15.5650 at 14 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.

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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
Reggio di Calabria RC 8 183035 183035
Scaletta Zanclea ME 10 2140 185175
Itala ME 12 1640 186815
Messina ME 13 238439 425254
Alì ME 14 768 426022
Motta San Giovanni RC 15 6208 432230
Alì Terme ME 15 2539 434769
Rometta ME 17 6650 441419
Nizza di Sicilia ME 17 3667 445086
Villa San Giovanni RC 17 13784 458870
Fiumedinisi ME 17 1409 460279
Saponara ME 17 3988 464267
Campo Calabro RC 17 4536 468803
Cardeto RC 18 1641 470444
Calanna RC 18 934 471378
Monforte San Giorgio ME 18 2777 474155
Fiumara RC 19 1018 475173
Roccalumera ME 19 4141 479314
Laganadi RC 19 413 479727
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 20 343 480070

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
13 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
63 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.6 2014-03-05
17:42:13		 38.0793 15.5647 14 2015-09-21
09:35:11		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 13743071
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2014-03-05
17:42:13		 38.1037 15.5593 11 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 5684341
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-03-05 17:42:13 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.0793 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.5647 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 14 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 13743071

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 517
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 297
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 179
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 157
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17986
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.37052
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 13743071
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-12-09 11:08:15

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 5684341
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-03-05 17:47:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2014-03-05T17:42:26.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 110 41.1255 96 -0.18 70
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-03-05T17:42:23.94 0.3 undecidable manual S 267 29.2485 100 0.06 75
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2014-03-05T17:42:22.71 0.3 undecidable manual S 67 25.0527 103 -0.07 75
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2014-03-05T17:42:22.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 49 25.9518 103 -0.23 72
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2014-03-05T17:42:21.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 110 41.1255 96 0.02 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-03-05T17:42:21.22 0.1 undecidable manual S 292 19.9689 110 -0.25 97
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-03-05T17:42:21.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 347 21.0678 108 0.02 76
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2014-03-05T17:42:19.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 67 25.0527 103 0.25 72
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2014-03-05T17:42:19.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 49 25.9518 103 0.14 98
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-03-05T17:42:19.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 267 29.2485 100 -0.08 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-03-05T17:42:18.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 292 19.9689 110 0.1 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-03-05T17:42:18.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 347 21.0678 108 0.19 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:1.8 0.000321 0.48 AML other m 2014-03-05T17:42:23.11
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:1.4 0.0001465 0.52 AML other m 2014-03-05T17:42:23.93
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000416 1.02 AML other m 2014-03-05T17:42:21.96
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0002335 0.94 AML other m 2014-03-05T17:42:21.46
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