Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.1 on date 17-04-2014 and time 21:51:41 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 1.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 17-04-2014 21:51:41 (UTC)
  • 17-04-2014 23:51:41 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2340, 15.2130 at 12 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
Milazzo ME 3 31646 31646
Merì ME 8 2338 33984
San Filippo del Mela ME 9 7115 41099
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 82682
Pace del Mela ME 10 6239 88921
Terme Vigliatore ME 12 7395 96316
Condrò ME 12 493 96809
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 12 1807 98616
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 12 4650 103266
Torregrotta ME 13 7431 110697
Venetico ME 13 3911 114608
Rodì Milici ME 14 2056 116664
Spadafora ME 14 5021 121685
Valdina ME 15 1355 123040
San Pier Niceto ME 15 2837 125877
Castroreale ME 15 2504 128381
Roccavaldina ME 15 1133 129514
Furnari ME 16 3784 133298
Monforte San Giorgio ME 17 2777 136075
Falcone ME 17 2808 138883
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 17 1531 140414
Oliveri ME 18 2181 142595
Rometta ME 19 6650 149245
Villafranca Tirrena ME 19 8584 157829
Saponara ME 20 3988 161817

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
82 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.1 2014-04-17
21:51:41
38.2335 15.2132 12 2015-09-21
09:36:10
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 17367841
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 1.5 2014-04-17
21:51:41
38.2283 15.2067 10 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 6215751
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-04-17 21:51:41 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.2335 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.2132 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 12 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 17367841

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 489
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 82
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 171
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 490.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 73
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) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04047
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.44696
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 17367841
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-03-12 10:25:57

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 6215751
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-04-17 22:15:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:51.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 82 25.9518 95 -0.06 71
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:51.03 1.0 negative manual P 121 49.617 92 0 23
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:51.20 0.3 undecidable manual S 196 23.754 96 0.42 67
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:51.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 308 25.752 95 0.09 48
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:49.81 0.6 undecidable manual P 253 43.9227 92 -0.34 43
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:47.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 308 25.752 95 0.21 71
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:47.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 82 25.9518 95 0.08 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:47.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 177 29.1486 94 -0.17 93
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:46.91 0.1 negative manual P 196 23.754 96 -0.15 94
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:46.29 0.6 undecidable manual S 21 4.4955 154 -0.08 50
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:45.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 128 15.5733 107 0 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-04-17T21:51:44.54 0.1 positive manual P 21 4.4955 154 0.03 100
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