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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 18-04-2014 and time 00:13:03 (UTC) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 18-04-2014 00:13:03 (UTC)
  • 18-04-2014 02:13:03 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0280, 15.5310 at 11 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
Scaletta Zanclea ME 7 2140 2140
Itala ME 9 1640 3780
Alì Terme ME 10 2539 6319
Alì ME 10 768 7087
Nizza di Sicilia ME 12 3667 10754
Fiumedinisi ME 13 1409 12163
Roccalumera ME 13 4141 16304
Reggio di Calabria RC 14 183035 199339
Motta San Giovanni RC 15 6208 205547
Furci Siculo ME 15 3382 208929
Pagliara ME 16 1170 210099
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 17 9377 219476
Savoca ME 19 1732 221208
Messina ME 19 238439 459647
Mandanici ME 19 601 460248
Rometta ME 19 6650 466898
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 469675
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 20 842 470517

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
19 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 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 1.5 2014-04-18
00:13:03		 38.0282 15.5313 11 2015-09-21
09:36:10		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 9290641
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2014-04-18
00:13:03		 38.0257 15.5332 11 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 6216081
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-04-18 00:13:03 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.0282 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.5313 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 9290641

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 495
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 287
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 168
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 155
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
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) 0.13490
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41369
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 9290641
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-11-10 09:08:55

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 6216081
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-04-18 00:22:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2014-04-18T00:13:17.78 0.6 undecidable manual S 101 42.4242 50 0.27 45
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:14.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 59 30.2475 50 0.03 73
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:13.11 0.3 undecidable manual S 356 26.2515 50 -0.08 73
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:13.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 256 26.8509 50 -0.04 49
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:13.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 279 26.6511 50 -0.2 71
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:11.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 84 45.9207 50 -0.34 89
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:11.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 310 20.3685 50 -0.01 50
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2014-04-18T00:13:11.78 1.0 undecidable manual P 101 42.4242 50 0.12 23
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:10.02 0.3 undecidable manual S 101 14.9739 126 -0.05 75
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:09.15 0.3 undecidable manual P 279 26.6511 50 -0.08 73
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:09.96 0.6 undecidable manual P 45 31.9458 50 -0.09 48
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:09.34 0.1 positive manual P 356 26.2515 50 0.17 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:09.41 0.1 positive manual P 256 26.8509 50 0.15 96
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:09.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 59 30.2475 50 0.02 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:08.41 0.1 undecidable manual P 310 20.3685 50 0.14 97
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2014-04-18T00:13:07.39 0.1 negative manual P 101 14.9739 126 0.02 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0003155 1.54 AML other m 2014-04-18T00:13:10.31
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002485 0.3 AML other m 2014-04-18T00:13:10.39
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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