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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 18-04-2014 and time 01:26:38 (UTC) in region 4 km NW Santa Domenica Vittoria (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Santa Domenica Vittoria (ME), on

  • 18-04-2014 01:26:38 (UTC)
  • 18-04-2014 03:26:38 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9460, 14.9380 at 10 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
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 4 980 980
Floresta ME 5 485 1465
Roccella Valdemone ME 7 666 2131
Randazzo CT 8 10900 13031
Malvagna ME 11 733 13764
Montalbano Elicona ME 11 2287 16051
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 16768
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 19683
Ucria ME 12 1058 20741
Raccuja ME 13 1041 21782
Tortorici ME 14 6435 28217
Maletto CT 14 3920 32137
Maniace CT 15 3765 35902
Basicò ME 17 612 36514
Librizzi ME 17 1660 38174
Sinagra ME 17 2705 40879
Galati Mamertino ME 18 2627 43506
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 46721
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 50666
Tripi ME 18 873 51539
Longi ME 19 1473 53012
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 54349
Castell'Umberto ME 19 3128 57477
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 60567
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 20 1319 61886
Bronte CT 20 19172 81058

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.8 2014-04-18
01:26:38		 37.9463 14.9378 10 2015-09-21
09:36:10		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 9296771
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.8 2014-04-18
01:26:38		 37.951 14.9317 10 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 6216331
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-04-18 01:26:38 ± 0.08
Latitude 37.9463 ± 0.0063
Longitude 14.9378 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 9296771

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 711
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 170
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 344
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 710.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 60
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10882
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.74374
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 9296771
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-11-10 14:09:04

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 6216331
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-04-18 01:35:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IACL.HHE. 2014-04-18T01:26:53.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 82.5507 50 0.26 63
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:52.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 58 42.5241 50 0.17 46
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:50.45 0.3 undecidable manual P 185 66.5778 50 0.17 66
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:48.22 0.6 undecidable manual S 84 25.9518 111 0.17 47
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2014-04-18T01:26:47.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 4 47.8188 50 0.48 64
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:47.01 1.0 undecidable manual P 35 44.2224 50 0.18 23
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:46.88 0.6 undecidable manual S 265 21.3675 115 0.32 46
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:46.82 1.0 undecidable manual P 144 37.5291 50 1.01 17
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:46.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 58 42.5241 50 -0.27 90
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:46.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 231 41.7249 50 0.31 67
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:46.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 62 19.5693 116 0.28 70
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:44.10 0.1 positive manual P 63 28.749 50 -0.34 91
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:44.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 288 31.746 50 -0.5 87
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:43.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 332 12.0768 129 0.01 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:43.76 0.1 positive manual P 84 25.9518 111 -0.22 93
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:42.71 0.1 positive manual P 62 19.5693 116 -0.1 97
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:42.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 265 21.3675 115 -0.13 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:41.54 0.1 positive manual P 332 12.0768 129 0.01 100
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2014-04-18T01:26:41.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 208 15.2736 122 -0.12 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0002405 0.26 AML other m 2014-04-18T01:26:50.29
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0002825 2.34 AML other m 2014-04-18T01:26:49.47
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000745 3.36 AML other m 2014-04-18T01:26:50.26
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0005885 1.52 AML other m 2014-04-18T01:26:52.01
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.00044500000000000003 0.28 AML other m 2014-04-18T01:26:44.04
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.0005114999999999999 0.2 AML other m 2014-04-18T01:26:47.34
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000651 0.44 AML other m 2014-04-18T01:26:44.26
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000682 0.2 AML other m 2014-04-18T01:26:44.01
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000389 0.36 AML other m 2014-04-18T01:26:47.96
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00032399999999999996 1.46 AML other m 2014-04-18T01:26:48.88
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