Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 28-07-2023 and time 00:12:18 (UTC) in region 2 km E Basicò (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E Basicò (ME), on

  • 28-07-2023 00:12:18 (UTC)
  • 28-07-2023 02:12:18 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0690, 15.0850 at 8 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Basicò ME 2 612 612
Tripi ME 3 873 1485
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 5 1531 3016
Falcone ME 5 2808 5824
Furnari ME 6 3784 9608
Oliveri ME 7 2181 11789
Novara di Sicilia ME 7 1337 13126
Montalbano Elicona ME 8 2287 15413
Rodì Milici ME 9 2056 17469
Terme Vigliatore ME 10 7395 24864
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 27779
Librizzi ME 12 1660 29439
Castroreale ME 12 2504 31943
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 12 1019 32962
Patti ME 13 13431 46393
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 48008
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 15 41583 89591
Raccuja ME 15 1041 90632
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 91298
Malvagna ME 17 733 92031
Antillo ME 17 919 92950
Floresta ME 18 485 93435
Ucria ME 18 1058 94493
Merì ME 18 2338 96831
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 99921
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 100638
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 104583
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 19 4650 109233
San Filippo del Mela ME 20 7115 116348

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 Km N 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.6 2023-07-28
00:12:18
38.0692 15.0847 8 2023-07-28
00:52:00
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 119638271
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-07-28 00:12:18 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.0692 ± 0.0117
Longitude 15.0847 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 119638271

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1248
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 361
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 189
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1250.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 153
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.05846
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.38941
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 119638271
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-07-28 00:52:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2023-07-28T00:12:27.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 265 43.2234 50 -0.09 93
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-07-28T00:12:25.75 0.6 undecidable manual S 130 16.9719 114 0.39 46
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-07-28T00:12:25.88 0.6 undecidable manual S 261 18.6702 112 -0.03 49
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2023-07-28T00:12:24.13 0.6 undecidable manual P 70 24.9528 107 -0.01 49
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-07-28T00:12:22.09 0.6 undecidable manual S 135 6.4935 140 -0.3 47
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-07-28T00:12:22.59 0.1 positive manual P 130 16.9719 114 -0.05 98
IV.LIBRI.HNE. 2023-07-28T00:12:22.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 277 13.6752 119 0.2 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-07-28T00:12:22.98 1.0 negative manual P 261 18.6702 112 0.03 25
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-07-28T00:12:20.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 135 6.4935 140 -0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00019863345 0.34 AML other m 2023-07-28T00:12:22.50
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00015196655 0.36 AML other m 2023-07-28T00:12:22.45
IV.NOV.HNE. ML:0.4 0.00005105314 0.33 AML other m 2023-07-28T00:12:22.33
IV.NOV.HNN. ML:0.3 0.000034197690000000006 0.35 AML other m 2023-07-28T00:12:22.46
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.5 0.000031519129999999996 0.48 AML other m 2023-07-28T00:12:25.69
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.6 0.00003792177 0.14 AML other m 2023-07-28T00:12:26.96
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000476807 1.86 AML other m 2023-07-28T00:12:26.32
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000026355265000000003 1.6 AML other m 2023-07-28T00:12:26.86
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