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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 08-09-2023 and time 23:25:48 (UTC) in region 1 km SW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 08-09-2023 23:25:48 (UTC)
  • 09-09-2023 01:25:48 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1400, 15.2150 at 10 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.

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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
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 1 41583 41583
Merì ME 4 2338 43921
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 51316
Castroreale ME 5 2504 53820
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 55876
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 6 4650 60526
San Filippo del Mela ME 6 7115 67641
Furnari ME 9 3784 71425
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 72956
Pace del Mela ME 9 6239 79195
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 9 1807 81002
Milazzo ME 10 31646 112648
Condrò ME 11 493 113141
Falcone ME 12 2808 115949
San Pier Niceto ME 12 2837 118786
Torregrotta ME 13 7431 126217
Oliveri ME 14 2181 128398
Tripi ME 14 873 129271
Roccavaldina ME 15 1133 130404
Monforte San Giorgio ME 15 2777 133181
Valdina ME 15 1355 134536
Novara di Sicilia ME 15 1337 135873
Basicò ME 16 612 136485
Venetico ME 16 3911 140396
Spadafora ME 17 5021 145417
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 146436
Mandanici ME 18 601 147037
Rometta ME 18 6650 153687
Antillo ME 18 919 154606
Fiumedinisi ME 19 1409 156015

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
38 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
72 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.9 2023-09-08
23:25:48		 38.1398 15.2147 10 2023-09-08
23:34:04		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 120896281
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-09-08 23:25:48 ± 0.05
Latitude 38.1398 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.2147 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 10 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 120896281

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 444
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 276
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 157
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 440.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 95
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 26
Number of defining phases 17
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.47484
Number of stations at which the event was observed 19
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 120896281
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-09-08 23:34:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.LRP.EHZ. 2023-09-08T23:27:27.35 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.59 0
OT.CGL1.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:27:26.17 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 12.23 0
IV.OFFI.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:27:11.09 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 8.94 0
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:26:46.23 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.13 0
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:26:32.22 3.0 undecidable manual S -1.92 0
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:26:26.94 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 0.26 0
7C.SPAOL.HNZ. 2023-09-08T23:26:10.84 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.15 0
IV.MRCB.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:26:02.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 87 42.624 50 0.18 46
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:26:00.74 0.3 undecidable manual S 322 33.2445 50 0.47 66
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:59.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 250 31.6461 50 -0.23 46
IV.GMB1.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:58.46 0.6 negative manual P 86 52.7028 50 0.04 46
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:57.95 3.0 positive manual P 0.88 0
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:57.87 0.6 undecidable manual S 256 25.752 50 -0.39 45
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:57.08 0.6 positive manual P 73 45.4212 50 -0.22 45
IV.MRCB.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:56.68 0.1 positive manual P 87 42.624 50 -0.19 92
IT.LAZR.HNE. 2023-09-08T23:25:56.95 0.3 undecidable manual P 114 43.3233 50 -0.01 71
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:55.52 0.6 positive manual P 322 33.2445 50 0.11 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:55.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 250 31.6461 50 0.04 96
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:54.72 0.3 undecidable manual S 6 14.6742 125 -0.31 70
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2023-09-08T23:25:54.35 0.3 undecidable manual S 86 12.0768 131 0.03 75
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:54.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 209 14.1747 126 0.01 50
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:54.25 0.1 positive manual P 256 25.752 50 -0.01 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:53.11 3.0 positive manual P 0.03 0
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:52.39 0.1 negative manual P 6 14.6742 125 0 100
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2023-09-08T23:25:52.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 86 12.0768 131 0.13 98
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-09-08T23:25:52.49 0.1 undecidable manual P 209 14.1747 126 0.18 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:2.3 0.0012250000000000002 0.2 AML other m 2023-09-08T23:25:58.69
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00037994499999999997 0.1664 AML other m 2023-09-08T23:25:58.53
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0004255 0.28 AML other m 2023-09-08T23:25:59.95
IV.MRCB.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0002035 1.24 AML other m 2023-09-08T23:26:04.37
IV.MRCB.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00013675000000000002 0.48 AML other m 2023-09-08T23:26:04.82
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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