Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 12-09-2023 and time 22:54:39 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 12-09-2023 22:54:39 (UTC)
  • 13-09-2023 00:54:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1430, 15.1130 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
Falcone ME 4 2808 2808
Furnari ME 4 3784 6592
Terme Vigliatore ME 4 7395 13987
Oliveri ME 5 2181 16168
Rodì Milici ME 6 2056 18224
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 19755
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 9 41583 61338
Castroreale ME 10 2504 63842
Basicò ME 10 612 64454
Tripi ME 10 873 65327
Merì ME 12 2338 67665
Patti ME 13 13431 81096
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 82433
San Filippo del Mela ME 14 7115 89548
Librizzi ME 14 1660 91208
Milazzo ME 14 31646 122854
Montagnareale ME 15 1615 124469
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 15 4650 129119
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 131406
San Piero Patti ME 16 2915 134321
Pace del Mela ME 17 6239 140560
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 18 1807 142367
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 143386
Condrò ME 19 493 143879
Gioiosa Marea ME 20 7074 150953

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 Km N 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.7 2023-09-12
22:54:39
38.1432 15.1132 8 2023-09-12
22:59:20
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 121007501
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-09-12 22:54:39 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1432 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1132 ± 0.0034
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 121007501

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 350
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 240
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 339
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 350.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 82
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.42448
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 121007501
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-09-12 22:59:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2023-09-12T22:54:55.36 1.0 undecidable manual S 255 47.1195 50 -0.19 23
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-09-12T22:54:48.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 242 23.6541 110 0.07 49
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2023-09-12T22:54:48.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 255 47.1195 50 0.02 95
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2023-09-12T22:54:47.52 0.3 undecidable manual S 89 20.9679 112 -0.22 72
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2023-09-12T22:54:46.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 36 17.5713 116 -0.06 50
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2023-09-12T22:54:46.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 339 30.1476 106 -0.11 96
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2023-09-12T22:54:46.00 0.6 negative manual P 336 28.3494 107 0.16 48
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-09-12T22:54:46.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 248 17.3715 116 -0.19 48
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-09-12T22:54:45.18 0.6 undecidable manual S 171 12.9759 123 -0.1 50
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-09-12T22:54:44.66 1.0 undecidable manual P 242 23.6541 110 -0.29 23
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2023-09-12T22:54:44.08 0.3 negative manual P 36 17.5713 116 0.26 72
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-09-12T22:54:44.63 3.0 positive manual P 0.02 0
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2023-09-12T22:54:44.44 0.1 undecidable manual P 89 20.9679 112 0 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-09-12T22:54:43.26 0.1 positive manual P 171 12.9759 123 0.24 97
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-09-12T22:54:43.96 1.0 negative manual P 248 17.3715 116 0.17 24
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00007960000000000001 0.48 AML other m 2023-09-12T22:54:45.69
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000024500000000000003 0.64 AML other m 2023-09-12T22:54:46.14
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.5 0.0000389 0.38 AML other m 2023-09-12T22:54:46.96
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000043950000000000004 0.32 AML other m 2023-09-12T22:54:47.27
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.0 0.0000882 0.18 AML other m 2023-09-12T22:54:47.45
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:0.9 0.0000713 1.4 AML other m 2023-09-12T22:54:47.03
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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