Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.3 on date 03-10-2023 and time 17:47:01 (Italy) in region 5 km NE Roccella Valdemone (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.3 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NE Roccella Valdemone (ME), on

  • 03-10-2023 15:47:01 (UTC)
  • 03-10-2023 17:47:01 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9760, 15.0410 at 9 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
Roccella Valdemone ME 5 666 666
Montalbano Elicona ME 6 2287 2953
Malvagna ME 6 733 3686
Moio Alcantara ME 9 717 4403
Novara di Sicilia ME 9 1337 5740
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 10 980 6720
Tripi ME 10 873 7593
Basicò ME 10 612 8205
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 11120
Floresta ME 12 485 11605
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 12 1019 12624
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 16569
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 13 3215 19784
Randazzo CT 14 10900 30684
Raccuja ME 15 1041 31725
Motta Camastra ME 15 845 32570
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 15 1531 34101
Librizzi ME 15 1660 35761
Ucria ME 16 1058 36819
Falcone ME 16 2808 39627
Furnari ME 16 3784 43411
Oliveri ME 17 2181 45592
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 50995
Antillo ME 18 919 51914
Rodì Milici ME 19 2056 53970
Graniti ME 19 1492 55462
Montagnareale ME 19 1615 57077
Patti ME 20 13431 70508
Tortorici ME 20 6435 76943

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 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 0.3 2023-10-03
15:47:01
37.9762 15.0413 9 2023-10-03
15:57:27
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 121718481
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-03 15:47:01 ± 0.11
Latitude 37.9762 ± 0.0162
Longitude 15.0413 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 9 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 121718481

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1978
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 329
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 24
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1980.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 229
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.07
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09083
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.15109
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

ML:0.3

Field Value
Value 0.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 121718481
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-03 15:57:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-10-03T15:47:07.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 321 15.4734 120 -0.03 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-10-03T15:47:07.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 92 16.7721 118 -0.02 75
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-10-03T15:47:06.06 0.3 undecidable manual S 55 10.0788 132 0.05 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-10-03T15:47:05.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 92 16.7721 118 0.02 100
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-10-03T15:47:04.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 321 15.4734 120 0.04 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-10-03T15:47:03.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 55 10.0788 132 -0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00005115 0.3 AML other m 2023-10-03T15:47:06.18
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.6 0.0000483 0.2 AML other m 2023-10-03T15:47:06.35
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000011326132999999998 0.1536 AML other m 2023-10-03T15:47:07.95
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0000097340745 0.1536 AML other m 2023-10-03T15:47:07.96
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000017878165000000002 0.1792 AML other m 2023-10-03T15:47:08.46
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.4 0.00002141493 0.256 AML other m 2023-10-03T15:47:08.33
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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