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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 02-11-2023 and time 01:50:15 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Furnari (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Furnari (ME), on

  • 02-11-2023 00:50:15 (UTC)
  • 02-11-2023 01:50:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1180, 15.1160 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Furnari ME 2 3784 3784
Falcone ME 3 2808 6592
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 4 1531 8123
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 15518
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 17574
Oliveri ME 5 2181 19755
Tripi ME 8 873 20628
Basicò ME 8 612 21240
Castroreale ME 9 2504 23744
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 65327
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 66664
Merì ME 13 2338 69002
Patti ME 14 13431 82433
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 84720
Librizzi ME 14 1660 86380
Montagnareale ME 15 1615 87995
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 15 4650 92645
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 99760
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 102675
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 103694
Milazzo ME 16 31646 135340
Pace del Mela ME 18 6239 141579
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 18 1807 143386
Raccuja ME 19 1041 144427
Antillo ME 19 919 145346
Condrò ME 20 493 145839

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
68 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 1.8 2023-11-02
00:50:15		 38.1177 15.1162 8 2023-11-02
00:55:57		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 122655711
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-11-02 00:50:15 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1177 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1162 ± 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 122655711

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 357
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 192
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 352
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 360.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 101
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 18
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) 0.73924
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122655711
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-11-02 00:55:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HPAC.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:40.32 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.4 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:39.68 1.0 undecidable manual S 93 82.0512 50 -0.69 19
IV.MRCB.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:32.54 0.6 undecidable manual S 84 51.4152 50 0.34 44
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:29.26 1.0 undecidable manual P 93 82.0512 50 -0.48 20
3D.OEM9.HHN. 2023-11-02T00:50:26.53 0.6 undecidable manual S 340 31.9458 103 -0.07 48
IV.MRCB.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:24.75 0.3 negative manual P 84 51.4152 50 -0.28 67
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:23.11 0.6 undecidable manual S 249 22.755 108 -0.42 46
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:23.60 0.6 undecidable manual P 215 39.7269 50 0.39 45
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:22.24 0.3 positive manual P 171 33.4443 103 0.15 71
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:22.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 148 19.1697 111 -0.18 48
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2023-11-02T00:50:22.89 0.1 undecidable manual S 81 20.868 110 -0.05 99
3D.OEM9.HHN. 2023-11-02T00:50:21.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 340 31.9458 103 0.1 96
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:21.61 0.6 undecidable manual S 257 16.7721 114 0 50
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:19.37 0.1 positive manual P 148 19.1697 111 0.01 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:19.56 0.6 undecidable manual S 170 10.1787 127 -0.05 50
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2023-11-02T00:50:19.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 81 20.868 110 0.11 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:19.91 0.6 undecidable manual P 249 22.755 108 -0.11 49
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:18.97 0.1 positive manual P 257 16.7721 114 0.06 99
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-11-02T00:50:17.89 0.1 positive manual P 170 10.1787 127 0.14 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0017349999999999998 0.3 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:19.66
IV.NOV.HNE. ML:1.5 0.0004145 0.28 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:19.67
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00079 1.34 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:20.07
IV.NOV.HNN. ML:1.1 0.0001865 0.22 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:20.07
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:2.1 0.0013199999999999998 1.4 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:21.22
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00032199999999999997 1.5 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:22.92
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0005304999999999999 0.54 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:22.15
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:2.0 0.0009419999999999999 0.56 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:22.45
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000808 0.2 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:22.47
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0003985 0.4 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:22.67
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00026250000000000004 0.68 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:23.48
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0005055000000000001 0.34 AML other m 2023-11-02T00:50:23.70
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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