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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 16-02-2024 and time 10:41:38 (UTC) in region 2 km N Furnari (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Furnari (ME), on

  • 16-02-2024 10:41:38 (UTC)
  • 16-02-2024 11:41:38 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1280, 15.1280 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
Furnari ME 2 3784 3784
Terme Vigliatore ME 3 7395 11179
Rodì Milici ME 4 2056 13235
Falcone ME 4 2808 16043
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 4 1531 17574
Oliveri ME 6 2181 19755
Castroreale ME 8 2504 22259
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 8 41583 63842
Tripi ME 9 873 64715
Basicò ME 9 612 65327
Merì ME 11 2338 67665
Novara di Sicilia ME 12 1337 69002
San Filippo del Mela ME 14 7115 76117
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 14 4650 80767
Patti ME 14 13431 94198
Milazzo ME 15 31646 125844
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 128131
Librizzi ME 15 1660 129791
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 131406
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 132425
San Piero Patti ME 17 2915 135340
Pace del Mela ME 17 6239 141579
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 17 1807 143386
Condrò ME 18 493 143879
Antillo ME 20 919 144798
San Pier Niceto ME 20 2837 147635

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 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 1.0 2024-02-16
10:41:38		 38.1278 15.1283 10 2024-02-16
10:51:19		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125310871
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-02-16 10:41:38 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.1278 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.1283 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125310871

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 835
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 381
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 174
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 830.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 109
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09982
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.27429
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:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125310871
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-02-16 10:51:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:49.18 0.6 undecidable manual S 335 30.4473 50 0.2 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:46.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 247 24.1536 111 -0.25 71
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:45.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 152 19.6692 116 -0.29 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:45.53 0.3 undecidable manual S 84 19.6692 116 -0.11 74
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:44.97 0.3 undecidable manual S 254 18.0708 118 -0.17 73
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:44.00 0.6 undecidable manual P 335 30.4473 50 -0.36 46
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:43.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 247 24.1536 111 0.31 70
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:43.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 176 11.0778 130 0.2 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:42.48 0.1 undecidable manual P 84 19.6692 116 0.05 100
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:42.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 254 18.0708 118 0.05 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:42.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 152 19.6692 116 -0.03 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-02-16T10:41:41.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 176 11.0778 130 0.24 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00010889999999999999 0.2 AML other m 2024-02-16T10:41:43.44
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000111 0.14 AML other m 2024-02-16T10:41:43.56
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:0.7 0.0000444 1.38 AML other m 2024-02-16T10:41:45.75
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000056750000000000004 0.14 AML other m 2024-02-16T10:41:45.07
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.2 0.00011499999999999999 1.22 AML other m 2024-02-16T10:41:45.73
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00004965 0.5 AML other m 2024-02-16T10:41:45.50
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000718 0.18 AML other m 2024-02-16T10:41:45.55
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.3 0.0001575 1.22 AML other m 2024-02-16T10:41:45.82
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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