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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 16-02-2024 and time 12:51:24 (UTC) in region 1 km E Oliveri (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Oliveri (ME), on

  • 16-02-2024 12:51:24 (UTC)
  • 16-02-2024 13:51:24 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1260, 15.0690 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.

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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
Oliveri ME 1 2181 2181
Falcone ME 2 2808 4989
Furnari ME 6 3784 8773
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 7 1531 10304
Basicò ME 7 612 10916
Terme Vigliatore ME 8 7395 18311
Tripi ME 9 873 19184
Rodì Milici ME 9 2056 21240
Patti ME 9 13431 34671
Librizzi ME 10 1660 36331
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 37946
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 40233
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 43148
Castroreale ME 13 2504 45652
Novara di Sicilia ME 13 1337 46989
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 13 41583 88572
Raccuja ME 16 1041 89613
Gioiosa Marea ME 16 7074 96687
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 16 3090 99777
Merì ME 16 2338 102115
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 103134
Piraino ME 18 3962 107096
San Filippo del Mela ME 19 7115 114211
Milazzo ME 19 31646 145857
Ucria ME 19 1058 146915
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 19 4650 151565
Sinagra ME 20 2705 154270

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Catania (314555 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 0.5 2024-02-16
12:51:24		 38.1262 15.069 9 2024-02-16
13:17:14		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125313371
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-02-16 12:51:24 ± 0.15
Latitude 38.1262 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.0690 ± 0.0023
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125313371

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 502
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 360
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 356
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 196
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.13
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11152
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.22393
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125313371
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-02-16 13:17:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-02-16T12:51:33.29 0.3 undecidable manual S 85 24.8529 109 0.05 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2024-02-16T12:51:32.64 0.3 undecidable manual S 140 22.3554 111 0.21 94
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-02-16T12:51:31.37 0.3 undecidable manual S 242 19.3695 114 -0.09 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-02-16T12:51:29.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 85 24.8529 109 -0.1 96
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-02-16T12:51:29.21 0.3 undecidable manual S 152 12.3765 124 -0.13 98
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-02-16T12:51:29.55 0.3 undecidable manual S 249 13.0758 123 0.01 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-02-16T12:51:28.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 242 19.3695 114 0.04 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2024-02-16T12:51:28.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 140 22.3554 111 -0.19 95
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-02-16T12:51:27.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 152 12.3765 124 0.05 99
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-02-16T12:51:27.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 249 13.0758 123 0.14 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000050299999999999996 0.34 AML other m 2024-02-16T12:51:29.77
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.7 0.0000528 0.64 AML other m 2024-02-16T12:51:30.18
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:0.1 0.000017048655 0.1216 AML other m 2024-02-16T12:51:29.60
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:0.3 0.00002502815 0.2176 AML other m 2024-02-16T12:51:29.90
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:0.7 0.00006203309500000001 0.192 AML other m 2024-02-16T12:51:30.62
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:0.8 0.00007444744 0.1792 AML other m 2024-02-16T12:51:30.02
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.4 0.0000178206195 0.4416 AML other m 2024-02-16T12:51:32.15
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000019327219999999998 0.3968 AML other m 2024-02-16T12:51:31.72
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.2 0.0000115081265 0.9792 AML other m 2024-02-16T12:51:33.03
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000022108095000000002 0.7424 AML other m 2024-02-16T12:51:35.47
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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