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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 03-03-2024 and time 23:50:28 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 03-03-2024 23:50:28 (UTC)
  • 04-03-2024 00:50:28 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1660, 15.1240 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 7395
Falcone ME 6 2808 10203
Furnari ME 7 3784 13987
Oliveri ME 7 2181 16168
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 18224
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 8 1531 19755
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 9 41583 61338
Castroreale ME 11 2504 63842
Merì ME 11 2338 66180
Milazzo ME 12 31646 97826
Basicò ME 13 612 98438
San Filippo del Mela ME 13 7115 105553
Tripi ME 13 873 106426
Patti ME 14 13431 119857
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 14 4650 124507
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 126122
Pace del Mela ME 16 6239 132361
Librizzi ME 16 1660 134021
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 135358
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 17 1807 137165
Condrò ME 18 493 137658
Montalbano Elicona ME 18 2287 139945
San Piero Patti ME 19 2915 142860

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 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 0.9 2024-03-03
23:50:28		 38.1657 15.1238 8 2024-03-03
23:57:24		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125685871
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-03-03 23:50:28 ± 0.39
Latitude 38.1657 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.1238 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 8 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125685871

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 703
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 683
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 0
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 124
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.25
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.23922
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125685871
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-03-03 23:57:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2024-03-03T23:50:42.89 3.0 negative manual P -0.01 0
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-03-03T23:50:37.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 238 25.752 106 0.01 50
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2024-03-03T23:50:36.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 156 23.5542 108 -0.49 45
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2024-03-03T23:50:35.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 242 19.2696 111 -0.09 50
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-03-03T23:50:35.21 0.6 undecidable manual S 96 20.0688 111 -0.36 47
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-03-03T23:50:34.41 0.6 undecidable manual S 176 15.3735 116 0.35 47
IV.IVPL.HNN. 2024-03-03T23:50:33.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 332 26.5512 106 -0.01 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-03-03T23:50:33.66 1.0 negative manual P 238 25.752 106 0.16 24
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2024-03-03T23:50:32.65 1.0 positive manual P 156 23.5542 108 -0.44 23
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2024-03-03T23:50:32.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 242 19.2696 111 -0.21 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-03-03T23:50:32.68 0.1 positive manual P 96 20.0688 111 0.26 96
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-03-03T23:50:31.85 0.1 positive manual P 176 15.3735 116 0.3 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001051 0.16 AML other m 2024-03-03T23:50:37.11
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000652 0.26 AML other m 2024-03-03T23:50:37.17
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00006969684 0.1536 AML other m 2024-03-03T23:50:34.41
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00006152336499999999 0.1024 AML other m 2024-03-03T23:50:34.61
IV.NOV.HNE. ML:0.2 0.000015011753 0.0896 AML other m 2024-03-03T23:50:34.57
IV.NOV.HNN. ML:0.2 0.0000162148171 0.2688 AML other m 2024-03-03T23:50:34.62
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00008926422 0.1536 AML other m 2024-03-03T23:50:36.47
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00005847182500000001 0.4608 AML other m 2024-03-03T23:50:37.81
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00007991308499999999 0.1408 AML other m 2024-03-03T23:51:18.77
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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