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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 07-04-2024 and time 16:22:45 (UTC) in region 3 km NE Basicò (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Basicò (ME), on

  • 07-04-2024 16:22:45 (UTC)
  • 07-04-2024 18:22:45 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0830, 15.0850 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
Basicò ME 3 612 612
Tripi ME 4 873 1485
Falcone ME 4 2808 4293
Furnari ME 4 3784 8077
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 5 1531 9608
Oliveri ME 5 2181 11789
Rodì Milici ME 8 2056 13845
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 15182
Montalbano Elicona ME 9 2287 17469
Terme Vigliatore ME 9 7395 24864
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 27779
Librizzi ME 11 1660 29439
Castroreale ME 11 2504 31943
Patti ME 12 13431 45374
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 46989
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 13 1019 48008
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 14 41583 89591
Raccuja ME 15 1041 90632
Merì ME 17 2338 92970
Roccella Valdemone ME 18 666 93636
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 96726
Ucria ME 18 1058 97784
Malvagna ME 18 733 98517
Antillo ME 18 919 99436
Floresta ME 19 485 99921
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 19 4650 104571
San Filippo del Mela ME 19 7115 111686
Gioiosa Marea ME 20 7074 118760

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 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 1.1 2024-04-07
16:22:45		 38.0827 15.0847 10 2024-04-07
16:26:51		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 126551351
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-07 16:22:45 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.0827 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.0847 ± 0.0069
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 126551351

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 764
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 535
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 195
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 760.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 150
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) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06835
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39120
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126551351
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-07 16:26:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:59.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 61 42.0246 50 -0.34 45
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:54.27 0.6 positive manual P 263 43.4232 50 0.13 47
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:54.36 0.3 undecidable manual S 172 22.4553 113 0.01 75
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:54.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 61 42.0246 50 0.31 91
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:53.17 0.6 undecidable manual S 257 18.9699 117 -0.06 50
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:51.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 271 13.5753 125 -0.27 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:50.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 73 24.4533 112 -0.23 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:50.32 1.0 negative manual P 257 18.9699 117 0.21 24
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:50.25 0.6 undecidable manual S 143 7.5813 142 0.13 50
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:50.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 172 22.4553 113 -0.33 93
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:49.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 271 13.5753 125 0.08 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-04-07T16:22:48.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 143 7.5813 142 0.32 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00014500000000000003 1.72 AML other m 2024-04-07T16:22:50.05
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0001315 0.32 AML other m 2024-04-07T16:22:51.41
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00009805 0.18 AML other m 2024-04-07T16:22:51.75
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.4 0.0002525 1.44 AML other m 2024-04-07T16:22:52.94
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00029700000000000006 0.92 AML other m 2024-04-07T16:22:52.37
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000809 1.5 AML other m 2024-04-07T16:22:53.14
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000835 0.14 AML other m 2024-04-07T16:22:53.53
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00008460000000000001 1.32 AML other m 2024-04-07T16:22:54.10
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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