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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 27-05-2024 and time 04:30:43 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 27-05-2024 04:30:43 (UTC)
  • 27-05-2024 06:30:43 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1630, 14.9700 at 14 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
Patti ME 3 13431 13431
Montagnareale ME 4 1615 15046
Gioiosa Marea ME 7 7074 22120
Librizzi ME 7 1660 23780
Oliveri ME 9 2181 25961
Piraino ME 9 3962 29923
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 9 3090 33013
Falcone ME 11 2808 35821
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 38736
Brolo ME 12 5783 44519
Raccuja ME 13 1041 45560
Sinagra ME 14 2705 48265
Ficarra ME 14 1469 49734
Basicò ME 14 612 50346
Ucria ME 15 1058 51404
Furnari ME 15 3784 55188
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 57475
Naso ME 16 3813 61288
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 17 1531 62819
Castell'Umberto ME 17 3128 65947
Tripi ME 17 873 66820
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 74215
Rodì Milici ME 18 2056 76271
Tortorici ME 19 6435 82706
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 20 1319 84025
Capo d'Orlando ME 20 13254 97279
Floresta ME 20 485 97764

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2024-05-27
04:30:43		 38.1627 14.9698 14 2024-05-27
04:37:36		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 128219441
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-05-27 04:30:43 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.1627 ± 0.0045
Longitude 14.9698 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 14 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 128219441

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 500
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 193
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 302
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) 134
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) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08544
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.32376
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 128219441
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-05-27 04:37:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:55.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 247 35.9418 97 -0.04 72
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:52.20 0.3 undecidable manual S 2 23.754 104 -0.11 72
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:51.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 136 20.868 107 0.15 72
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:51.52 0.1 undecidable manual S 257 21.3675 106 -0.19 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:50.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 212 15.6732 117 0.04 74
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:50.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 247 35.9418 97 0.2 92
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:48.98 0.1 undecidable manual S 202 9.4794 137 0.02 99
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:48.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 257 21.3675 106 -0.06 97
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:48.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 2 23.754 104 0.13 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:47.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 212 15.6732 117 0.12 97
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:47.82 0.1 undecidable manual P 136 20.868 107 -0.31 92
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-05-27T04:30:46.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 202 9.4794 137 0 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00029800000000000003 0.16 AML other m 2024-05-27T04:30:49.16
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.9 0.0008810000000000001 0.18 AML other m 2024-05-27T04:30:49.24
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.9 0.000752 0.26 AML other m 2024-05-27T04:30:49.39
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002715 0.56 AML other m 2024-05-27T04:30:49.19
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00038 0.3 AML other m 2024-05-27T04:30:50.93
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0001555 0.22 AML other m 2024-05-27T04:30:51.24
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000053400000000000004 0.38 AML other m 2024-05-27T04:30:51.69
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00006315 0.26 AML other m 2024-05-27T04:30:51.90
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00022349999999999998 1.18 AML other m 2024-05-27T04:30:52.01
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0002695 0.6 AML other m 2024-05-27T04:30:53.58
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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