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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 27-05-2024 and time 05:06:28 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 27-05-2024 05:06:28 (UTC)
  • 27-05-2024 07:06:28 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2090, 14.9920 at 7 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 8 13431 13431
Montagnareale ME 9 1615 15046
Gioiosa Marea ME 9 7074 22120
Oliveri ME 11 2181 24301
Piraino ME 12 3962 28263
Librizzi ME 13 1660 29923
Falcone ME 13 2808 32731
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 14 3090 35821
Brolo ME 15 5783 41604
Furnari ME 16 3784 45388
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 52783
Basicò ME 17 612 53395
San Piero Patti ME 18 2915 56310
Ficarra ME 18 1469 57779
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 18 1531 59310
Raccuja ME 18 1041 60351
Sinagra ME 19 2705 63056
Rodì Milici ME 19 2056 65112
Tripi ME 20 873 65985

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
58 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2024-05-27
05:06:28		 38.2088 14.9915 7 2024-05-27
05:14:32		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 128221011
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-05-27 05:06:28 ± 0.12
Latitude 38.2088 ± 0.0063
Longitude 14.9915 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 128221011

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 604
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 549
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 324
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 110
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13490
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.40919
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 128221011
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-05-27 05:14:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:06:43.63 0.3 undecidable manual S 82 45.4212 50 0 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:06:39.58 0.3 undecidable manual S 102 32.2455 103 -0.12 73
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:06:37.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 82 45.4212 50 0.05 96
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:06:36.26 0.1 undecidable manual S 148 23.754 107 -0.59 88
IV.MCPD.HHE. 2024-05-27T05:06:36.75 0.3 undecidable manual S 247 24.753 107 -0.44 69
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2024-05-27T05:06:35.69 0.1 undecidable manual S 209 21.0678 109 -0.28 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:06:34.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 102 32.2455 103 0.06 98
IV.BASIC.HNE. 2024-05-27T05:06:34.90 0.1 undecidable manual S 157 17.0718 113 0.21 98
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:06:34.29 0.1 undecidable manual S 202 14.9739 116 0.29 96
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:06:33.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 148 23.754 107 -0.14 98
IV.MCPD.HHE. 2024-05-27T05:06:33.47 0.3 undecidable manual P 247 24.753 107 0.07 74
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2024-05-27T05:06:32.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 209 21.0678 109 0.04 75
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:06:32.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 357 18.5703 112 -0.08 100
IV.BASIC.HNE. 2024-05-27T05:06:32.33 0.1 undecidable manual P 157 17.0718 113 0.37 94
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:06:31.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 202 14.9739 116 0.41 94
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2024-05-27T05:06:28.26 3.0 undecidable manual P 20.7681 -4.38 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0001245 0.16 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:06:34.51
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.6 0.000423 0.72 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:06:34.59
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00033299999999999996 0.54 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:06:34.72
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0001595 0.54 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:06:34.53
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00008704999999999999 1.44 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:06:37.77
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00005715000000000001 0.46 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:06:37.40
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0000852 0.58 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:06:39.66
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0000737 0.38 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:06:40.90
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