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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 27-05-2024 and time 07:18:06 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

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

  • 27-05-2024 05:18:06 (UTC)
  • 27-05-2024 07:18:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1700, 14.9760 at 15 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 5 1615 15046
Gioiosa Marea ME 7 7074 22120
Librizzi ME 8 1660 23780
Oliveri ME 9 2181 25961
Piraino ME 10 3962 29923
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 10 3090 33013
Falcone ME 11 2808 35821
Brolo ME 13 5783 41604
San Piero Patti ME 13 2915 44519
Raccuja ME 14 1041 45560
Basicò ME 14 612 46172
Ficarra ME 15 1469 47641
Sinagra ME 15 2705 50346
Furnari ME 15 3784 54130
Ucria ME 16 1058 55188
Montalbano Elicona ME 17 2287 57475
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 17 1531 59006
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 66401
Naso ME 17 3813 70214
Tripi ME 17 873 71087
Castell'Umberto ME 18 3128 74215
Rodì Milici ME 18 2056 76271

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)
75 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 2024-05-27
05:18:06		 38.1702 14.9758 15 2024-05-27
05:26:08		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 128221841
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-05-27 05:18:06 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.1702 ± 0.0045
Longitude 14.9758 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 15 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 128221841

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 480
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 368
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 50
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 480.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 107
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 13
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29678
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 128221841
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-05-27 05:26:08
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVUG.HHN. 2024-05-27T05:18:15.23 0.3 undecidable manual S 2 25.0527 107 -0.1 72
IV.MCPD.HHN. 2024-05-27T05:18:14.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 255 22.0668 110 -0.04 99
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:18:14.45 0.1 undecidable manual S 138 21.1677 112 0.11 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:18:12.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 212 16.6722 120 -0.46 68
IV.BASIC.HNZ. 2024-05-27T05:18:12.65 0.1 undecidable manual S 145 14.0748 126 -0.02 98
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:18:12.78 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.41 0
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:18:12.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 94 32.9448 101 -0.12 94
IV.IVUG.HHN. 2024-05-27T05:18:11.45 0.3 undecidable manual P 2 25.0527 107 0.05 73
IV.MCPD.HHN. 2024-05-27T05:18:11.10 0.3 undecidable manual P 255 22.0668 110 0.14 72
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:18:11.92 0.1 undecidable manual S 203 10.4784 137 -0.04 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:18:10.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 212 16.6722 120 0.21 96
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:18:10.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 138 21.1677 112 -0.1 72
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-05-27T05:18:09.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 203 10.4784 137 0.15 98
IV.BASIC.HNZ. 2024-05-27T05:18:09.93 0.1 undecidable manual P 145 14.0748 126 0.07 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00005265 0.14 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:18:12.11
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.2 0.000161 0.74 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:18:12.20
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00005595 0.38 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:18:12.14
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.2 0.0001375 0.14 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:18:12.35
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000589 0.32 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:18:13.72
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00003075 1.02 AML other m 2024-05-27T05:18:13.89
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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