Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 10-10-2014 and time 18:18:21 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Fondachelli Fantina (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Fondachelli Fantina (ME), on

  • 10-10-2014 16:18:21 (UTC)
  • 10-10-2014 18:18:21 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9760, 15.1620 at 35 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 2 1019 1019
Novara di Sicilia ME 5 1337 2356
Antillo ME 7 919 3275
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 8 3945 7220
Motta Camastra ME 9 845 8065
Tripi ME 10 873 8938
Limina ME 11 836 9774
Roccafiorita ME 11 197 9971
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 11 3215 13186
Graniti ME 11 1492 14678
Malvagna ME 11 733 15411
Mongiuffi Melia ME 13 600 16011
Moio Alcantara ME 13 717 16728
Basicò ME 13 612 17340
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 18871
Gaggi ME 14 3184 22055
Mandanici ME 14 601 22656
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 24943
Roccella Valdemone ME 14 666 25609
Gallodoro ME 14 367 25976
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 14 842 26818
Castroreale ME 15 2504 29322
Furnari ME 15 3784 33106
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 38509
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 40565
Savoca ME 16 1732 42297
Castelmola ME 16 1088 43385
Letojanni ME 17 2861 46246
Forza d'Agrò ME 17 911 47157
Falcone ME 17 2808 49965
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 17 1554 51519
Pagliara ME 17 1170 52689
Taormina ME 17 10960 63649
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 68957
Terme Vigliatore ME 18 7395 76352
Giardini-Naxos ME 18 9415 85767
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 18 9377 95144
Piedimonte Etneo CT 19 3963 99107
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 100087
Oliveri ME 19 2181 102268
San Piero Patti ME 19 2915 105183
Furci Siculo ME 19 3382 108565
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 20 41583 150148

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
42 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.7 2014-10-10
16:18:21
37.9757 15.1618 35 2015-09-21
09:40:11
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 19275981
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.8 2014-10-10
16:18:21
37.9917 15.1558 37 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 8790191
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-10-10 16:18:21 ± 0.13
Latitude 37.9757 ± 0.0207
Longitude 15.1618 ± 0.0137
Depth (km) 35 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 19275981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2510
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 770
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 336
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2510.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 192
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.14
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 2.71595
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 8790191
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-10-10 16:26:14

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 19275981
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-05-22 09:22:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:19:38.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 301.476 5.89 0
IV.T0721.EHZ. 2014-10-10T16:19:29.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 5.22 0
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2014-10-10T16:19:26.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -4.37 0
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:18:59.83 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 301.476 0.09 0
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:18:34.72 0.6 undecidable manual S 41 25.2525 141 0.17 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:18:34.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 287 26.2515 140 -0.02 48
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:18:32.46 0.6 undecidable manual S 339 6.1938 169 0.09 49
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:18:32.95 0.6 undecidable manual S 31 11.4774 160 0.21 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:18:29.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 41 25.2525 141 -0.2 93
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:18:29.37 0.6 positive manual P 287 26.2515 140 0.03 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:18:28.32 1.0 undecidable manual P 95 6.1938 169 0.34 23
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:18:28.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 31 11.4774 160 -0.1 97
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-10-10T16:18:27.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 339 6.1938 169 -0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001955 0.28 AML other m 2014-10-10T16:19:21.92
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0003215 0.22 AML other m 2014-10-10T16:19:21.95
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001735 0.3 AML other m 2014-10-10T16:19:24.42
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00013900000000000002 0.94 AML other m 2014-10-10T16:19:38.74
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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