Earthquake (experimental explosion) with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 13-10-2014 and time 11:44:21 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 0.5 (experimental explosion) earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 13-10-2014 09:44:21 (UTC)
  • 13-10-2014 11:44:21 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9500, 15.5050 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: experimental explosion.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Alì Terme ME 9 2539 2539
Nizza di Sicilia ME 10 3667 6206
Roccalumera ME 10 4141 10347
Furci Siculo ME 11 3382 13729
Scaletta Zanclea ME 11 2140 15869
Alì ME 12 768 16637
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 12 9377 26014
Itala ME 13 1640 27654
Pagliara ME 13 1170 28824
Fiumedinisi ME 14 1409 30233
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 14 1554 31787
Savoca ME 14 1732 33519
Forza d'Agrò ME 15 911 34430
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 16 842 35272
Mandanici ME 18 601 35873
Motta San Giovanni RC 18 6208 42081
Letojanni ME 19 2861 44942
Gallodoro ME 19 367 45309

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
28 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
48 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
62 Km NE 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 0.5 2014-10-13
09:44:21
37.95 15.505 1 2015-09-21
09:40:11
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 19511311
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-10-13 09:44:21 ± 0.35
Latitude 37.9500 ± 0.0234
Longitude 15.5050 ± 0.0160
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type experimental explosion
Origin ID 19511311

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2640
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1420
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 6
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2640.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 187
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16278
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39570
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:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 19511311
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-06-04 10:47:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2014-10-13T09:44:29.67 0.3 undecidable manual P 89 43.9227 91 -0.55 66
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-10-13T09:44:28.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 0 34.8429 91 -0.21 96
IV.ATN.BHZ. 2014-10-13T09:44:26.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 351 23.4543 91 0.13 100
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-10-13T09:44:26.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 298 27.1506 91 -0.24 73
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-10-13T09:44:26.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 276 23.8539 91 0.24 73
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2014-10-13T09:44:25.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 71 18.0708 92 0.65 66
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ATN.BHE. ML:0.2 0.000011694999999999999 1.08 AML other m 2014-10-13T09:45:09.04
IV.ATN.BHN. ML:0.9 0.0000516 0.2 AML other m 2014-10-13T09:45:31.00
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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