Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 27-10-2014 and time 02:49:08 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Moio Alcantara (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Moio Alcantara (ME), on

  • 27-10-2014 01:49:08 (UTC)
  • 27-10-2014 02:49:08 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8810, 15.0320 at 11 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
Moio Alcantara ME 3 717 717
Malvagna ME 5 733 1450
Roccella Valdemone ME 6 666 2116
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 7 980 3096
Randazzo CT 8 10900 13996
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 8 3215 17211
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 10 3945 21156
Linguaglossa CT 11 5403 26559
Motta Camastra ME 13 845 27404
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 31367
Maletto CT 16 3920 35287
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 37574
Floresta ME 16 485 38059
Gaggi ME 17 3184 41243
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 42262
Graniti ME 17 1492 43754
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 45091
Sant'Alfio CT 18 1582 46673
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 56296
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 61604
Milo CT 19 1087 62691
Maniace CT 20 3765 66456
Tripi ME 20 873 67329
San Piero Patti ME 20 2915 70244
Mascali CT 20 14282 84526

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
42 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.6 2014-10-27
01:49:08
37.8812 15.0317 11 2015-09-21
09:40:11
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 16500751
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-10-27 01:49:08 ± 0.12
Latitude 37.8812 ± 0.0099
Longitude 15.0317 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 16500751

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1190
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 30
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 332
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1190.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 106
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08813
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.92360
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitude information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 16500751
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-16 10:23:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:39.13 0.6 undecidable manual S 176 102.5196 50 0.66 38
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:25.19 0.6 negative manual P 176 102.5196 50 -0.64 36
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:22.37 0.6 undecidable manual S 294 42.0246 50 0.05 48
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:19.42 0.6 positive manual P 44 59.496 50 0.23 45
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:18.76 0.6 negative manual P 193 60.6948 50 -0.63 39
IV.ATN.BHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:17.76 0.6 undecidable manual P 51 48.8178 50 0.2 46
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:17.14 0.3 undecidable manual S 60 20.2686 50 0.64 60
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:17.33 1.0 positive manual P 245 44.9217 50 0.38 23
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:16.67 0.6 negative manual P 294 42.0246 50 0.16 47
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:16.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 248 16.5723 123 0.91 56
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:15.98 0.6 negative manual P 44 40.626 50 -0.32 46
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:14.64 0.3 positive manual P 149 26.9508 50 0.45 68
IV.ESML.HHE. 2014-10-27T01:49:14.63 0.6 undecidable manual P 205 32.0457 50 -0.34 45
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:14.74 0.1 positive manual P 281 29.9478 50 0.09 98
IV.MCSR.HHE. 2014-10-27T01:49:13.89 0.6 undecidable manual P 40 26.751 50 -0.26 47
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:12.03 0.1 positive manual P 248 16.5723 123 -0.49 93
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:12.81 0.1 positive manual P 60 20.2686 50 -0.34 97
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2014-10-27T01:49:11.26 0.1 positive manual P 227 9.7791 138 -0.22 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0009875 0.7 AML other m 2014-10-27T01:49:16.13
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0009390000000000001 0.42 AML other m 2014-10-27T01:49:16.73
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0003655 1.48 AML other m 2014-10-27T01:49:17.51
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000508 0.36 AML other m 2014-10-27T01:49:18.66
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0000588 1.06 AML other m 2014-10-27T01:49:27.74
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00006994999999999999 0.9 AML other m 2014-10-27T01:49:27.84
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.0001635 1.4 AML other m 2014-10-27T01:49:22.28
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.00010674999999999999 1.56 AML other m 2014-10-27T01:49:21.78
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