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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 17-12-2014 and time 05:20:45 (Italy) in region 1 km W Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 17-12-2014 04:20:45 (UTC)
  • 17-12-2014 05:20:45 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0220, 15.0000 at 10 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.

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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
Montalbano Elicona ME 1 2287 2287
San Piero Patti ME 4 2915 5202
Basicò ME 7 612 5814
Floresta ME 9 485 6299
Raccuja ME 9 1041 7340
Librizzi ME 9 1660 9000
Tripi ME 9 873 9873
Roccella Valdemone ME 10 666 10539
Ucria ME 11 1058 11597
Novara di Sicilia ME 12 1337 12934
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 12 980 13914
Malvagna ME 12 733 14647
Oliveri ME 13 2181 16828
Falcone ME 13 2808 19636
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 21251
Patti ME 14 13431 34682
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 14 1531 36213
Moio Alcantara ME 14 717 36930
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 40020
Furnari ME 15 3784 43804
Sinagra ME 15 2705 46509
Tortorici ME 15 6435 52944
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 53963
Randazzo CT 17 10900 64863
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 68808
Rodì Milici ME 18 2056 70864
Ficarra ME 18 1469 72333
Castell'Umberto ME 18 3128 75461
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 78676
Gioiosa Marea ME 19 7074 85750
Terme Vigliatore ME 19 7395 93145
Piraino ME 20 3962 97107

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.5 2014-12-17
04:20:45		 38.0218 15 10 2015-09-21
09:40:11		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 16499861
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2014-12-17
04:20:45		 38.0342 14.9985 10 2014-12-17
04:52:41		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 14950361
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-12-17 04:20:45 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.0218 ± 0.0126
Longitude 15.0000 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 16499861

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1403
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 155
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 180
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 167
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35433
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 14950361
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-12-17 04:52:41

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 16499861
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-13 09:25:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:57.19 0.1 undecidable manual S 66 33.744 50 -0.33 92
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:57.96 0.1 undecidable manual S 272 35.742 50 -0.08 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:53.84 0.1 undecidable manual S 105 21.1677 115 -0.06 100
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:53.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 357 39.3273 50 0.37 91
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:53.52 0.1 undecidable manual S 77 20.6682 116 -0.23 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:52.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 66 33.744 50 0.12 97
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:52.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 272 35.742 50 -0.12 96
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:50.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 77 20.6682 116 0.17 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:50.73 0.1 positive manual P 105 21.1677 115 0.25 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:50.75 0.1 undecidable manual S 282 11.2776 131 -0.26 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-12-17T04:20:48.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 282 11.2776 131 0.18 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00026450000000000003 0.18 AML other m 2014-12-17T04:20:54.54
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000245 0.24 AML other m 2014-12-17T04:20:55.00
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002725 0.2 AML other m 2014-12-17T04:20:51.09
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00046950000000000003 0.72 AML other m 2014-12-17T04:20:51.72
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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