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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 28-08-2015 and time 05:03:34 (UTC) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 28-08-2015 05:03:34 (UTC)
  • 28-08-2015 07:03:34 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1550, 15.5580 at 8 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
Messina ME 5 238439 238439
Reggio di Calabria RC 9 183035 421474
Villa San Giovanni RC 10 13784 435258
Campo Calabro RC 11 4536 439794
Saponara ME 12 3988 443782
Rometta ME 13 6650 450432
Fiumara RC 13 1018 451450
Villafranca Tirrena ME 14 8584 460034
Calanna RC 15 934 460968
Scaletta Zanclea ME 15 2140 463108
Monforte San Giorgio ME 15 2777 465885
Itala ME 16 1640 467525
Roccavaldina ME 16 1133 468658
Laganadi RC 16 413 469071
San Roberto RC 17 1750 470821
Valdina ME 17 1355 472176
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 18 343 472519
Scilla RC 18 4964 477483
Spadafora ME 18 5021 482504
San Pier Niceto ME 18 2837 485341
Venetico ME 18 3911 489252
Torregrotta ME 18 7431 496683
Alì ME 19 768 497451
Cardeto RC 20 1641 499092

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
9 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.1 2015-08-28
05:03:34		 38.1547 15.5583 8 2016-01-08
08:46:44		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 22805161
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.1 2015-08-28
05:03:34		 38.1447 15.5348 11 2015-08-28
05:10:08		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 21110811
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-08-28 05:03:34 ± 0.17
Latitude 38.1547 ± 0.0171
Longitude 15.5583 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 8 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 22805161

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1770
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 615
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 351
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1770.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 80
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 29
Number of defining phases 25
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.32740
Number of stations at which the event was observed 22
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 19
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 22805161
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-12-24 01:35:33

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 19
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 21110811
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-08-28 05:10:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ERC.EHZ. 2015-08-28T05:04:39.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -4.06 0
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:59.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 226 147.3414 50 1.04 58
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:57.32 0.6 undecidable manual P 255 131.1687 50 1.1 29
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:56.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 260 133.2666 50 0.37 58
IV.MEU.SHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:56.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 209 132.2676 50 0.51 56
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:54.76 0.6 undecidable manual P 201 118.4925 50 0.48 39
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:53.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 214 107.8143 50 0.99 48
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:52.45 0.3 undecidable manual P 200 102.7194 50 0.6 58
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:49.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 261 85.4478 50 -0.02 69
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:48.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 102 44.2224 50 -0.57 44
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:48.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 252 79.365 50 0.45 64
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:48.67 0.6 undecidable manual S 120 45.1215 50 -0.74 41
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:47.98 0.6 undecidable manual P 239 71.4729 50 0.95 35
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:46.36 0.3 undecidable manual S 249 39.4272 50 -1.53 41
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:45.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 68 31.5462 104 -0.09 75
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:45.11 0.3 negative manual P 29 57.6978 50 0.21 70
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:44.61 0.6 undecidable manual S 295 31.3464 104 -0.74 42
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:43.54 3.0 undecidable manual S 25.9518 0.07 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:42.52 0.1 positive manual P 102 44.2224 50 -0.31 93
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:42.73 0.1 positive manual P 120 45.1215 50 -0.23 95
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:41.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 249 39.4272 50 -0.79 80
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:40.06 0.1 positive manual P 295 31.3464 104 -0.56 89
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:40.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 68 31.5462 104 0.09 100
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:39.73 0.1 positive manual P 251 30.3474 104 -0.7 85
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:39.21 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.03 0
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:39.56 3.0 positive manual P 25.9518 0.08 0
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:39.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 340 12.876 121 0.43 72
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:37.58 0.1 positive manual P 340 12.876 121 0.41 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2015-08-28T05:03:37.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 267 17.9709 113 -0.2 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0005909999999999999 0.16 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:45.60
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:2.0 0.000482 0.16 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:45.60
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.8 0.0003235 0.62 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:45.90
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000413 0.62 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:46.21
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0000164 0.72 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:23.53
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000019 0.82 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:27.66
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00003755 0.74 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:12.15
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0000335 1.46 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:14.95
IV.ILLI.HHN. ML:3.3 0.00401 1.02 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:59.67
IV.ILLI.HHE. ML:3.2 0.00298 0.62 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:02.65
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.9 0.001915 1.12 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:55.15
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.9 0.001795 1.4 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:55.58
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00010125000000000001 0.56 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:55.40
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000135 0.7 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:56.47
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:2.7 0.002525 0.28 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:45.76
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:2.6 0.001835 0.3 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:45.85
IV.MEU.SHN. ML:0.0 0.0001066 0.8 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:16.91
IV.MEU.SHE. ML:0.0 0.00008324999999999999 0.32 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:21.09
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0006125000000000001 0.28 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:48.43
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.4 0.001174 0.38 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:49.06
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.000193 1.52 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:05.22
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.0001946 0.4 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:07.44
IV.MPAZ.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0003575 1.28 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:49.56
IV.MPAZ.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00047650000000000004 0.52 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:54.53
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.6 0.003665 1.18 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:41.33
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.7 0.004175000000000001 0.18 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:41.99
IV.MSCL.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00177 0.54 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:43.06
IV.MSCL.HHN. ML:2.4 0.001625 0.4 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:43.38
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000058049999999999995 0.46 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:04.93
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0000466 0.72 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:08.37
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00243 1.16 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:40.12
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.5 0.003435 0.52 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:40.34
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0009239999999999999 0.44 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:47.58
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.2 0.000637 0.44 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:49.79
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0000954 0.84 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:26.33
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0000667 1.18 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:24.54
IV.RAFF.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000037 0.86 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:20.53
IV.RAFF.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0000373 0.44 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:22.37
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.9 0.000241 0.9 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:50.37
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.8 0.000216 0.32 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:03:50.38
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00007155 0.3 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:12.55
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.3 0.000161 0.68 AML other m 2015-08-28T05:04:16.93
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