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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.8 on date 02-08-2016 and time 13:18:32 (Italy) in region 4 km SW Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude Md 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 02-08-2016 11:18:32 (UTC)
  • 02-08-2016 13:18:32 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9920, 15.0990 at 23 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
Novara di Sicilia ME 4 1337 1337
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 7 1019 2356
Tripi ME 7 873 3229
Montalbano Elicona ME 8 2287 5516
Basicò ME 9 612 6128
Malvagna ME 9 733 6861
Roccella Valdemone ME 10 666 7527
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 11 3945 11472
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 12189
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 12 1531 13720
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 12 3215 16935
Motta Camastra ME 12 845 17780
Furnari ME 13 3784 21564
Antillo ME 13 919 22483
San Piero Patti ME 13 2915 25398
Falcone ME 14 2808 28206
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 29186
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 31242
Oliveri ME 15 2181 33423
Castroreale ME 16 2504 35927
Graniti ME 16 1492 37419
Limina ME 16 836 38255
Roccafiorita ME 16 197 38452
Floresta ME 17 485 38937
Librizzi ME 17 1660 40597
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 46000
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 53395
Gaggi ME 18 3184 56579
Raccuja ME 18 1041 57620
Mongiuffi Melia ME 18 600 58220
Randazzo CT 18 10900 69120
Mandanici ME 19 601 69721
Gallodoro ME 20 367 70088

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
54 Km N 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 		Md 1.8 2016-08-02
11:18:32		 37.9917 15.0993 23 2016-11-08
11:54:00		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 26732431
Reviewed
Rev100 		Md 1.7 2016-08-02
11:18:33		 37.9853 15.1088 10 2016-08-02
11:30:10		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 26678051
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-08-02 11:18:32 ± 0.31
Latitude 37.9917 ± 0.0117
Longitude 15.0993 ± 0.0137
Depth (km) 23 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 26732431

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1289
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 976
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 331
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1290.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 165
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.20774
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.42088
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 26732431
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-08-07 08:46:10

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 26678051
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-08-02 11:30:10
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2016-08-02T11:18:48.02 0.1 undecidable manual S 346 43.9227 110 0.45 87
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2016-08-02T11:18:47.93 0.1 undecidable manual S 50 46.7199 109 -0.35 93
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2016-08-02T11:18:47.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 276 44.622 110 -0.21 95
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2016-08-02T11:18:45.83 0.1 undecidable manual S 259 36.0417 115 0.21 96
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2016-08-02T11:18:44.75 0.1 undecidable manual S 20 33.1446 118 -0.18 99
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2016-08-02T11:18:43.02 0.3 undecidable manual S 215 23.0547 129 0.34 73
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2016-08-02T11:18:41.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 276 44.622 110 -0.31 93
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2016-08-02T11:18:41.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 346 43.9227 110 0.34 91
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2016-08-02T11:18:41.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 50 46.7199 109 0.16 94
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2016-08-02T11:18:39.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 259 36.0417 115 -0.35 93
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2016-08-02T11:18:39.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 20 33.1446 118 -0.03 100
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2016-08-02T11:18:38.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 215 23.0547 129 -0.11 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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