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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 29-12-2017 and time 11:15:36 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 29-12-2017 10:15:36 (UTC)
  • 29-12-2017 11:15:36 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1860, 15.1170 at 7 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 7395
Falcone ME 8 2808 10203
Oliveri ME 8 2181 12384
Furnari ME 9 3784 16168
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 18224
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 59807
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 61338
Merì ME 12 2338 63676
Milazzo ME 12 31646 95322
Castroreale ME 13 2504 97826
San Filippo del Mela ME 14 7115 104941
Patti ME 14 13431 118372
Basicò ME 15 612 118984
Tripi ME 15 873 119857
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 15 4650 124507
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 126122
Pace del Mela ME 17 6239 132361
Librizzi ME 17 1660 134021
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 18 1807 135828
Condrò ME 18 493 136321
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 137658
Gioiosa Marea ME 20 7074 144732
San Piero Patti ME 20 2915 147647
Montalbano Elicona ME 20 2287 149934

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.5 2017-12-29
10:15:36		 38.1857 15.1168 7 2018-09-04
09:10:45		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 57958311
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.5 2017-12-29
10:15:36		 38.1838 15.1092 6 2017-12-29
10:27:24		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 52886721
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-12-29 10:15:36 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1857 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1168 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 57958311

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 531
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 218
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 270
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 540.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 31
Number of defining phases 31
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12411
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.86964
Number of stations at which the event was observed 20
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 20
Magnitudes information

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 22
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 57958311
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-06-19 09:11:20

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 22
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 52886721
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-12-29 10:27:23
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CEL.HNZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:57.25 1.0 undecidable manual S 83 68.1762 50 -1.11 16
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:57.29 0.3 undecidable manual S 312 63.0924 50 0.29 66
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:55.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 112 54.8007 50 0.82 38
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:54.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 193 95.3379 50 0.74 54
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:53.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 254 96.5256 50 -0.51 59
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:53.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 250 48.8178 50 0.11 47
IV.PLLN.EHN. 2017-12-29T10:15:52.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 256 87.6456 50 0.09 66
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:51.15 0.3 undecidable manual P 55 81.5517 50 -0.12 66
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:50.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 98 82.7505 50 -0.56 60
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:50.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 300 76.6677 50 -0.2 66
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:48.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 174 57.2982 50 1.33 44
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:48.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 76 35.2425 101 -0.51 44
MN.CEL.HNZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:48.48 0.1 undecidable manual P 83 68.1762 50 -0.73 76
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:48.63 0.6 undecidable manual P 312 63.0924 50 0.2 45
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:46.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 112 54.8007 50 -0.4 88
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:46.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 210 46.1205 50 0.26 69
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:45.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 250 48.8178 50 -0.46 87
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:45.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 330 27.0507 104 -0.62 64
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:45.93 0.1 undecidable manual P 200 43.0236 50 0.6 84
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2017-12-29T10:15:45.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 331 24.2535 105 0.46 46
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:45.71 0.3 undecidable manual S 157 25.8519 104 -0.27 71
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2017-12-29T10:15:45.72 0.3 undecidable manual S 233 26.4513 104 -0.46 68
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:43.17 0.3 undecidable manual S 174 17.5713 111 -0.07 75
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:43.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 76 35.2425 101 -0.17 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:42.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 157 25.8519 104 0.01 100
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2017-12-29T10:15:42.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 233 26.4513 104 -0.15 97
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:42.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 330 27.0507 104 -0.12 98
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2017-12-29T10:15:42.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 331 24.2535 105 0.28 95
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:42.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 46 13.7751 116 0.51 92
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:40.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 46 13.7751 116 0.46 93
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2017-12-29T10:15:40.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 174 17.5713 111 0.21 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.7 0.0044 0.32 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:44.74
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.5 0.00269 0.48 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:46.28
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.5 0.002065 0.58 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:46.58
IV.IVGP.HHE. ML:2.9 0.00421 1.38 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:47.15
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0035099999999999997 0.2 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:47.06
IV.IVGP.HHN. ML:2.8 0.003305 1.06 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:47.20
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0018900000000000002 0.68 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:49.15
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.6 0.001745 1.2 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:49.75
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000313 0.54 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:55.21
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.7 0.0015 0.46 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:55.89
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0005425 0.4 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:56.86
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.7 0.001485 0.84 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:58.98
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0005565 0.36 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:58.98
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0008045 0.34 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:15:59.35
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00028000000000000003 0.8 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:16:00.02
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0003095 0.24 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:16:02.44
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0003465 0.4 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:16:02.77
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:3.4 0.004654999999999999 0.6 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:16:02.31
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.5 0.000968 1.58 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:16:03.10
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:3.0 0.00199 0.42 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:16:04.78
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:2.2 0.0002095 0.44 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:16:09.85
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:2.2 0.0002235 1.4 AML other m 2017-12-29T10:16:11.27
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