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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 08-03-2018 and time 18:33:52 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 08-03-2018 17:33:52 (UTC)
  • 08-03-2018 18:33:52 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8940, 15.4960 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
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 13 9377 9377
Furci Siculo ME 13 3382 12759
Roccalumera ME 13 4141 16900
Nizza di Sicilia ME 13 3667 20567
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 14 1554 22121
Alì Terme ME 14 2539 24660
Forza d'Agrò ME 14 911 25571
Savoca ME 15 1732 27303
Pagliara ME 16 1170 28473
Alì ME 16 768 29241
Letojanni ME 17 2861 32102
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 17 842 32944
Scaletta Zanclea ME 17 2140 35084
Fiumedinisi ME 18 1409 36493
Gallodoro ME 18 367 36860
Itala ME 18 1640 38500
Taormina ME 19 10960 49460
Mongiuffi Melia ME 19 600 50060
Castelmola ME 20 1088 51148
Mandanici ME 20 601 51749

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
34 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
43 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.3 2018-03-08
17:33:52		 37.8942 15.4957 10 2019-04-24
14:49:32		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 56761951
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.3 2018-03-08
17:33:52		 37.8923 15.4918 10 2018-03-08
17:43:36		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 54442001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-03-08 17:33:52 ± 0.15
Latitude 37.8942 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.4957 ± 0.0091
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 56761951

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 698
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 600
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 322
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 131
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 33
Number of defining phases 28
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.12055
Number of stations at which the event was observed 23
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 19
Magnitudes information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 56761951
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-05-11 14:21:14

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 26
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 54442001
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-03-08 17:43:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:18.89 0.6 undecidable manual S 205 89.7435 50 -0.05 44
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:17.43 0.3 undecidable manual S 222 81.6516 50 0.64 57
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:15.23 0.3 undecidable manual S 204 73.8705 50 0.51 61
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:14.43 3.0 negative manual P 0.45 0
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:13.35 3.0 negative manual P 0.22 0
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:12.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 234 124.3866 50 -0.12 61
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:10.21 0.6 undecidable manual S 287 56.7987 50 0.05 47
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2018-03-08T17:34:10.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 53 102.7194 50 0.41 59
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:10.36 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.88 0
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:09.58 0.6 undecidable manual P 251 92.4408 50 1.48 25
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:09.13 0.3 undecidable manual S 68 52.7028 50 0.06 70
IV.HVZN.HHE. 2018-03-08T17:34:09.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 221 104.9172 50 -0.38 60
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:08.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 244 50.8158 50 -0.07 71
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:07.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 23 86.0472 50 0.5 60
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:07.34 0.1 negative manual P 205 89.7435 50 -0.35 82
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:07.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 256 83.9493 50 0.61 58
IV.AGST.EHE. 2018-03-08T17:34:05.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 199 74.5698 50 -0.36 64
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:05.75 0.3 positive manual P 222 81.6516 50 -0.7 56
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:05.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 2 41.0256 50 -0.17 70
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:05.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 320 69.8745 50 0.44 84
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:04.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 204 73.8705 50 -0.5 62
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:02.72 0.3 undecidable manual S 336 30.6471 50 -0.45 68
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:02.32 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.09 0
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:02.36 0.1 positive manual P 287 56.7987 50 -0.26 90
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:02.71 0.6 positive manual P 262 56.499 50 0.14 46
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:01.75 0.3 positive manual P 68 52.7028 50 -0.24 68
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:01.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 244 50.8158 50 -0.36 67
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:01.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 260 48.5181 50 0.38 89
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:00.75 0.3 undecidable manual S 56 21.5673 115 0.15 73
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:34:00.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 2 41.0256 50 0 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:33:58.29 0.1 positive manual P 336 30.6471 50 -0.3 93
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:33:57.07 0.1 positive manual P 56 21.5673 115 -0.03 100
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2018-03-08T17:33:50.42 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:2.2 0.001115 1.4 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:02.27
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:2.4 0.001605 1.48 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:06.00
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00042300000000000004 1.44 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:14.27
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:2.2 0.00034399999999999996 1.44 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:14.27
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0006905 0.58 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:15.50
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0008385 0.56 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:15.69
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0004555 1.42 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:17.20
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:2.2 0.0003795 1.42 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:17.20
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000235 1.74 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:20.88
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000165 0.26 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:21.82
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00020150000000000002 0.84 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:22.71
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00023249999999999999 0.24 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:22.72
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00013800000000000002 0.6 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:22.97
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:2.3 0.000247 0.58 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:24.45
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.5 0.00041049999999999995 0.92 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:24.33
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.5 0.00039600000000000003 1.58 AML other m 2018-03-08T17:34:29.86
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