Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 20-04-2018 and time 04:02:36 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Tripi (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Tripi (ME), on

  • 20-04-2018 02:02:36 (UTC)
  • 20-04-2018 04:02:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0400, 15.1110 at 6 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Tripi ME 2 873 873
Novara di Sicilia ME 3 1337 2210
Basicò ME 5 612 2822
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 4353
Furnari ME 7 3784 8137
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 8 1019 9156
Montalbano Elicona ME 9 2287 11443
Falcone ME 9 2808 14251
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 16307
Oliveri ME 11 2181 18488
Castroreale ME 11 2504 20992
Terme Vigliatore ME 12 7395 28387
San Piero Patti ME 13 2915 31302
Antillo ME 14 919 32221
Malvagna ME 14 733 32954
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 33620
Librizzi ME 15 1660 35280
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 15 41583 76863
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 16 3945 80808
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 81525
Motta Camastra ME 17 845 82370
Patti ME 17 13431 95801
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 99016
Montagnareale ME 18 1615 100631
Raccuja ME 18 1041 101672
Limina ME 18 836 102508
Roccafiorita ME 18 197 102705
Floresta ME 19 485 103190
Merì ME 19 2338 105528
Mandanici ME 19 601 106129
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 19 4650 110779
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 111759
Graniti ME 19 1492 113251

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
48 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
60 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 0.6 2018-04-20
02:02:36
38.0402 15.111 7 2019-04-24
14:49:44
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 60433341
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.6 2018-04-20
02:02:36
38.0377 15.1123 7 2018-04-20
02:20:53
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 55850821
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-04-20 02:02:36 ± 0.14
Latitude 38.0402 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.1110 ± 0.0057
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 60433341

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 543
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 498
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 166
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) 145
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) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02338
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.37502
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 60433341
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-08-31 18:19:15

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 55850821
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-04-20 02:20:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2018-04-20T02:02:46.95 0.3 undecidable manual S 22 27.6501 103 0.38 67
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2018-04-20T02:02:45.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 342 41.625 50 0.22 68
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-04-20T02:02:44.98 0.1 undecidable manual S 61 24.1536 105 -0.4 90
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-04-20T02:02:44.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 343 39.0276 99 -0.37 88
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-04-20T02:02:43.98 0.1 undecidable manual S 271 20.7681 107 -0.25 94
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2018-04-20T02:02:42.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 22 27.6501 103 0.12 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-04-20T02:02:41.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 271 20.7681 107 0.16 95
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-04-20T02:02:41.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 61 24.1536 105 0 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-04-20T02:02:41.65 0.1 undecidable manual S 126 13.1757 116 -0.13 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-04-20T02:02:39.73 0.1 positive manual P 126 13.1757 116 0.1 98
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-04-20T02:02:39.21 0.1 undecidable manual S 122 2.5974 158 0.08 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-04-20T02:02:38.31 0.1 negative manual P 122 2.5974 158 0.21 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00008418027 0.12 AML other m 2018-04-20T02:02:43.26
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000025756279999999998 0.32 AML other m 2018-04-20T02:02:44.65
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.4 0.00002215632 1.7984 AML other m 2018-04-20T02:02:45.04
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000026985365 0.2192 AML other m 2018-04-20T02:02:46.85
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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