Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 27-11-2018 and time 01:02:30 (Italy) in region 4 km W Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 27-11-2018 00:02:30 (UTC)
  • 27-11-2018 01:02:30 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0160, 14.9740 at 35 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Montalbano Elicona ME 4 2287 2287
San Piero Patti ME 4 2915 5202
Floresta ME 6 485 5687
Raccuja ME 7 1041 6728
Ucria ME 9 1058 7786
Librizzi ME 9 1660 9446
Basicò ME 9 612 10058
Roccella Valdemone ME 10 666 10724
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 11 980 11704
Tripi ME 12 873 12577
Malvagna ME 13 733 13310
Tortorici ME 13 6435 19745
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 21360
Sinagra ME 13 2705 24065
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 14 3090 27155
Patti ME 14 13431 40586
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 41923
Oliveri ME 14 2181 44104
Moio Alcantara ME 15 717 44821
Falcone ME 15 2808 47629
Randazzo CT 15 10900 58529
MazzarrĂ  Sant'Andrea ME 17 1531 60060
Castell'Umberto ME 17 3128 63188
Ficarra ME 17 1469 64657
Furnari ME 17 3784 68441
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 69460
Galati Mamertino ME 18 2627 72087
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 18 1319 73406
Gioiosa Marea ME 19 7074 80480
Piraino ME 19 3962 84442
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 88387
Longi ME 19 1473 89860
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 20 3215 93075

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
58 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2.0 2018-11-27
00:02:30
38.0163 14.9737 35 2019-06-04
09:16:06
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 64611981
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.1 2018-11-27
00:02:31
37.9512 14.9778 32 2018-11-27
00:13:06
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 63409021
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-11-27 00:02:30 ± 0.29
Latitude 38.0163 ± 0.0198
Longitude 14.9737 ± 0.0205
Depth (km) 35 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64611981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2146
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1564
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 342
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2150.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 83
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08274
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.86155
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 63409021
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-11-27 00:13:06

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64611981
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-05-28 10:20:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:50.61 0.6 undecidable manual S 59 54.1014 119 1.17 32
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:46.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 175 95.6376 54 -0.52 59
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:45.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 165 87.1461 54 -0.66 57
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2018-11-27T00:02:43.59 0.3 undecidable manual P 91 63.492 115 0.73 58
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:42.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 102 23.2545 144 -0.56 66
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:41.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 59 54.1014 119 0.2 69
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:41.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 85 14.2746 156 -0.51 46
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:41.28 0.3 undecidable manual S 289 9.1797 164 -0.2 74
IV.EVRN.HNZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:40.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 159 38.9277 128 0.72 61
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:40.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 191 44.9217 124 0.58 64
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:39.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 1 39.9267 128 0.1 72
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:38.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 185 21.7671 146 0.62 65
IV.EMCN.HNE. 2018-11-27T00:02:38.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 168 25.5522 141 0.26 71
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:37.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 102 23.2545 144 -0.46 91
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:37.66 0.6 undecidable manual P 206 23.6541 144 -0.31 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:36.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 289 9.1797 164 -0.15 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-11-27T00:02:36.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 85 14.2746 156 -0.26 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00018712622500000002 0.22 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:41.50
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00017041065 0.22 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:41.53
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00023451345000000001 0.4 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:41.61
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000402883 0.32 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:42.11
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00027897865 0.28 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:44.17
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00037993725 0.24 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:44.86
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0004309186 0.98 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:46.26
IV.AGST.EHE. ML:2.3 0.00022373490000000002 0.84 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:49.20
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0002052766 0.36 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:50.95
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0001398127 0.22 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:51.83
IV.AGST.EHN. ML:2.3 0.0002033355 0.14 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:02:57.48
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0002630359 1.24 AML other m 2018-11-27T00:03:14.86
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