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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 18-02-2019 and time 01:41:14 (Italy) in region 10 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 10 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 18-02-2019 00:41:14 (UTC)
  • 18-02-2019 01:41:14 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7580, 15.0090 at 0 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
Milo CT 10 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 11 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 20778
Randazzo CT 15 10900 31678
Maletto CT 15 3920 35598
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 41001
Ragalna CT 15 3924 44925
Bronte CT 16 19172 64097
Giarre CT 16 27659 91756
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 95719
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 103182
Pedara CT 16 14102 117284
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 118001
Mascali CT 17 14282 132283
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 143193
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 146408
Riposto CT 17 14838 161246
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 185253
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 194876
Viagrande CT 18 8563 203439
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 204419
Malvagna ME 18 733 205152
Belpasso CT 19 28108 233260
Adrano CT 19 36122 269382
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 277023
Roccella Valdemone ME 20 666 277689
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 281634
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 20 17984 299618
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 20 3524 303142

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 		ML 1.5 2019-02-18
00:41:14		 37.7583 15.0088 0 2019-08-22
08:24:53		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 66682791
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2019-02-18
00:41:14		 37.7593 15.0143 1 2019-02-18
00:57:03		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 65645921
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-02-18 00:41:14 ± 0.09
Latitude 37.7583 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0088 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 0 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 66682791

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 740
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 470
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 284
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 740.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 81
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03777
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.42358
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66682791
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-03-27 15:22:05

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 65645921
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-02-18 00:57:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HLNI.HHE. 2019-02-18T00:41:23.64 1.0 undecidable manual P 195 47.0196 90 -0.6 21
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-02-18T00:41:23.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 262 39.1275 90 0.55 64
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2019-02-18T00:41:21.83 0.6 undecidable manual P 340 33.744 90 0.21 47
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-02-18T00:41:21.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 40 30.6471 90 0.47 67
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-02-18T00:41:21.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 20 31.9458 90 0.12 72
IV.ESML.HHE. 2019-02-18T00:41:19.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 216 19.2696 91 0.43 69
IV.ENIC.HHE. 2019-02-18T00:41:19.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 175 14.1747 91 -0.41 46
IV.EPOZ.HHE. 2019-02-18T00:41:18.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 121 18.4704 91 0.32 70
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-02-18T00:41:18.01 0.6 undecidable manual S 323 8.6802 91 -0.05 51
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-02-18T00:41:18.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 36 16.872 91 -0.03 100
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-02-18T00:41:17.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 299 15.1737 91 -0.22 72
IV.ENIC.HHE. 2019-02-18T00:41:17.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 175 14.1747 91 0.1 74
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-02-18T00:41:17.88 1.0 undecidable manual S 203 7.7811 92 0.12 25
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-02-18T00:41:16.48 0.3 undecidable manual S 31 4.1958 93 -0.02 77
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-02-18T00:41:16.47 0.3 undecidable manual P 323 8.6802 91 -0.23 73
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-02-18T00:41:16.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 203 7.7811 92 -0.49 69
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-02-18T00:41:15.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 31 4.1958 93 -0.47 93
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EMCN.HNN. ML:2.8 0.010983653 0.12 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:16.49
IV.EMCN.HNE. ML:2.9 0.01299299 0.11 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:17.35
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00065677205 0.18 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:20.64
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0004928882 0.26 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:20.73
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0023683575 0.38 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:21.42
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.2 0.002491984 0.3 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:21.79
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:0.0 0.00015532822499999998 0.36 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:24.77
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00033425044999999996 0.34 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:25.59
IV.ECTS.EHE. ML:0.0 0.00018634462499999999 0.36 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:27.08
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00009613152999999999 0.63 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:33.98
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0005910575 0.38 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:24.96
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001997328 0.64 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:44.32
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00014937044999999998 0.64 AML other m 2019-02-18T00:41:40.97
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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