Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 26-03-2019 and time 10:54:09 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Santa Lucia del Mela (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Santa Lucia del Mela (ME), on

  • 26-03-2019 09:54:09 (UTC)
  • 26-03-2019 10:54:09 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1200, 15.2730 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: quarry blast.

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.

Hai sentito il terremoto? Clicca qui

Did you feel it? Fill in the questionnaire.

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 Lucia del Mela ME 3 4650 4650
San Filippo del Mela ME 6 7115 11765
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 6 41583 53348
Castroreale ME 6 2504 55852
Merì ME 6 2338 58190
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 6 1807 59997
Pace del Mela ME 7 6239 66236
Condrò ME 8 493 66729
San Pier Niceto ME 8 2837 69566
Rodì Milici ME 9 2056 71622
Terme Vigliatore ME 10 7395 79017
Monforte San Giorgio ME 11 2777 81794
Torregrotta ME 11 7431 89225
Roccavaldina ME 11 1133 90358
Milazzo ME 12 31646 122004
Valdina ME 12 1355 123359
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 12 1531 124890
Furnari ME 13 3784 128674
Mandanici ME 14 601 129275
Venetico ME 14 3911 133186
Rometta ME 14 6650 139836
Fiumedinisi ME 14 1409 141245
Spadafora ME 15 5021 146266
Antillo ME 16 919 147185
Alì ME 16 768 147953
Itala ME 16 1640 149593
Saponara ME 16 3988 153581
Pagliara ME 17 1170 154751
Falcone ME 17 2808 157559
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 158896
Tripi ME 17 873 159769
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 160788
Alì Terme ME 18 2539 163327
Scaletta Zanclea ME 18 2140 165467
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 18 842 166309
Oliveri ME 19 2181 168490
Nizza di Sicilia ME 19 3667 172157
Savoca ME 19 1732 173889
Villafranca Tirrena ME 19 8584 182473
Roccalumera ME 19 4141 186614
Basicò ME 20 612 187226
Limina ME 20 836 188062
Furci Siculo ME 20 3382 191444

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
33 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Catania (314555 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 1.1 2019-03-26
09:54:09		 38.1198 15.2733 1 2019-08-22
08:25:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 71219561
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2019-03-26
09:54:08		 38.1227 15.2703 8 2019-03-26
10:03:07		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 66930871
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-03-26 09:54:09 ± 0.04
Latitude 38.1198 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.2733 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 71219561

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 460
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 240
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 316
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 460.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 125
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06745
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.32376
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71219561
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-06 13:35:33

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66930871
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-03-26 10:03:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2019-03-26T09:54:16.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 256 35.9418 91 0 72
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-03-26T09:54:14.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 52 25.9518 91 -0.13 96
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-03-26T09:54:12.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 229 15.6732 92 0 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-03-26T09:54:12.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 192 16.872 92 0 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-03-26T09:54:12.71 0.3 undecidable manual P 348 17.1717 92 0.04 74
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-03-26T09:54:10.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 67 7.4814 94 0.11 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00023199999999999997 0.82 AML other m 2019-03-26T09:54:15.18
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00008324999999999999 0.64 AML other m 2019-03-26T09:54:16.32
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00009005 0.6 AML other m 2019-03-26T09:54:18.22
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00009545 1.14 AML other m 2019-03-26T09:54:18.82
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00034050000000000004 0.56 AML other m 2019-03-26T09:54:18.65
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00007095 0.92 AML other m 2019-03-26T09:54:24.19
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download