Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 08-04-2019 and time 05:11:39 (Italy) in region 5 km SW Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 08-04-2019 03:11:39 (UTC)
  • 08-04-2019 05:11:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0020, 14.9680 at 6 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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
Montalbano Elicona ME 5 2287 2287
Floresta ME 5 485 2772
San Piero Patti ME 6 2915 5687
Raccuja ME 8 1041 6728
Roccella Valdemone ME 8 666 7394
Ucria ME 9 1058 8452
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 10 980 9432
Basicò ME 11 612 10044
Librizzi ME 11 1660 11704
Malvagna ME 12 733 12437
Tripi ME 13 873 13310
Tortorici ME 13 6435 19745
Moio Alcantara ME 14 717 20462
Sinagra ME 14 2705 23167
Randazzo CT 14 10900 34067
Novara di Sicilia ME 15 1337 35404
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 38494
Montagnareale ME 15 1615 40109
Patti ME 16 13431 53540
Oliveri ME 16 2181 55721
Falcone ME 16 2808 58529
Castell'Umberto ME 17 3128 61657
Ficarra ME 17 1469 63126
Galati Mamertino ME 18 2627 65753
MazzarrĂ  Sant'Andrea ME 18 1531 67284
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 68303
Furnari ME 18 3784 72087
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 18 1319 73406
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 77351
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 80566
Longi ME 19 1473 82039

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
56 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.8 2019-04-08
03:11:39
38.0017 14.9677 6 2019-04-08
03:21:27
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 67360121
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-04-08 03:11:39 ± 0.25
Latitude 38.0017 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.9677 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 6 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 67360121

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 804
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 415
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 199
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08454
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33994
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 67360121
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-04-08 03:21:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:48.34 0.6 undecidable manual S 252 25.0527 103 0.31 47
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:47.22 1.0 positive manual P 37 37.7289 98 0.47 22
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:46.14 0.6 undecidable manual S 135 18.87 107 0.2 48
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:44.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 252 25.0527 103 0.13 97
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:43.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 135 18.87 107 0.04 100
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:43.44 0.1 undecidable manual P 184 20.1687 106 0.15 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:43.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 98 23.4543 103 -0.24 95
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:43.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 206 21.9669 104 -0.41 92
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:42.74 1.0 undecidable manual P 79 15.0738 110 0.41 23
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:42.86 0.6 undecidable manual S 299 9.3795 121 -0.04 51
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-04-08T03:11:41.18 0.1 positive manual P 299 9.3795 121 -0.12 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0001305 0.36 AML other m 2019-04-08T03:11:43.24
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00025 0.38 AML other m 2019-04-08T03:11:43.23
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000025009025000000002 0.2608 AML other m 2019-04-08T03:11:49.62
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.7 0.0000338182 0.3008 AML other m 2019-04-08T03:11:49.93
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.000071865465 1.08 AML other m 2019-04-08T03:11:50.07
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.000048042095 0.24 AML other m 2019-04-08T03:11:48.73
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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