Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 12-04-2019 and time 01:06:24 (Italy) in region 5 km SE Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 11-04-2019 23:06:24 (UTC)
  • 12-04-2019 01:06:24 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9850, 15.0480 at 10 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
Roccella Valdemone ME 7 666 2953
Malvagna ME 7 733 3686
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 5023
Tripi ME 9 873 5896
Basicò ME 9 612 6508
Moio Alcantara ME 10 717 7225
San Piero Patti ME 10 2915 10140
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 11 980 11120
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 11 1019 12139
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 16084
Floresta ME 12 485 16569
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 13 3215 19784
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 14 1531 21315
Raccuja ME 14 1041 22356
Librizzi ME 15 1660 24016
Motta Camastra ME 15 845 24861
Randazzo CT 15 10900 35761
Falcone ME 15 2808 38569
Furnari ME 15 3784 42353
Oliveri ME 16 2181 44534
Ucria ME 16 1058 45592
Antillo ME 17 919 46511
Rodì Milici ME 18 2056 48567
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 53970
Montagnareale ME 19 1615 55585
Patti ME 19 13431 69016
Graniti ME 19 1492 70508
Castroreale ME 19 2504 73012
Terme Vigliatore ME 20 7395 80407

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
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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 1.2 2019-04-11
23:06:24
37.9852 15.0477 10 2019-04-11
23:10:49
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 67477501
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-04-11 23:06:24 ± 0.11
Latitude 37.9852 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.0477 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 67477501

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 678
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 548
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 158
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 680.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 123
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.08184
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.28958
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 67477501
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-04-11 23:10:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-04-11T23:06:35.72 0.1 undecidable manual S 56 32.1456 50 -0.21 92
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-04-11T23:06:31.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 56 32.1456 50 0.23 92
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-04-11T23:06:31.55 0.1 undecidable manual S 95 16.2726 121 0.27 94
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-04-11T23:06:30.09 0.1 undecidable manual S 151 13.0758 127 -0.28 94
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-04-11T23:06:29.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 205 20.1687 116 0.31 92
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-04-11T23:06:29.35 0.1 undecidable manual S 59 9.0798 138 0.01 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-04-11T23:06:28.43 0.1 undecidable manual P 95 16.2726 121 -0.05 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-04-11T23:06:28.39 0.1 positive manual P 293 16.4724 121 -0.12 96
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-04-11T23:06:27.32 0.1 undecidable manual P 59 9.0798 138 -0.04 99
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-04-11T23:06:27.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 151 13.0758 127 -0.07 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0005560000000000001 0.2 AML other m 2019-04-11T23:06:29.99
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0005335 0.18 AML other m 2019-04-11T23:06:30.21
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000828 0.52 AML other m 2019-04-11T23:06:31.93
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000918 1.68 AML other m 2019-04-11T23:06:31.11
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000154 0.42 AML other m 2019-04-11T23:06:32.22
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00009839999999999999 0.52 AML other m 2019-04-11T23:06:32.72
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