Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 31-05-2019 and time 06:42:20 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 31-05-2019 04:42:20 (UTC)
  • 31-05-2019 06:42:20 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3360, 14.7680 at 136 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
Capo d'Orlando ME 20 13254 13254

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
71 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
88 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Catania (314555 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 2.2 2019-05-31
04:42:20
38.3365 14.768 136 2019-11-13
14:30:55
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 70655711
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.2 2019-05-31
04:42:20
38.2602 14.8213 139 2019-05-31
04:54:50
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 69041351
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-05-31 04:42:20 ± 0.26
Latitude 38.3365 ± 0.0414
Longitude 14.7680 ± 0.0241
Depth (km) 136 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 70655711

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4882
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 635
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 160
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 4880.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 183
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.25
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17087
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.31301
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 69041351
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-05-31 04:54:50

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 70655711
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-07-17 14:44:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:43:07.81 0.6 undecidable manual S 85 145.743 130 0.59 47
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:43:00.68 0.6 undecidable manual S 72 101.6205 140 0.22 57
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:54.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 137 46.9197 159 -0.1 64
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:53.19 1.0 undecidable manual S 76 18.9699 171 0.21 33
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:53.64 0.3 undecidable manual S 164 33.8439 165 0.01 100
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:47.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 85 145.743 130 0.05 80
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:46.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 249 136.863 131 0.16 79
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:44.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 234 110.0121 138 0.56 75
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:44.18 0.6 undecidable manual P 104 115.8951 137 -0.62 49
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:43.72 0.6 undecidable manual P 72 101.6205 140 0.1 58
IV.SCIAR.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:43.03 0.6 undecidable manual P 244 99.123 141 -0.4 55
MN.CEL.HNZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:43.60 0.6 undecidable manual P 95 98.4237 141 0.23 56
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:42.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 197 82.6506 146 0.32 85
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:41.59 0.3 undecidable manual P 194 71.5728 150 0.1 91
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:39.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 164 33.8439 165 -0.16 97
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:39.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 137 46.9197 159 -0.36 91
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:39.49 0.6 undecidable manual P 205 36.9297 164 -0.29 63
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-05-31T04:42:38.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 76 18.9699 171 -0.41 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:2.4 0.00013210711 0.7008 AML other m 2019-05-31T04:43:22.25
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00009907083 0.6208 AML other m 2019-05-31T04:43:06.25
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:2.4 0.000111389245 0.7616 AML other m 2019-05-31T04:42:58.65
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:2.0 0.00004226154 0.6784 AML other m 2019-05-31T04:43:01.54
IV.CORL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000053524495000000005 1.4816 AML other m 2019-05-31T04:43:05.90
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000033390064999999995 1.6992 AML other m 2019-05-31T04:43:07.70
IV.PLAC.HNE. ML:2.2 0.000048336215 0.72 AML other m 2019-05-31T04:43:13.98
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:2.3 0.000054929230000000005 1.2992 AML other m 2019-05-31T04:43:13.22
IV.PLAC.HNN. ML:2.3 0.00006013697 1.2192 AML other m 2019-05-31T04:43:11.73
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