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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 21-06-2019 and time 16:17:04 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 21-06-2019 14:17:04 (UTC)
  • 21-06-2019 16:17:04 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0370, 15.0280 at 8 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
Montalbano Elicona ME 2 2287 2287
Basicò ME 4 612 2899
San Piero Patti ME 6 2915 5814
Tripi ME 7 873 6687
Librizzi ME 9 1660 8347
Novara di Sicilia ME 9 1337 9684
Falcone ME 10 2808 12492
Oliveri ME 10 2181 14673
Raccuja ME 11 1041 15714
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 17245
Furnari ME 12 3784 21029
Roccella Valdemone ME 12 666 21695
Floresta ME 12 485 22180
Patti ME 13 13431 35611
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 37226
Ucria ME 13 1058 38284
Malvagna ME 13 733 39017
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 14 1019 40036
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 41016
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 43072
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 46162
Moio Alcantara ME 15 717 46879
Terme Vigliatore ME 16 7395 54274
Sinagra ME 17 2705 56979
Castroreale ME 18 2504 59483
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 63428
Tortorici ME 18 6435 69863
Randazzo CT 19 10900 80763
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 83978
Gioiosa Marea ME 19 7074 91052
Ficarra ME 19 1469 92521

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.1 2019-06-21
14:17:04		 38.037 15.0283 8 2019-11-13
14:30:58		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 71677541
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.1 2019-06-21
14:17:04		 38.0293 15.032 11 2019-06-21
14:28:23		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 69767091
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-06-21 14:17:04 ± 0.16
Latitude 38.0370 ± 0.0162
Longitude 15.0283 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 8 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 71677541

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1688
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 799
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 178
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1690.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 84
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 30
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.37
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.34354
Number of stations at which the event was observed 26
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71677541
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-21 13:10:30

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 69767091
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-06-21 14:28:23
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MF5.EHZ. 2019-06-21T14:19:06.77 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -3.06 0
IV.LMD.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:50.33 3.0 positive manual Pg 18.209999 0
IV.NDIM.HNZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:46.18 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 0.64 0
IV.MSSA.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:45.10 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -0.54 0
IT.VNF1.HGZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:42.32 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 10.7 0
IV.FIR.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:33.60 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 3.32 0
IV.LIK.EHZ.01 2019-06-21T14:18:29.22 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -5.16 0
IV.COR1.EHZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:22.32 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.27 0
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:20.68 3.0 positive manual Pg 9.19 0
IV.GAVE.EHZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:20.96 3.0 positive manual Pg 10.89 0
IV.CSP1.EHZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:14.27 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.09 0
IV.CESI.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:13.09 3.0 positive manual Pn -1 0
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:12.11 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -1.85 0
IV.DGI.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:18:03.96 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -3.87 0
IV.LIK.EHZ.01 2019-06-21T14:17:56.30 3.0 negative manual Pg 3.88 0
IV.PTRJ.HNZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:55.37 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 6.84 0
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:47.73 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 7.33 0
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:46.28 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -0.02 0
IV.OVO.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:46.16 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 4.73 0
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:22.99 3.0 undecidable manual Pg -2.83 0
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:13.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 354 37.8288 50 0.72 59
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:12.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 270 38.1285 50 -0.43 88
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:12.11 0.6 undecidable manual S 112 19.3695 111 0.08 49
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2019-06-21T14:17:11.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 67 30.8469 104 -0.18 70
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:10.26 0.6 undecidable manual S 273 13.4754 119 0.06 49
IV.EMSG.HHN. 2019-06-21T14:17:10.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 196 24.9528 107 0.6 64
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:09.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 96 9.4794 128 0.19 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:08.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 112 19.3695 111 -0.33 93
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:07.23 0.1 undecidable manual P 96 9.4794 128 -0.03 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-06-21T14:17:07.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 273 13.4754 119 -0.13 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000568 0.32 AML other m 2019-06-21T14:17:09.62
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000518 0.38 AML other m 2019-06-21T14:17:10.53
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00011099999999999999 0.32 AML other m 2019-06-21T14:17:10.57
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00010449999999999999 0.68 AML other m 2019-06-21T14:17:10.62
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00005165 0.18 AML other m 2019-06-21T14:17:12.31
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000852 0.66 AML other m 2019-06-21T14:17:13.40
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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