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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 17-07-2019 and time 15:01:33 (Italy) in region Fiumedinisi (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: Fiumedinisi (ME), on

  • 17-07-2019 13:01:33 (UTC)
  • 17-07-2019 15:01:33 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0280, 15.3860 at 18 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
Fiumedinisi ME 0 1409 1409
Alì ME 3 768 2177
Alì Terme ME 4 2539 4716
Nizza di Sicilia ME 5 3667 8383
Pagliara ME 5 1170 9553
Itala ME 5 1640 11193
Roccalumera ME 6 4141 15334
Mandanici ME 7 601 15935
Scaletta Zanclea ME 7 2140 18075
Furci Siculo ME 7 3382 21457
Savoca ME 9 1732 23189
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 9 9377 32566
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 9 842 33408
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 13 1554 34962
Forza d'Agrò ME 13 911 35873
Antillo ME 14 919 36792
Limina ME 14 836 37628
Monforte San Giorgio ME 15 2777 40405
Roccafiorita ME 15 197 40602
San Pier Niceto ME 15 2837 43439
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 48089
Gallodoro ME 16 367 48456
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 16 1807 50263
Rometta ME 16 6650 56913
Mongiuffi Melia ME 17 600 57513
Castroreale ME 17 2504 60017
Roccavaldina ME 17 1133 61150
Condrò ME 17 493 61643
Letojanni ME 18 2861 64504
Pace del Mela ME 18 6239 70743
Torregrotta ME 19 7431 78174
Valdina ME 19 1355 79529
San Filippo del Mela ME 19 7115 86644
Saponara ME 19 3988 90632
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 91651
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 20 41583 133234
Merì ME 20 2338 135572

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
24 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 Km NE 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 1.7 2019-07-17
13:01:33		 38.0278 15.3863 18 2019-11-13
14:30:57		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 71300841
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.8 2019-07-17
13:01:33		 38.0263 15.38 21 2019-07-17
13:14:38		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 70654071
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-07-17 13:01:33 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.0278 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.3863 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 18 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 71300841

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 586
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 365
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 154
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 590.0
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 18
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12141
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.76442
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 70654071
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-07-17 13:14:38

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71300841
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-27 13:19:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAGA.HHE. 2019-07-17T13:01:48.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 194 84.8484 95 0.04 66
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:48.35 0.3 undecidable manual S 272 44.8218 102 0.02 71
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:44.48 0.3 undecidable manual S 22 28.2495 112 0.39 68
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:44.21 0.3 undecidable manual S 235 28.2495 112 0.11 72
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:44.03 0.6 undecidable manual S 96 27.5502 113 0.12 48
IV.SOI.EHE. 2019-07-17T13:01:43.79 0.3 undecidable manual P 85 58.5969 99 -0.45 64
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:43.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 60 51.2154 100 0.2 68
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:41.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 272 44.8218 102 -0.19 92
IV.GMB.BHE. 2019-07-17T13:01:41.74 0.6 undecidable manual P 68 41.625 103 0.06 48
IV.EPIT.HHE. 2019-07-17T13:01:41.84 0.6 undecidable manual P 230 37.5291 105 0.77 39
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:40.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 245 14.7741 133 -0.22 72
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:40.89 0.3 undecidable manual S 347 13.4754 136 0.11 74
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:39.68 0.1 undecidable manual P 235 28.2495 112 -0.03 98
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:39.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 96 27.5502 113 -0.03 74
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2019-07-17T13:01:39.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 333 30.2475 110 -0.12 96
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:39.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 22 28.2495 112 -0.07 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:37.74 0.1 negative manual P 347 13.4754 136 -0.06 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-07-17T13:01:37.84 0.1 negative manual P 245 14.7741 133 -0.1 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0005655 1.68 AML other m 2019-07-17T13:01:40.97
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0003045 0.9 AML other m 2019-07-17T13:01:41.05
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0005625 0.6 AML other m 2019-07-17T13:01:41.09
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00047750000000000006 0.38 AML other m 2019-07-17T13:01:41.47
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0002145 0.68 AML other m 2019-07-17T13:01:44.65
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001605 0.46 AML other m 2019-07-17T13:01:44.99
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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