Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 05-08-2019 and time 06:48:05 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 05-08-2019 04:48:05 (UTC)
  • 05-08-2019 06:48:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1610, 15.0440 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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
Oliveri ME 4 2181 2181
Falcone ME 6 2808 4989
Patti ME 7 13431 18420
Montagnareale ME 9 1615 20035
Furnari ME 10 3784 23819
Librizzi ME 10 1660 25479
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 32874
Basicò ME 11 612 33486
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 35017
Rodì Milici ME 12 2056 37073
Gioiosa Marea ME 13 7074 44147
Tripi ME 13 873 45020
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 47935
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 51025
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 53312
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 15 41583 94895
Piraino ME 16 3962 98857
Castroreale ME 16 2504 101361
Raccuja ME 16 1041 102402
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 103739
Merì ME 18 2338 106077
Milazzo ME 19 31646 137723
Brolo ME 19 5783 143506
Sinagra ME 19 2705 146211
Ucria ME 19 1058 147269
Ficarra ME 20 1469 148738

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
73 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 1.4 2019-08-05
04:48:05
38.1612 15.0435 8 2019-11-13
14:31:02
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 72335491
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.4 2019-08-05
04:48:05
38.1598 15.0422 9 2019-08-05
04:55:35
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 71184361
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-08-05 04:48:05 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1612 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.0435 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 72335491

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 593
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 180
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 318
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) 68
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 20
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.33
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.58636
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72335491
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-12 09:08:47

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71184361
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-05 04:55:35
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:49:04.96 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -3.11 0
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:42.34 3.0 positive manual Pg 4.05 0
IV.HPAC.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:32.75 3.0 negative manual P 1.26 0
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:25.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 318 60.495 50 0.74 39
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:19.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 74 42.1245 50 -0.5 44
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:17.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 220 65.0904 50 0.59 61
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:16.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 318 60.495 50 -0.4 65
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:16.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 107 59.8956 50 -0.21 68
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:14.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 93 27.0507 106 -0.09 49
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:14.17 0.3 undecidable manual S 347 24.4533 108 -0.04 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:14.78 0.6 undecidable manual S 142 26.751 106 -0.19 48
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:13.09 0.1 undecidable manual S 53 20.4684 111 0.21 97
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:13.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 74 42.1245 50 -0.24 93
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:13.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 204 40.8258 50 0.23 70
IV.EMSG.HHN. 2019-08-05T04:48:13.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 192 38.628 50 0.74 60
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:12.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 229 19.7691 111 -0.17 73
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:12.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 250 41.9247 50 -0.83 58
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:12.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 168 31.746 104 0.32 93
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:10.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 142 26.751 106 -0.09 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:10.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 93 27.0507 106 0.04 99
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:10.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 347 24.4533 108 0.03 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:09.26 0.1 undecidable manual P 229 19.7691 111 -0.29 95
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-08-05T04:48:09.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 53 20.4684 111 0.18 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000069107 0.2816 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:11.24
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00030140545 1.8208 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:12.02
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0001523675 0.16 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:13.14
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00029451669999999995 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:13.33
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0007215983500000001 0.3424 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:14.20
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00028933385 0.1792 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:14.66
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00016236085 0.1984 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:15.20
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00028215429999999995 0.3008 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:16.18
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0001113531 0.1408 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:16.39
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00008959341 0.1408 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:17.14
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:1.2 0.00007909953999999999 0.2624 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:17.92
IV.ECTS.EHE. ML:1.2 0.00007058794999999999 0.4 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:18.51
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000024395380000000002 0.2208 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:19.88
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000038820505000000006 0.2592 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:19.96
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00005444763 0.1184 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:20.11
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00006445878 1.68 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:21.99
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000059198085 0.4192 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:25.03
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000084544205 0.88 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:26.48
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0002710731 0.2432 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:27.11
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00011855597500000001 0.2592 AML other m 2019-08-05T04:48:28.75
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