Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 05-08-2019 and time 15:15:23 (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 13:15:23 (UTC)
  • 05-08-2019 15:15:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0190, 14.2950 at 21 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Motta d'Affermo ME 4 739 739
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 5 4694 5433
Pettineo ME 6 1350 6783
Tusa ME 6 2925 9708
Reitano ME 7 806 10514
Mistretta ME 11 4791 15305
Caronia ME 13 3364 18669
Pollina PA 13 2974 21643
Castel di Lucio ME 15 1294 22937
San Mauro Castelverde PA 15 1701 24638

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
62 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
69 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
90 Km NW 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.4 2019-08-05
13:15:23
38.0193 14.2948 21 2019-08-05
13:31:14
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 71194451
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-08-05 13:15:23 ± 0.2
Latitude 38.0193 ± 0.0171
Longitude 14.2948 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 21 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 71194451

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1827
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 618
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 346
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1830.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 184
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12231
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.45596
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71194451
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-05 13:31:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:37.17 1.0 undecidable manual S 145 41.7249 108 0.11 23
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:36.44 1.0 undecidable manual S 106 36.3414 111 0.73 20
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:33.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 86 25.9518 121 0.07 49
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:33.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 217 25.9518 121 0.13 48
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:32.17 0.3 undecidable manual S 246 22.6551 125 -0.31 69
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:32.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 87 50.616 104 -0.12 92
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:31.21 0.1 undecidable manual P 145 41.7249 108 0.07 93
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:30.68 1.0 undecidable manual S 257 13.5753 142 -0.05 25
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:30.14 0.1 undecidable manual P 106 36.3414 111 -0.22 92
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:29.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 262 23.754 124 0.54 88
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:28.41 0.1 undecidable manual P 246 22.6551 125 -0.09 97
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:28.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 86 25.9518 121 -0.16 95
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:28.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 217 25.9518 121 -0.12 96
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-08-05T13:15:27.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 257 13.5753 142 0.03 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:1.4 0.00014834330000000002 1.0368 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:30.84
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:1.3 0.00013644715000000001 0.2624 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:30.89
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000063565205 0.3392 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:33.55
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000055305905 1.0816 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:32.67
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00008952184 0.3008 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:33.59
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00006803352 0.4416 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:33.75
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00019736624999999998 0.7424 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:33.01
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00028930865 0.5824 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:33.40
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.000058866135 0.6016 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:36.26
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.000100430975 1.1584 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:37.16
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.1 0.000036942955 0.6464 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:36.35
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.6 0.00011303016 3.2384 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:36.99
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0002584054 0.256 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:38.45
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00017680755 1.6 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:38.13
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00008265513499999999 0.3392 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:42.18
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000063573005 0.3392 AML other m 2019-08-05T13:15:43.63
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