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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 20-08-2019 and time 00:06:30 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 19-08-2019 22:06:30 (UTC)
  • 20-08-2019 00:06:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1770, 15.1270 at 7 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 7395
Falcone ME 8 2808 10203
Furnari ME 8 3784 13987
Oliveri ME 8 2181 16168
Rodì Milici ME 8 2056 18224
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 9 41583 59807
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 61338
Merì ME 11 2338 63676
Milazzo ME 11 31646 95322
Castroreale ME 11 2504 97826
San Filippo del Mela ME 13 7115 104941
Basicò ME 14 612 105553
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 14 4650 110203
Tripi ME 14 873 111076
Patti ME 15 13431 124507
Pace del Mela ME 16 6239 130746
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 132361
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 17 1807 134168
Librizzi ME 17 1660 135828
Condrò ME 18 493 136321
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 137658
Montalbano Elicona ME 20 2287 139945
San Pier Niceto ME 20 2837 142782
Torregrotta ME 20 7431 150213
San Piero Patti ME 20 2915 153128

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
75 Km N 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 2.1 2019-08-19
22:06:30		 38.1772 15.1268 7 2019-11-13
14:31:02		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 72464421
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.1 2019-08-19
22:06:30		 38.1717 15.1183 6 2019-08-19
22:15:09		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 71635761
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-08-19 22:06:30 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1772 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1268 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 72464421

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 507
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 410
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 308
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 510.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 69
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 37
Number of defining phases 37
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12501
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.12955
Number of stations at which the event was observed 22
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 22
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 26
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72464421
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-16 13:22:03

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 26
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71635761
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-19 22:15:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:53.66 0.1 undecidable manual S 301 77.8665 50 -0.53 84
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:52.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 213 125.3745 50 0.78 69
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:50.91 0.3 undecidable manual S 82 67.4769 50 -0.5 65
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:46.73 0.1 undecidable manual P 247 96.3258 50 -0.13 88
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:46.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 254 97.125 50 -0.48 82
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:45.10 0.1 undecidable manual S 201 42.4242 50 0.37 93
IV.EMCN.HNE. 2019-08-19T22:06:45.19 0.1 undecidable manual S 191 43.623 50 0.16 97
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:45.79 0.3 undecidable manual S 251 49.3173 50 -0.78 60
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:45.95 0.1 undecidable manual S 234 46.62 50 0.13 97
IV.EPIT.HHE. 2019-08-19T22:06:45.16 0.1 undecidable manual S 189 41.0256 50 0.8 80
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:43.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 98 81.7515 50 -0.65 79
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:43.56 0.1 positive manual P 301 77.8665 50 -0.45 85
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:43.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 224 71.2731 50 0.94 71
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:41.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 82 67.4769 50 -0.78 77
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:41.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 181 32.745 103 -0.24 97
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:41.88 0.1 undecidable manual S 74 34.6431 102 -0.52 91
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2019-08-19T22:06:40.14 0.1 undecidable manual S 329 28.3494 105 -0.14 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:39.12 0.1 undecidable manual S 236 26.6511 106 -0.6 89
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:39.80 0.1 undecidable manual S 330 25.5522 106 0.45 94
IV.EMCN.HNE. 2019-08-19T22:06:39.32 0.1 undecidable manual P 191 43.623 50 0.59 87
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:39.04 0.1 positive manual P 251 49.3173 50 -0.58 87
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:39.44 0.1 undecidable manual P 234 46.62 50 0.25 95
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:39.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 211 45.7209 50 0.12 97
IV.EPIT.HHE. 2019-08-19T22:06:38.75 0.1 positive manual P 189 41.0256 50 0.41 92
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:38.96 0.1 positive manual P 201 42.4242 50 0.4 92
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:38.45 0.1 undecidable manual S 158 24.6531 107 -0.61 89
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:37.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 332 33.6441 102 0.34 95
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:37.77 0.1 undecidable manual S 100 19.9689 110 0.25 99
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:36.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 181 32.745 103 -0.1 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:36.95 0.1 positive manual P 74 34.6431 102 -0.26 96
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:36.28 0.1 undecidable manual S 41 13.875 118 0.71 88
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:35.10 0.1 positive manual P 158 24.6531 107 -0.18 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:35.42 0.1 negative manual P 236 26.6511 106 -0.24 98
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2019-08-19T22:06:35.82 0.1 positive manual P 329 28.3494 105 -0.17 99
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:35.66 0.1 positive manual P 330 25.5522 106 0.21 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:34.62 0.1 positive manual P 100 19.9689 110 0.22 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-08-19T22:06:33.83 0.1 negative manual P 41 13.875 118 0.56 93
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0020647549999999997 0.3328 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:36.49
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.7 0.005532181 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:36.60
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0018996055 0.384 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:38.62
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0028986245 0.2048 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:38.54
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0012136035000000001 0.192 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:39.18
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0012405995000000002 0.2048 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:39.20
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0007795908 0.4352 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:39.40
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00042128575 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:39.80
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0020822640000000003 0.3584 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:41.20
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0007917571 0.2176 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:42.64
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0006071831 0.2304 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:42.57
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000092586415 0.2432 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:46.75
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00011462673500000001 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:47.55
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.000234971 0.3968 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:48.26
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.00021551155 0.7168 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:50.69
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000223262 1.5776 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:51.79
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:2.6 0.0007992925500000001 0.2048 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:51.05
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:2.6 0.0008167596999999999 0.1664 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:51.15
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:2.0 0.00017439315 0.2176 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:52.86
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00015820635 0.2176 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:52.97
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:2.0 0.00016678667 0.192 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:52.97
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0001625759 0.192 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:52.97
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00039432335 0.192 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:56.46
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00036360425 0.1536 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:57.39
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.7 0.00006724372500000001 0.3072 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:06:58.55
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00009942686000000001 1.5264 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:07:01.04
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000086333535 0.3456 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:07:02.37
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000029356424999999997 0.6144 AML other m 2019-08-19T22:07:02.50
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