Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 08-09-2019 and time 14:55:28 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 08-09-2019 12:55:28 (UTC)
  • 08-09-2019 14:55:28 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1780, 15.1670 at 11 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 7395
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 6 41583 48978
Merì ME 7 2338 51316
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 53372
Milazzo ME 8 31646 85018
Furnari ME 9 3784 88802
San Filippo del Mela ME 9 7115 95917
Castroreale ME 10 2504 98421
Falcone ME 10 2808 101229
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 102760
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 11 4650 107410
Oliveri ME 11 2181 109591
Pace del Mela ME 12 6239 115830
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 13 1807 117637
Condrò ME 14 493 118130
Tripi ME 15 873 119003
Basicò ME 16 612 119615
San Pier Niceto ME 16 2837 122452
Torregrotta ME 16 7431 129883
Venetico ME 18 3911 133794
Valdina ME 18 1355 135149
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 136486
Patti ME 18 13431 149917
Roccavaldina ME 18 1133 151050
Spadafora ME 19 5021 156071
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 158848
Montagnareale ME 20 1615 160463

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
42 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.2 2019-09-08
12:55:28
38.1778 15.1668 11 2019-09-08
15:58:29
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 72225881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-09-08 12:55:28 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1778 ± 0.0027
Longitude 15.1668 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 72225881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 359
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 301
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 74
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 360.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.11
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14929
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.47484
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72225881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-08 13:03:22
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:39.29 0.3 undecidable manual S 240 29.6481 50 -0.01 73
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:38.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 324 27.3504 50 0.08 73
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:38.43 0.1 undecidable manual P 253 52.7028 50 -0.03 93
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:37.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 166 23.6541 50 0.03 74
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:35.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 72 31.2465 50 -0.12 95
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:35.31 0.6 undecidable manual P 324 30.1476 50 0.32 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:35.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 102 16.5723 123 0.03 75
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:34.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 240 29.6481 50 -0.1 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:34.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 166 23.6541 50 0.09 97
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:34.44 0.1 undecidable manual P 324 27.3504 50 -0.11 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-09-08T12:55:32.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 102 16.5723 123 0 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0001285 0.72 AML other m 2019-09-08T12:55:33.67
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001805 0.32 AML other m 2019-09-08T12:55:37.40
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00006625 0.16 AML other m 2019-09-08T12:55:38.25
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00010445 0.24 AML other m 2019-09-08T12:55:38.63
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0000613 1.02 AML other m 2019-09-08T12:55:39.78
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00009224999999999999 0.32 AML other m 2019-09-08T12:55:39.77
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