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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 28-09-2019 and time 09:51:12 (Italy) in region 1 km E Furnari (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Furnari (ME), on

  • 28-09-2019 07:51:12 (UTC)
  • 28-09-2019 09:51:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1110, 15.1400 at 10 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
Furnari ME 1 3784 3784
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 2 1531 5315
Rodì Milici ME 3 2056 7371
Terme Vigliatore ME 4 7395 14766
Falcone ME 5 2808 17574
Castroreale ME 6 2504 20078
Oliveri ME 7 2181 22259
Tripi ME 8 873 23132
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 8 41583 64715
Basicò ME 9 612 65327
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 66664
Merì ME 11 2338 69002
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 13 4650 73652
San Filippo del Mela ME 13 7115 80767
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 14 1019 81786
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 84073
Milazzo ME 15 31646 115719
Patti ME 16 13431 129150
Librizzi ME 16 1660 130810
San Piero Patti ME 17 2915 133725
Pace del Mela ME 17 6239 139964
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 17 1807 141771
Montagnareale ME 17 1615 143386
Antillo ME 18 919 144305
Condrò ME 18 493 144798
San Pier Niceto ME 19 2837 147635
Mandanici ME 20 601 148236

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
44 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
68 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 1.2 2019-09-28
07:51:12		 38.111 15.1402 10 2020-02-28
16:42:12		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74550851
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2019-09-28
07:51:13		 38.0837 15.1618 11 2019-09-28
07:57:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 72851421
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-09-28 07:51:12 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1110 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.1402 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74550851

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 769
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 559
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 116
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 770.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08274
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.69158
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72851421
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-28 07:57:56

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74550851
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-11 11:15:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:28.26 0.6 undecidable manual S 260 48.618 50 -0.36 44
IV.IST3.HHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:26.38 0.6 undecidable manual P 6 76.7676 50 0.04 44
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:22.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 260 48.618 50 0.24 89
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:22.43 0.3 undecidable manual S 184 25.4523 50 0 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:20.36 0.3 undecidable manual S 78 18.9699 118 -0.09 73
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:19.52 0.3 undecidable manual S 152 17.4714 120 -0.48 67
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2019-09-28T07:51:19.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 335 32.5452 50 -0.3 68
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:18.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 184 25.4523 50 0.28 93
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:18.04 0.6 undecidable manual P 252 24.4533 50 -0.24 47
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:17.78 0.1 undecidable manual S 182 9.1797 138 0.04 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:17.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 152 17.4714 120 -0.02 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:17.48 0.1 undecidable manual P 78 18.9699 118 0.19 95
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-09-28T07:51:15.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 182 9.1797 138 0.21 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0001813468 1.68 AML other m 2019-09-28T07:51:17.03
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00019267165 0.32 AML other m 2019-09-28T07:51:18.03
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00020118599999999998 0.2048 AML other m 2019-09-28T07:51:19.70
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0001220592 0.3392 AML other m 2019-09-28T07:51:19.77
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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