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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 01-10-2019 and time 05:54:08 (Italy) in region 8 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 01-10-2019 03:54:08 (UTC)
  • 01-10-2019 05:54:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7450, 15.0310 at 2 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
Milo CT 8 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 10 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 20778
Giarre CT 14 27659 48437
Pedara CT 14 14102 62539
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 70002
Mascali CT 15 14282 84284
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 89687
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 100597
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 104560
Ragalna CT 15 3924 108484
Riposto CT 15 14838 123322
Viagrande CT 16 8563 131885
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 141508
Randazzo CT 17 10900 152408
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 153125
Maletto CT 17 3920 157045
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 160260
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 178244
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 181768
Belpasso CT 18 28108 209876
Bronte CT 18 19172 229048
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 253055
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 282906
Acireale CT 19 52622 335528
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 343169
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 363758
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 395716
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 403459
San Giovanni la Punta CT 19 23060 426519
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 431827
Malvagna ME 20 733 432560
Adrano CT 20 36122 468682
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 473705
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 477650
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 478630

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.9 2019-10-01
03:54:08		 37.7448 15.0313 2 2020-02-28
16:42:02		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 73738871
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-01 03:54:08 ± 0.18
Latitude 37.7448 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.0313 ± 0.0102
Depth (km) 2 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73738871

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 919
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 124
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 118
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 920.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 89
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04676
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.36872
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitude information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73738871
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-06 16:58:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:20.48 0.6 undecidable manual S 16 32.745 94 0.67 41
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:16.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 265 40.9257 93 0.12 71
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:15.02 0.1 negative manual P 16 32.745 94 0.02 98
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:15.16 0.6 undecidable manual S 27 17.1717 97 0.74 41
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:15.26 0.6 undecidable manual S 300 17.6712 97 0.67 43
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:15.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 337 35.8419 93 -0.37 68
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:14.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 35 30.747 94 0 74
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:13.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 320 11.0778 100 0.89 39
IV.ECHR.HHE. 2019-10-01T03:54:13.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 238 12.2766 99 1.1 35
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2019-10-01T03:54:12.09 0.6 undecidable manual S 17 7.6812 105 0.89 39
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:12.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 224 19.3695 96 0.29 95
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:11.09 0.6 undecidable manual S 221 7.5813 105 -0.07 51
IV.ENIC.HHE. 2019-10-01T03:54:11.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 184 12.5763 99 0.19 73
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:11.76 0.1 positive manual P 27 17.1717 97 -0.13 98
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:11.53 0.1 negative manual P 300 17.6712 97 -0.46 91
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:10.18 0.3 undecidable manual S 2 5.1948 112 -0.18 74
IV.EVRN.HNN. 2019-10-01T03:54:10.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 124 10.9779 100 0.2 73
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:10.11 0.1 negative manual P 320 11.0778 100 -0.58 89
IV.ECHR.HHE. 2019-10-01T03:54:10.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 238 12.2766 99 -0.08 100
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2019-10-01T03:54:09.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 17 7.6812 105 -0.23 98
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:09.61 0.1 positive manual P 221 7.5813 105 -0.4 94
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-10-01T03:54:09.05 0.1 positive manual P 2 5.1948 112 -0.49 93
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0063838015 0.2784 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:13.96
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0056402915 0.2208 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:15.94
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00041946919999999996 0.2176 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:18.00
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0015177909999999999 0.32 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:18.27
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.3 0.001888691 0.5824 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:19.56
IV.ECTS.EHE. ML:1.9 0.0007528941 0.3392 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:20.34
IV.ESML.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0005880582 0.5792 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:21.40
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001573322 0.7584 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:21.75
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001998324 0.4992 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:21.84
IV.ESML.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0006110163499999999 0.56 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:22.65
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001225 0.56 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:22.28
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0005695373 0.32 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:24.33
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0005502767 0.4992 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:25.24
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00013115464999999998 0.4 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:28.66
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0004726752 0.64 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:29.53
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00011515485000000001 0.6016 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:31.50
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0003924523 0.64 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:31.51
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.6 0.00013483271 0.7104 AML other m 2019-10-01T03:54:37.13
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