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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 06-10-2019 and time 03:01:08 (Italy) in region 2 km N Antillo (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Antillo (ME), on

  • 06-10-2019 01:01:08 (UTC)
  • 06-10-2019 03:01:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9970, 15.2500 at 30 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
Antillo ME 2 919 919
Mandanici ME 6 601 1520
Limina ME 6 836 2356
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 7 1019 3375
Roccafiorita ME 8 197 3572
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 8 842 4414
Savoca ME 9 1732 6146
Pagliara ME 10 1170 7316
Mongiuffi Melia ME 10 600 7916
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 9253
Gallodoro ME 11 367 9620
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 12 9377 18997
Graniti ME 12 1492 20489
Forza d'Agrò ME 12 911 21400
Castroreale ME 12 2504 23904
Fiumedinisi ME 12 1409 25313
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 12 1554 26867
Furci Siculo ME 12 3382 30249
Roccalumera ME 13 4141 34390
Motta Camastra ME 13 845 35235
Letojanni ME 14 2861 38096
Nizza di Sicilia ME 14 3667 41763
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 14 1531 43294
Tripi ME 14 873 44167
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 15 3945 48112
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 50168
Alì ME 15 768 50936
Gaggi ME 15 3184 54120
Alì Terme ME 15 2539 56659
Castelmola ME 16 1088 57747
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 62397
Furnari ME 16 3784 66181
Taormina ME 16 10960 77141
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 80356
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 17 41583 121939
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 129334
Giardini-Naxos ME 18 9415 138749
Itala ME 18 1640 140389
Basicò ME 18 612 141001
Scaletta Zanclea ME 19 2140 143141
Malvagna ME 19 733 143874
Merì ME 19 2338 146212
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 151520
San Filippo del Mela ME 19 7115 158635
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 20 1807 160442
Linguaglossa CT 20 5403 165845
Falcone ME 20 2808 168653

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
37 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
43 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 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 1.9 2019-10-06
01:01:08		 37.997 15.2502 30 2020-02-28
16:42:00		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 73556971
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.8 2019-10-06
01:01:09		 38.0048 15.2538 28 2019-10-06
01:19:43		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73071601
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-06 01:01:08 ± 0.22
Latitude 37.9970 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.2502 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 30 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73556971

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 910
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 169
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 149
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 910.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 107
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.71406
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73071601
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-06 01:19:43

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73556971
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-31 16:55:43
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:33.19 0.6 undecidable manual S 205 79.2651 105 -0.06 60
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2019-10-06T01:01:26.04 0.6 undecidable manual S 331 48.2184 116 0.57 56
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2019-10-06T01:01:24.19 0.3 undecidable manual S 89 39.3273 122 0.8 80
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:23.01 0.6 undecidable manual S 37 37.2294 123 0.09 65
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:22.29 0.6 undecidable manual P 205 79.2651 105 -0.7 51
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:22.57 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.93 0
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:22.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 279 33.2445 127 0.29 63
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:22.85 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.55 0
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:19.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 222 17.0718 147 0.31 65
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:19.06 0.6 undecidable manual S 28 18.87 144 -0.28 65
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2019-10-06T01:01:18.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 331 48.2184 116 -0.19 95
IV.EVRN.HNE. 2019-10-06T01:01:17.63 0.6 undecidable manual P 196 35.5422 125 0.81 54
IT.RCU.HGE. 2019-10-06T01:01:17.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 69 38.8278 122 -0.24 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:17.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 208 3.1968 173 -0.28 67
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2019-10-06T01:01:17.09 0.6 undecidable manual P 89 39.3273 122 -0.21 63
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:16.89 1.0 undecidable manual P 37 37.2294 123 -0.13 32
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:16.73 0.6 undecidable manual P 279 33.2445 127 0.2 64
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:14.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 28 18.87 144 -0.31 97
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:14.67 0.6 undecidable manual P 222 17.0718 147 -0.13 67
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-10-06T01:01:13.78 0.3 undecidable manual P 208 3.1968 173 -0.28 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000104237825 0.14 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:17.53
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00069840695 0.36 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:17.96
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0010056911 0.3 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:18.48
IV.ECTS.EHE. ML:1.8 0.00026373415 0.32 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:19.61
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0005306714500000001 0.12 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:19.86
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00017669584999999998 1.74 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:20.88
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00044102319999999993 0.46 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:22.77
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0016514424999999999 0.36 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:23.46
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0011563285 0.28 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:23.53
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001657114 0.4 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:25.61
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00006091634 0.12 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:33.85
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000093512075 0.12 AML other m 2019-10-06T01:01:33.85
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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