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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 11-10-2019 and time 06:40:47 (Italy) in region 2 km W Montagnareale (ME)

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

  • 11-10-2019 04:40:47 (UTC)
  • 11-10-2019 06:40:47 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1270, 14.9320 at 15 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
Montagnareale ME 2 1615 1615
Patti ME 3 13431 15046
Librizzi ME 4 1660 16706
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 5 3090 19796
Gioiosa Marea ME 6 7074 26870
Piraino ME 7 3962 30832
Raccuja ME 8 1041 31873
Sinagra ME 9 2705 34578
San Piero Patti ME 9 2915 37493
Ficarra ME 9 1469 38962
Brolo ME 10 5783 44745
Ucria ME 10 1058 45803
Oliveri ME 11 2181 47984
Castell'Umberto ME 12 3128 51112
Naso ME 13 3813 54925
Falcone ME 13 2808 57733
Basicò ME 14 612 58345
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 60632
Tortorici ME 14 6435 67067
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 15 1319 68386
Floresta ME 16 485 68871
Mirto ME 16 974 69845
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 83099
Tripi ME 17 873 83972
Furnari ME 17 3784 87756
Frazzanò ME 17 711 88467
Galati Mamertino ME 17 2627 91094
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 18 1531 92625
Longi ME 19 1473 94098
Capri Leone ME 20 4515 98613

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2019-10-11
04:40:47		 38.1268 14.9317 15 2020-02-28
16:41:55		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 73265421
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.9 2019-10-11
04:40:47		 38.1225 14.9295 17 2019-10-11
04:49:03		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73190251
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-11 04:40:47 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.1268 ± 0.0036
Longitude 14.9317 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 15 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73265421

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 452
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 233
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 302
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 450.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 70
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 32
Number of defining phases 32
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09533
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.76712
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 17
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73190251
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-11 04:49:03

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73265421
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-15 09:14:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:41:13.87 0.6 undecidable manual S 80 85.1481 93 0.77 37
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-10-11T04:41:09.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 258 70.4739 94 0.77 38
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:41:06.18 0.6 undecidable manual S 328 57.5979 95 0.44 43
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:41:04.78 0.1 undecidable manual S 73 52.503 95 0.38 88
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:41:02.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 80 85.1481 93 -0.29 84
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:41:00.11 0.3 undecidable manual S 86 36.8298 99 -0.13 71
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-10-11T04:41:00.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 258 70.4739 94 0.03 92
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:41:00.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 255 79.1652 93 -0.62 77
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:59.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 191 34.2435 100 0.04 74
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:59.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 149 31.8459 101 0.43 45
IV.ILLI.HNN. 2019-10-11T04:40:59.46 0.3 undecidable manual S 2 35.4423 99 -0.4 68
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:58.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 123 31.4463 101 -0.07 73
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2019-10-11T04:40:58.28 0.1 undecidable manual S 5 30.0477 102 -0.18 95
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:58.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 328 57.5979 95 0.16 92
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2019-10-11T04:40:58.34 0.3 undecidable manual S 251 31.4463 101 -0.48 67
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:58.17 0.1 undecidable manual S 9 27.9498 103 0.24 95
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:58.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 224 29.9478 102 0.29 70
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:57.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 73 52.503 95 -0.24 90
IV.EMSG.HHN. 2019-10-11T04:40:55.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 177 33.9438 100 0.57 87
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:55.82 0.1 undecidable manual S 121 20.9679 111 -0.32 94
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2019-10-11T04:40:54.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 5 30.0477 102 0.28 94
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:54.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 191 34.2435 100 0.23 94
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:54.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 86 36.8298 99 -0.22 93
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:54.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 149 31.8459 101 0.15 96
IV.ILLI.HNN. 2019-10-11T04:40:54.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 2 35.4423 99 0.16 95
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:53.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 9 27.9498 103 0.24 95
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:53.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 224 29.9478 102 -0.04 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:53.89 0.6 undecidable manual P 123 31.4463 101 -0.31 46
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:53.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 208 10.5783 136 -0.23 74
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2019-10-11T04:40:53.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 251 31.4463 101 -0.28 93
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:52.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 121 20.9679 111 -0.29 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-11T04:40:51.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 208 10.5783 136 -0.13 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0008440000000000001 0.38 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:40:54.40
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0006795 1.4 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:40:54.88
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.3 0.001322 0.62 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:40:56.33
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.3 0.001213 0.94 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:40:56.48
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000472 0.64 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:40:58.45
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000586 0.56 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:40:59.33
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00041700000000000005 0.42 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:40:59.62
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00020750000000000003 0.42 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:41:00.11
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001715 0.24 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:41:01.93
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00013800000000000002 1.58 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:41:02.18
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00008438345 0.2176 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:41:05.47
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00008752236999999999 0.32 AML other m 2019-10-11T04:41:06.05
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