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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 12-10-2019 and time 05:52:52 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Montagnareale (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Montagnareale (ME), on

  • 12-10-2019 03:52:52 (UTC)
  • 12-10-2019 05:52:52 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1110, 14.9260 at 17 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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 3 1615 1615
Librizzi ME 3 1660 3275
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 4 3090 6365
Patti ME 5 13431 19796
Raccuja ME 6 1041 20837
Sinagra ME 7 2705 23542
Gioiosa Marea ME 8 7074 30616
San Piero Patti ME 8 2915 33531
Piraino ME 8 3962 37493
Ucria ME 8 1058 38551
Ficarra ME 9 1469 40020
Brolo ME 10 5783 45803
Castell'Umberto ME 11 3128 48931
Oliveri ME 12 2181 51112
Naso ME 12 3813 54925
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 57212
Tortorici ME 13 6435 63647
Basicò ME 13 612 64259
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 14 1319 65578
Floresta ME 14 485 66063
Falcone ME 14 2808 68871
Mirto ME 15 974 69845
Galati Mamertino ME 16 2627 72472
Frazzanò ME 16 711 73183
Tripi ME 17 873 74056
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 87310
Furnari ME 18 3784 91094
Longi ME 18 1473 92567
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 19 1531 94098
Capri Leone ME 19 4515 98613

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
56 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
59 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.6 2019-10-12
03:52:52		 38.1113 14.9265 17 2019-10-12
04:02:49		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73207961
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-12 03:52:52 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1113 ± 0.0027
Longitude 14.9265 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 17 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73207961

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 314
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 182
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 80
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 310.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 109
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.13
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08004
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33725
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73207961
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-12 04:02:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:53:05.02 0.6 undecidable manual S 84 37.4292 104 0.06 64
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-10-12T03:53:03.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 120 30.9468 108 0.29 91
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:53:03.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 254 30.4473 108 -0.09 64
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:53:03.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 5 31.8459 107 -0.02 96
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:53:02.97 0.3 undecidable manual S 9 29.748 109 -0.03 96
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:53:00.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 117 20.5683 120 -0.38 61
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:52:59.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 84 37.4292 104 -0.05 94
IV.ILLI.HNZ. 2019-10-12T03:52:59.63 0.6 undecidable manual P 3 37.1295 104 0.05 64
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:52:58.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 254 30.4473 108 -0.02 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:52:58.58 0.3 undecidable manual S 211 8.88 148 0.09 97
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:52:58.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 5 31.8459 107 0.04 97
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:52:58.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 9 29.748 109 0.19 94
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-10-12T03:52:58.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 120 30.9468 108 -0.12 94
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:52:57.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 117 20.5683 120 0.01 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-12T03:52:55.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 211 8.88 148 -0.07 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000051500000000000005 0.36 AML other m 2019-10-12T03:52:58.76
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00003654702 0.32 AML other m 2019-10-12T03:52:58.58
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000014453373499999999 0.3424 AML other m 2019-10-12T03:53:03.87
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000008927165499999999 0.72 AML other m 2019-10-12T03:53:03.00
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:0.5 0.00001225428 0.2208 AML other m 2019-10-12T03:53:05.02
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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