Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 14-10-2019 and time 20:18:05 (Italy) in region 2 km W Montagnareale (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Montagnareale (ME), on

  • 14-10-2019 18:18:05 (UTC)
  • 14-10-2019 20:18:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1260, 14.9290 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.

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 4 13431 15046
Librizzi ME 4 1660 16706
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 4 3090 19796
Gioiosa Marea ME 6 7074 26870
Piraino ME 7 3962 30832
Raccuja ME 8 1041 31873
Sinagra ME 8 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 12 2181 47984
Castell'Umberto ME 12 3128 51112
Naso ME 12 3813 54925
Falcone ME 14 2808 57733
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 60020
Basicò ME 14 612 60632
Tortorici ME 14 6435 67067
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 15 1319 68386
Floresta ME 15 485 68871
Mirto ME 16 974 69845
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 83099
Frazzanò ME 17 711 83810
Galati Mamertino ME 17 2627 86437
Tripi ME 17 873 87310
Furnari ME 17 3784 91094
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 19 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)
63 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.4 2019-10-14
18:18:05
38.1263 14.9292 15 2020-02-28
16:42:16
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 75018591
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.4 2019-10-14
18:18:05
38.1233 14.9297 16 2019-10-14
18:28:13
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73255441
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-14 18:18:05 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.1263 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.9292 ± 0.0069
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 75018591

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 576
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 189
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 309
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 580.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 77
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.25
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09353
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.51801
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75018591
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-27 10:28:32

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73255441
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-14 18:28:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2019-10-14T18:18:22.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 73 52.7028 95 0.23 45
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:17.22 0.6 undecidable manual S 148 31.8459 101 0.37 45
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:16.67 0.3 undecidable manual S 223 29.8479 102 0.37 68
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:16.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 251 31.2465 102 -0.32 46
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:16.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 123 31.6461 101 0.15 47
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2019-10-14T18:18:16.23 0.3 undecidable manual S 9 28.0497 104 0.37 68
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2019-10-14T18:18:15.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 73 52.7028 95 -0.06 70
IV.IFIL.HHE. 2019-10-14T18:18:15.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 328 57.498 95 -0.19 68
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:13.63 0.6 undecidable manual S 121 21.1677 111 -0.46 45
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:12.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 148 31.8459 101 0.43 67
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:12.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 86 37.0296 99 -0.31 68
IV.EPZF.HHE. 2019-10-14T18:18:12.99 0.6 undecidable manual P 191 34.1436 100 0.48 44
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:11.82 0.1 undecidable manual P 123 31.6461 101 -0.31 92
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2019-10-14T18:18:11.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 9 28.0497 104 0.04 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:11.80 0.1 undecidable manual S 208 10.3785 137 0.11 100
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:11.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 223 29.8479 102 -0.01 98
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:11.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 251 31.2465 102 -0.22 94
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:10.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 121 21.1677 111 -0.31 70
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-14T18:18:09.10 0.1 positive manual P 208 10.3785 137 -0.09 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001695 0.36 AML other m 2019-10-14T18:18:12.05
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0001215 1.02 AML other m 2019-10-14T18:18:12.70
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0003775 1.36 AML other m 2019-10-14T18:18:14.17
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0003395 0.34 AML other m 2019-10-14T18:18:14.30
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001124 0.46 AML other m 2019-10-14T18:18:17.45
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000047 1.2 AML other m 2019-10-14T18:18:17.13
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