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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 16-10-2019 and time 21:26:49 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 16-10-2019 19:26:49 (UTC)
  • 16-10-2019 21:26:49 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1370, 15.0560 at 11 km depth.

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

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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
Oliveri ME 1 2181 2181
Falcone ME 3 2808 4989
Furnari ME 7 3784 8773
Patti ME 8 13431 22204
Basicò ME 8 612 22816
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 24347
Terme Vigliatore ME 9 7395 31742
Montagnareale ME 9 1615 33357
Librizzi ME 10 1660 35017
Tripi ME 10 873 35890
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 37946
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 40861
Montalbano Elicona ME 13 2287 43148
Castroreale ME 14 2504 45652
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 14 41583 87235
Gioiosa Marea ME 15 7074 94309
Novara di Sicilia ME 15 1337 95646
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 98736
Raccuja ME 16 1041 99777
Piraino ME 17 3962 103739
Merì ME 17 2338 106077
Ucria ME 18 1058 107135
Milazzo ME 19 31646 138781
Sinagra ME 19 2705 141486
San Filippo del Mela ME 19 7115 148601
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 20 1019 149620
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 20 4650 154270

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 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 1.0 2019-10-16
19:26:49		 38.1368 15.0563 11 2019-10-16
19:37:33		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73291441
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-16 19:26:49 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.1368 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.0563 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 11 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73291441

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 597
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 333
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 199
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90
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) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12591
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.37951
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:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73291441
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-16 19:37:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2019-10-16T19:27:03.55 0.3 undecidable manual S 254 42.1245 90 0.06 72
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2019-10-16T19:27:03.39 0.6 undecidable manual S 70 41.8248 90 -0.01 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-16T19:26:59.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 88 25.8519 90 -0.13 73
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2019-10-16T19:26:59.52 0.3 undecidable manual S 344 30.0477 90 -0.72 61
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-10-16T19:26:58.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 140 23.9538 90 -0.38 69
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-16T19:26:57.18 0.3 undecidable manual S 237 19.0698 91 -0.13 74
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2019-10-16T19:26:57.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 254 42.1245 90 0.09 95
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2019-10-16T19:26:57.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 70 41.8248 90 0.23 93
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-10-16T19:26:55.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 140 23.9538 90 0.18 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-16T19:26:55.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 88 25.8519 90 0.02 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-16T19:26:55.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 150 13.9749 95 -0.18 74
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2019-10-16T19:26:55.82 0.1 undecidable manual P 344 30.0477 90 0 99
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-10-16T19:26:55.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 346 27.3504 90 0.28 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-16T19:26:54.23 0.1 undecidable manual P 237 19.0698 91 0.1 99
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-16T19:26:53.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 150 13.9749 95 0.18 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000261 1.3 AML other m 2019-10-16T19:26:56.89
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00021050000000000002 0.98 AML other m 2019-10-16T19:26:58.56
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000033876365 0.2816 AML other m 2019-10-16T19:26:57.30
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000030905625 0.1152 AML other m 2019-10-16T19:26:57.57
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000067924175 0.3712 AML other m 2019-10-16T19:26:59.87
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000475033385 0.1536 AML other m 2019-10-16T19:26:59.98
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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