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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 19-10-2019 and time 15:50:07 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 19-10-2019 13:50:07 (UTC)
  • 19-10-2019 15:50:07 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2150, 15.2080 at 13 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
Milazzo ME 3 31646 31646
Merì ME 6 2338 33984
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 8 41583 75567
San Filippo del Mela ME 8 7115 82682
Pace del Mela ME 9 6239 88921
Terme Vigliatore ME 9 7395 96316
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 11 4650 100966
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 11 1807 102773
Condrò ME 11 493 103266
Rodì Milici ME 12 2056 105322
Torregrotta ME 13 7431 112753
Castroreale ME 13 2504 115257
Venetico ME 14 3911 119168
San Pier Niceto ME 14 2837 122005
Furnari ME 14 3784 125789
Valdina ME 15 1355 127144
Spadafora ME 15 5021 132165
Roccavaldina ME 15 1133 133298
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 15 1531 134829
Falcone ME 15 2808 137637
Oliveri ME 16 2181 139818
Monforte San Giorgio ME 17 2777 142595
Rometta ME 19 6650 149245
Villafranca Tirrena ME 20 8584 157829

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
80 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 0.9 2019-10-19
13:50:07		 38.2152 15.2077 13 2020-02-28
16:42:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74578511
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.9 2019-10-19
13:50:07		 38.2462 15.1808 9 2019-10-19
13:59:30		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73343501
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-19 13:50:07 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.2152 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.2077 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 13 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74578511

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 495
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 444
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 338
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 126
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13310
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.31386
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73343501
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-19 13:59:30

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74578511
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-12 12:43:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-19T13:50:19.58 0.3 undecidable manual S 237 34.8429 94 -0.07 72
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-10-19T13:50:17.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 78 26.751 96 -0.02 73
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-10-19T13:50:17.31 0.6 undecidable manual S 312 26.6511 96 -0.18 47
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-10-19T13:50:17.76 0.6 undecidable manual S 175 27.1506 96 0.15 48
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-19T13:50:16.37 0.3 undecidable manual S 197 21.6672 100 0.2 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-19T13:50:14.37 0.3 undecidable manual S 121 14.7741 113 -0.02 75
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-19T13:50:14.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 237 34.8429 94 -0.02 72
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-10-19T13:50:13.91 0.6 undecidable manual P 312 26.6511 96 0.48 44
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-10-19T13:50:13.43 0.1 undecidable manual P 175 27.1506 96 -0.07 97
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-10-19T13:50:13.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 78 26.751 96 0.02 98
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-19T13:50:12.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 197 21.6672 100 -0.17 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-19T13:50:11.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 121 14.7741 113 -0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000661 0.36 AML other m 2019-10-19T13:50:14.72
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00005995 0.72 AML other m 2019-10-19T13:50:17.44
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
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