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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 08-11-2019 and time 22:29:44 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Milazzo (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Milazzo (ME), on

  • 08-11-2019 21:29:44 (UTC)
  • 08-11-2019 22:29:44 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1990, 15.2220 at 9 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 4 2338 33984
San Filippo del Mela ME 5 7115 41099
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 6 41583 82682
Pace del Mela ME 8 6239 88921
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 8 4650 93571
Terme Vigliatore ME 9 7395 100966
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 9 1807 102773
Condrò ME 10 493 103266
Rodì Milici ME 11 2056 105322
Castroreale ME 11 2504 107826
Torregrotta ME 11 7431 115257
San Pier Niceto ME 12 2837 118094
Venetico ME 13 3911 122005
Valdina ME 13 1355 123360
Furnari ME 13 3784 127144
Roccavaldina ME 14 1133 128277
Spadafora ME 14 5021 133298
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 14 1531 134829
Monforte San Giorgio ME 15 2777 137606
Falcone ME 15 2808 140414
Oliveri ME 16 2181 142595
Rometta ME 17 6650 149245
Saponara ME 19 3988 153233
Villafranca Tirrena ME 19 8584 161817
Tripi ME 20 873 162690

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
38 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
65 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.9 2019-11-08
21:29:44		 38.1992 15.2223 9 2020-02-28
16:42:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 75467791
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.8 2019-11-08
21:29:44		 38.1942 15.2337 9 2019-11-08
21:36:04		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73745481
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-11-08 21:29:44 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1992 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.2223 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 9 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 75467791

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 342
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 302
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 128
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 340.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 73
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 21
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07285
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.66010
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75467791
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-11 18:05:27

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73745481
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-11-08 21:36:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SICLA.EHE. 2019-11-08T21:29:59.07 0.3 undecidable manual S 81 43.3233 50 -0.34 66
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:58.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 52 73.2711 50 0.39 62
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:57.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 240 35.0427 50 -0.17 70
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2019-11-08T21:29:55.93 0.6 undecidable manual S 314 31.6461 50 -0.35 45
MN.CEL.HHE. 2019-11-08T21:29:55.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 83 58.8966 50 -0.12 68
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:54.37 0.3 undecidable manual S 74 25.9518 109 -0.09 72
IV.SICLA.EHE. 2019-11-08T21:29:53.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 81 43.3233 50 -0.1 70
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:53.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 117 47.0196 50 0.04 70
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:53.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 178 25.2525 110 -0.48 67
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:52.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 240 35.0427 50 0.24 69
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:52.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 194 36.2415 50 0.45 66
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:52.58 0.3 undecidable manual S 202 20.4684 114 -0.1 73
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2019-11-08T21:29:51.44 0.1 undecidable manual P 314 31.6461 50 -0.04 96
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:51.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 313 28.8489 107 0.23 70
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:50.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 178 25.2525 110 -0.01 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:50.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 117 12.7761 125 0.14 73
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:50.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 74 25.9518 109 0.08 72
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:49.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 202 20.4684 114 0.07 73
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:48.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 6 8.0808 138 -0.3 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:48.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 117 12.7761 125 0.22 96
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-11-08T21:29:47.41 0.1 undecidable manual P 6 8.0808 138 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000937 0.52 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:48.57
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0030499999999999998 1.6 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:48.96
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.6 0.00552 0.42 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:49.00
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000865 0.56 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:49.08
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0007700000000000001 0.26 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:54.49
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0003055 1.44 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:54.03
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0006705 0.88 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:55.50
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000474 0.18 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:55.89
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00027449999999999995 1.82 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:56.08
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0002515 0.62 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:57.31
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00016499999999999997 0.32 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:57.99
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0005925 0.62 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:58.08
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0005669999999999999 0.82 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:29:59.03
IV.ECTS.EHE. ML:1.5 0.000135 0.98 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:30:01.49
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0005235 0.6 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:30:01.95
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:1.5 0.00013595 0.5 AML other m 2019-11-08T21:30:07.62
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