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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 09-11-2019 and time 14:57:52 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 09-11-2019 13:57:52 (UTC)
  • 09-11-2019 14:57:52 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2920, 15.0000 at 10 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
Gioiosa Marea ME 16 7074 7074
Patti ME 17 13431 20505
Montagnareale ME 18 1615 22120
Piraino ME 19 3962 26082
Oliveri ME 19 2181 28263

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
88 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 1.7 2019-11-09
13:57:52		 38.2918 14.9997 10 2020-02-28
16:42:17		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 75120471
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.8 2019-11-09
13:57:53		 38.2817 14.9892 9 2019-11-09
14:03:19		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73757131
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-11-09 13:57:52 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.2918 ± 0.0090
Longitude 14.9997 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 75120471

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1024
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 550
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 349
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1020.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 24
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.76173
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75120471
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-30 15:22:13

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73757131
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-11-09 14:03:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IST3.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:29.63 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.ISTR.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:29.08 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.PLLN.EHN. 2019-11-09T13:58:18.29 0.6 undecidable manual S 246 81.7515 50 0.76 37
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:16.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 92 77.9664 50 -0.02 45
IV.JOPP.HHE. 2019-11-09T13:58:08.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 65 84.5487 50 0.67 76
IV.PLLN.EHN. 2019-11-09T13:58:07.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 246 81.7515 50 0.4 63
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:07.19 0.3 undecidable manual S 94 44.4222 50 -0.37 67
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:07.36 0.3 undecidable manual S 231 45.621 50 -0.54 65
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:06.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 150 41.0256 50 0.15 71
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:06.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 92 77.9664 50 -0.48 62
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:05.20 0.3 undecidable manual S 118 34.743 50 0.22 71
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:04.05 0.3 undecidable manual S 158 31.6461 50 -0.1 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:03.64 0.3 undecidable manual S 202 29.6481 50 0.01 75
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:01.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 94 44.4222 50 -0.15 94
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:01.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 231 45.621 50 -0.05 72
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:58:01.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 150 41.0256 50 0.19 70
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:57:59.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 158 31.6461 50 0.1 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:57:59.78 0.1 undecidable manual P 118 34.743 50 -0.11 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:57:58.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 202 29.6481 50 -0.25 95
IV.IVPL.HNZ. 2019-11-09T13:57:58.06 0.3 undecidable manual S 350 9.4794 136 0.39 71
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:57:57.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 344 12.1767 129 -0.51 69
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:57:57.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 96 20.2686 116 0.08 100
IV.IVPL.HNZ. 2019-11-09T13:57:55.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 350 9.4794 136 0.16 100
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2019-11-09T13:57:55.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 344 12.1767 129 -0.23 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00041759599999999995 0.16 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:01.03
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00058752865 0.1984 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:01.13
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001622083 0.2176 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:04.61
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00023277119999999998 0.32 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:04.53
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0004661064500000001 0.2368 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:05.67
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00065202735 0.2752 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:05.14
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0001561264 0.3392 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:06.83
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00017921205 0.2624 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:06.44
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0002447302 0.1792 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:07.72
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001709139 0.2624 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:07.55
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00021393835 0.9216 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:19.22
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00012836406 0.1792 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:09.13
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00009695281 1.056 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:04.10
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000077757545 1.0624 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:03.94
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.7 0.00007620819999999999 1.44 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:32.57
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00004757259499999999 1.2992 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:30.69
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00005173408 0.9216 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:14.34
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.8 0.00009155346 0.9024 AML other m 2019-11-09T13:58:14.34
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