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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 15-11-2019 and time 21:55:55 (UTC) in region 5 km E Capizzi (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 5 km E Capizzi (ME), on

  • 15-11-2019 21:55:55 (UTC)
  • 15-11-2019 22:55:55 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8640, 14.5350 at 39 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
Capizzi ME 5 3176 3176
Cerami EN 6 2006 5182
Troina EN 10 9373 14555
San Teodoro ME 15 1403 15958
Cesarò ME 16 2439 18397
Mistretta ME 17 4791 23188
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 17 3593 26781
Nicosia EN 17 13899 40680
San Fratello ME 18 3707 44387
Sperlinga EN 19 805 45192
Castel di Lucio ME 20 1294 46486
Caronia ME 20 3364 49850

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
59 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Messina (238439 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 2019-11-15
21:55:55		 37.8638 14.5347 39 2020-02-28
16:42:19		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 75535691
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.8 2019-11-15
21:55:55		 37.8808 14.4492 37 2019-11-15
22:09:48		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73865311
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-11-15 21:55:55 ± 0.15
Latitude 37.8638 ± 0.0126
Longitude 14.5347 ± 0.0125
Depth (km) 39 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 75535691

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1321
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 922
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 22
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1320.0
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 39
Number of defining phases 26
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.82468
Number of stations at which the event was observed 31
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 19
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75535691
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-14 18:03:17

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73865311
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-11-15 22:09:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
OT.OT14.EHZ. 2019-11-15T21:57:42.05 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -3.04 0
IV.FIR.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:57:35.26 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 5.43 0
IV.BLLA.EHZ. 2019-11-15T21:57:33.34 3.0 negative manual Pn 3.34 0
IV.CRMI.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:57:31.49 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.14 0
IV.MTMR.HNZ. 2019-11-15T21:57:17.18 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.78 0
IV.PTRJ.HNZ. 2019-11-15T21:57:02.72 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 14.47 0
IV.LRP.EHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:55.84 3.0 negative manual Pn 1.88 0
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:51.65 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 2.28 0
IX.CSG3.HNZ.01 2019-11-15T21:56:50.63 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 9.93 0
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:47.23 3.0 negative manual Pg 3.84 0
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:46.84 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.42 0
IX.STN3.HNZ.01 2019-11-15T21:56:40.40 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 3.35 0
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:23.06 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.42 0
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:20.51 0.3 undecidable manual S 139 84.249 92 -0.33 64
IV.HVZN.HNZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:19.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 168 77.6667 92 0.17 45
IT.LNT.HGZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:18.63 0.6 undecidable manual S 147 75.9684 92 -0.41 43
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:11.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 132 40.7259 112 0.29 71
IV.SSY.HNN. 2019-11-15T21:56:10.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 149 91.5417 91 -0.13 88
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:09.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 99 28.5492 130 0.09 75
IV.IACL.HHE. 2019-11-15T21:56:09.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 348 75.8685 92 0.68 78
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:09.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 139 84.249 92 -0.36 85
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:09.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 192 72.7716 92 0.48 85
IV.HVZN.HNZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:09.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 168 77.6667 92 -0.18 67
IT.LNT.HGZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:08.16 0.6 undecidable manual P 147 75.9684 92 -0.91 35
IV.CPTP.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:08.00 0.6 undecidable manual P 213 60.2952 94 0.88 37
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:07.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 152 64.3911 93 -0.59 62
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:07.85 0.3 undecidable manual S 171 17.1717 148 0.15 76
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2019-11-15T21:56:07.76 0.3 undecidable manual S 15 19.4694 144 -0.22 74
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:06.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 88 51.4152 98 0.09 72
IV.ENIC.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:06.41 1.0 undecidable manual P 121 49.9167 100 0.57 22
MN.VAE.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:06.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 200 46.62 104 1.13 51
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:05.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 240 48.3183 101 -0.46 89
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:05.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 132 40.7259 112 0.55 88
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:04.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 281 42.5241 109 -0.14 96
IV.PETRA.HHE. 2019-11-15T21:56:03.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 265 36.9297 117 -0.47 91
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:03.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 99 28.5492 130 0.31 72
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2019-11-15T21:56:03.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 187 26.9508 132 0.12 100
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2019-11-15T21:56:02.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 15 19.4694 144 -0.15 75
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-11-15T21:56:02.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 171 17.1717 148 -0.51 92
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00026347515 0.7296 AML other m 2019-11-15T21:56:08.49
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000190064135 0.2688 AML other m 2019-11-15T21:56:08.20
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.2 0.000050395518 0.4736 AML other m 2019-11-15T21:56:08.47
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00008282250499999999 1.1648 AML other m 2019-11-15T21:56:08.37
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000130710595 0.128 AML other m 2019-11-15T21:56:17.61
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00013724455000000001 0.2048 AML other m 2019-11-15T21:56:17.93
IV.MCT.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000033191372000000006 0.4096 AML other m 2019-11-15T21:56:30.18
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