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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 30-11-2019 and time 19:37:41 (Italy) in region 2 km S Falcone (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Falcone (ME), on

  • 30-11-2019 18:37:41 (UTC)
  • 30-11-2019 19:37:41 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0980, 15.0840 at 8 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
Falcone ME 2 2808 2808
Oliveri ME 4 2181 4989
Furnari ME 4 3784 8773
Basicò ME 4 612 9385
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 5 1531 10916
Tripi ME 6 873 11789
Rodì Milici ME 8 2056 13845
Terme Vigliatore ME 8 7395 21240
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 22577
Montalbano Elicona ME 10 2287 24864
Librizzi ME 11 1660 26524
Castroreale ME 11 2504 29028
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 31943
Patti ME 12 13431 45374
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 46989
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 13 41583 88572
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 89591
Raccuja ME 16 1041 90632
Merì ME 16 2338 92970
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 96060
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 100710
San Filippo del Mela ME 18 7115 107825
Gioiosa Marea ME 19 7074 114899
Ucria ME 19 1058 115957
Roccella Valdemone ME 19 666 116623
Milazzo ME 20 31646 148269
Antillo ME 20 919 149188
Floresta ME 20 485 149673
Malvagna ME 20 733 150406

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
66 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 2.3 2019-11-30
18:37:41		 38.0985 15.0845 8 2020-02-28
16:42:27		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 76781211
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.3 2019-11-30
18:37:41		 38.0992 15.0863 8 2019-11-30
18:42:28		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 74192901
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-11-30 18:37:41 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.0985 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.0845 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 76781211

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 538
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 514
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 143
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 540.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 67
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 28
Number of defining phases 28
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08184
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.94069
Number of stations at which the event was observed 21
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 21
Magnitudes information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 34
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74192901
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-11-30 18:42:28

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 34
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76781211
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-24 18:22:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:59.58 0.1 undecidable manual P 181 104.4177 50 -0.06 84
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:57.14 0.6 undecidable manual P 51 89.6436 50 -0.23 42
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:57.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 259 91.4418 50 -0.05 65
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:56.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 262 83.0502 50 0.24 63
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:56.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 193 85.248 50 -0.01 65
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:55.89 0.6 undecidable manual S 63 41.2254 50 -0.04 47
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:55.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 307 79.7646 50 -0.34 63
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:55.98 0.3 undecidable manual S 261 43.623 50 -0.59 65
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:53.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 227 62.493 50 0.71 55
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:53.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 320 68.0763 50 -0.09 67
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2019-11-30T18:37:50.02 0.1 undecidable manual P 342 34.8429 102 1.19 67
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:50.37 0.6 undecidable manual S 172 24.2535 107 -0.14 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:50.29 0.3 undecidable manual S 77 24.0537 108 -0.15 71
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:49.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 213 36.3414 102 -0.03 72
IV.EMCN.HNE. 2019-11-30T18:37:49.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 187 34.3434 102 0.56 63
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:49.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 63 41.2254 50 -0.28 92
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:49.80 0.1 positive manual P 261 43.623 50 -0.49 87
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:48.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 201 32.9448 103 0.37 68
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:48.72 0.6 undecidable manual S 137 19.1697 112 -0.14 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:48.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 252 19.3695 111 -0.32 44
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2019-11-30T18:37:48.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 184 31.9458 103 0.43 89
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:48.49 0.1 positive manual P 344 32.1456 103 0.18 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:46.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 77 24.0537 108 -0.04 97
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:46.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 172 24.2535 107 -0.06 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:45.71 0.1 negative manual P 252 19.3695 111 -0.16 94
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:45.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 150 9.0798 130 -0.06 49
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:45.65 0.1 positive manual P 137 19.1697 112 -0.18 96
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-11-30T18:37:44.08 0.1 positive manual P 150 9.0798 130 0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.9 0.01385 0.2 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:45.81
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:3.0 0.0166 1.56 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:46.95
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.001145 0.36 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:49.49
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0012749999999999999 0.36 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:49.27
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.4 0.002255 0.62 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:49.46
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0010350000000000001 0.84 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:50.38
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000884 0.9 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:50.51
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0011949999999999999 0.48 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:51.72
IV.ECTS.EHE. ML:1.8 0.00041349999999999997 0.42 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:51.53
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:2.3 0.00121 0.22 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:52.34
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.5 0.001565 0.32 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:54.44
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0008805000000000001 0.48 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:55.45
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.9 0.0015400000000000001 0.56 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:56.37
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0011899999999999999 0.34 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:56.64
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0002165 0.18 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:57.22
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0005895000000000001 0.26 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:57.29
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0003725 0.58 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:57.61
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0006879999999999999 0.44 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:57.38
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00033199999999999994 0.2 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:57.85
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0000405 0.48 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:57.91
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.6 0.001935 0.72 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:58.53
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00003875 0.34 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:37:58.62
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00036050000000000003 0.74 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:03.43
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:2.4 0.0005389999999999999 1.32 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:03.95
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:2.6 0.0007084999999999999 1 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:04.59
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0005304999999999999 1.72 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:08.91
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:2.5 0.000429 0.48 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:09.15
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0003445 0.42 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:09.89
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:2.3 0.000265 1.56 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:12.03
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00027749999999999997 0.56 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:14.89
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0003465 1.48 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:15.03
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:2.4 0.000338 1.02 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:16.22
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:2.6 0.000389 0.7 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:18.49
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0006535 1.82 AML other m 2019-11-30T18:38:18.03
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