Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 02-12-2019 and time 09:50:51 (Italy) in region 1 km S Gualtieri Sicaminò (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 1 km S Gualtieri Sicaminò (ME), on

  • 02-12-2019 08:50:51 (UTC)
  • 02-12-2019 09:50:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1530, 15.3210 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 1 1807 1807
Condrò ME 3 493 2300
San Pier Niceto ME 3 2837 5137
Pace del Mela ME 3 6239 11376
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 4 4650 16026
San Filippo del Mela ME 5 7115 23141
Torregrotta ME 5 7431 30572
Monforte San Giorgio ME 6 2777 33349
Roccavaldina ME 6 1133 34482
Valdina ME 6 1355 35837
Merì ME 7 2338 38175
Venetico ME 8 3911 42086
Rometta ME 9 6650 48736
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 9 41583 90319
Spadafora ME 9 5021 95340
Milazzo ME 10 31646 126986
Saponara ME 11 3988 130974
Castroreale ME 11 2504 133478
Villafranca Tirrena ME 14 8584 142062
Terme Vigliatore ME 14 7395 149457
Rodì Milici ME 14 2056 151513
Fiumedinisi ME 15 1409 152922
Itala ME 15 1640 154562
Alì ME 16 768 155330
Mandanici ME 17 601 155931
Scaletta Zanclea ME 17 2140 158071
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 18 1531 159602
Furnari ME 18 3784 163386
Alì Terme ME 19 2539 165925
Pagliara ME 19 1170 167095
Nizza di Sicilia ME 20 3667 170762

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
29 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2019-12-02
08:50:51
38.1528 15.3213 9 2020-02-28
16:42:12
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74512781
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.1 2019-12-02
08:50:51
38.1413 15.3272 8 2019-12-02
08:58:45
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 74244021
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-12-02 08:50:51 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1528 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.3213 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74512781

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 669
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 111
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 151
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 670.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 97
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02518
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.63312
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 21
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74512781
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-11 11:11:04

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 30
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74244021
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-02 08:58:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-12-02T08:51:12.46 0.6 undecidable manual S 259 65.0904 50 0.54 41
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-12-02T08:51:08.21 0.3 undecidable manual S 76 51.3153 50 -0.04 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-12-02T08:51:05.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 253 40.9257 50 -0.05 48
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-12-02T08:51:04.18 0.6 undecidable manual S 71 36.1416 50 -0.02 49
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2019-12-02T08:51:04.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 44 70.2741 50 0.35 64
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-12-02T08:51:03.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 259 65.0904 50 -0.08 68
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-12-02T08:51:02.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 98 64.5909 50 -0.31 87
IV.EPZF.HHN. 2019-12-02T08:51:02.65 0.6 undecidable manual P 228 54.6009 50 0.94 35
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-12-02T08:51:00.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 76 51.3153 50 -0.4 66
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2019-12-02T08:51:00.64 0.6 undecidable manual P 311 41.4252 50 0.95 36
IV.NOV.HHN. 2019-12-02T08:50:59.55 0.3 undecidable manual S 229 21.2676 112 -0.02 75
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2019-12-02T08:50:59.11 0.1 positive manual P 310 38.7279 50 -0.16 94
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2019-12-02T08:50:59.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 53 20.4684 113 0.29 71
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-12-02T08:50:59.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 201 21.5673 112 0.32 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-12-02T08:50:59.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 253 40.9257 50 -0.14 70
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-12-02T08:50:58.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 71 36.1416 50 -0.27 69
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2019-12-02T08:50:57.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 329 15.2736 120 -0.41 70
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2019-12-02T08:50:56.28 0.1 negative manual P 53 20.4684 113 0.24 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-12-02T08:50:55.97 0.1 positive manual P 201 21.5673 112 -0.28 94
IV.NOV.HHN. 2019-12-02T08:50:55.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 229 21.2676 112 -0.22 96
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2019-12-02T08:50:55.06 0.1 positive manual P 329 15.2736 120 -0.06 100
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2019-12-02T08:50:54.85 0.3 undecidable manual S 104 2.7972 162 0.06 77
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2019-12-02T08:50:53.61 0.1 negative manual P 104 2.7972 162 0.17 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0027927039999999996 0.2816 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:50:59.56
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00075155775 0.1152 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:00.15
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0007313413500000001 0.4608 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:00.97
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.6 0.00266454 0.3392 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:00.89
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00069495755 0.4992 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:01.91
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0009008181500000001 0.2624 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:01.97
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:2.0 0.00044354685000000003 0.1984 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:04.59
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00035718505 0.3008 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:05.60
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.9 0.00030735714999999996 0.1984 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:05.81
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00033634945 0.224 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:05.99
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00060967 0.2624 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:07.13
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00050066155 0.2816 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:07.99
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00020053100000000002 0.1856 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:10.39
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.9 0.00019189889999999998 0.1856 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:10.48
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0001684247 0.1984 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:11.15
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.8 0.00015073075 0.2176 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:11.15
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.5 0.00006025823 0.3968 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:13.85
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00006104366499999999 0.3008 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:14.26
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00005572759 0.2816 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:14.77
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00007863112 0.2368 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:16.68
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00009239401 0.3008 AML other m 2019-12-02T08:51:17.30
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