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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 02-12-2019 and time 21:32:37 (Italy) in region 10 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 10 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 02-12-2019 20:32:37 (UTC)
  • 02-12-2019 21:32:37 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7510, 15.0050 at 0 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
Milo CT 10 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 11 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 20778
Ragalna CT 15 3924 24702
Maletto CT 15 3920 28622
Randazzo CT 15 10900 39522
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 46985
Bronte CT 16 19172 66157
Pedara CT 16 14102 80259
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 85662
Giarre CT 16 27659 113321
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 124231
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 128194
Mascali CT 17 14282 142476
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 166483
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 167200
Viagrande CT 18 8563 175763
Riposto CT 18 14838 190601
Belpasso CT 18 28108 218709
Adrano CT 18 36122 254831
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 262472
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 265687
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 275310
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 276290
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 279814
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 297798
Malvagna ME 19 733 298531
San Pietro Clarenza CT 20 7743 306274

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.8 2019-12-02
20:32:37		 37.751 15.0048 0 2020-02-28
16:42:15		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74766321
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-12-02 20:32:37 ± 0.13
Latitude 37.7510 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.0048 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 0 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74766321

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 840
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 600
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 291
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 840.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 82
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04587
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.34894
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitude information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74766321
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-18 14:07:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:46.48 0.6 undecidable manual P 264 38.7279 90 0.79 41
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2019-12-02T20:32:45.00 0.6 undecidable manual P 341 34.3434 90 0.19 49
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:44.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 21 32.8449 90 0.14 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:44.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 39 31.5462 90 0.07 76
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:44.88 0.3 undecidable manual S 35 17.7711 91 0.8 63
IV.EVRN.HNE. 2019-12-02T20:32:43.07 0.6 undecidable manual S 121 13.3755 91 0.5 48
IV.EPOZ.HHE. 2019-12-02T20:32:41.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 118 18.3705 91 0.14 77
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:41.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 35 17.7711 91 -0.39 73
IV.EPIT.HHE. 2019-12-02T20:32:41.29 0.3 undecidable manual S 34 8.0808 91 0.55 71
IV.ESML.HHE. 2019-12-02T20:32:41.91 0.6 undecidable manual P 217 18.3705 91 0.29 50
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:41.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 328 9.0798 91 0.7 67
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:40.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 203 6.8931 91 0.39 74
IV.EVRN.HNE. 2019-12-02T20:32:40.21 0.6 undecidable manual P 121 13.3755 91 -0.4 49
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:40.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 302 15.2736 91 -0.48 72
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:39.46 0.3 undecidable manual S 29 5.0949 92 -0.25 77
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:39.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 328 9.0798 91 -0.34 100
IV.EPIT.HHE. 2019-12-02T20:32:39.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 34 8.0808 91 -0.35 100
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:38.36 0.1 negative manual P 29 5.0949 92 -0.6 94
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-12-02T20:32:38.90 0.1 negative manual P 203 6.8931 91 -0.42 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EMCN.HNE. ML:0.0 0.02133214 0.1152 AML other m 2019-12-02T20:32:39.53
IV.EMCN.HNN. ML:0.0 0.012078244000000002 0.0896 AML other m 2019-12-02T20:32:39.53
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0010885120000000002 0.2432 AML other m 2019-12-02T20:32:44.36
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:0.0 0.001278201 0.3968 AML other m 2019-12-02T20:32:44.44
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:0.0 0.004892015499999999 0.2432 AML other m 2019-12-02T20:32:44.40
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0037079445 0.2944 AML other m 2019-12-02T20:32:43.28
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0008877281999999999 0.384 AML other m 2019-12-02T20:32:46.94
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00088142615 0.32 AML other m 2019-12-02T20:32:47.62
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00041699894999999997 0.8448 AML other m 2019-12-02T20:32:47.30
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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