Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 22-01-2020 and time 05:39:56 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Falcone (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Falcone (ME), on

  • 22-01-2020 04:39:56 (UTC)
  • 22-01-2020 05:39:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1090, 15.0930 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Falcone ME 1 2808 2808
Furnari ME 3 3784 6592
Oliveri ME 3 2181 8773
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 4 1531 10304
Basicò ME 6 612 10916
Tripi ME 7 873 11789
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 13845
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 21240
Castroreale ME 11 2504 23744
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 25081
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 27368
Librizzi ME 12 1660 29028
Patti ME 12 13431 42459
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 12 41583 84042
San Piero Patti ME 13 2915 86957
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 88572
Merì ME 15 2338 90910
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 91929
Raccuja ME 17 1041 92970
San Filippo del Mela ME 17 7115 100085
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 17 4650 104735
Milazzo ME 18 31646 136381
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 139471
Gioiosa Marea ME 19 7074 146545
Ucria ME 20 1058 147603
Antillo ME 20 919 148522

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
67 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.1 2020-01-22
04:39:56
38.1087 15.0928 8 2020-01-22
05:04:18
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 75713611
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-01-22 04:39:56 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1087 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.0928 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 75713611

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 889
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 404
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 182
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 890.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17627
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.36153
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75713611
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-22 05:04:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-01-22T04:40:10.36 0.6 undecidable manual S 64 40.1265 50 -0.09 49
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-01-22T04:40:04.14 0.3 undecidable manual S 141 19.5693 112 0.18 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-01-22T04:40:04.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 249 20.4684 112 -0.15 74
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-01-22T04:40:04.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 79 23.0547 109 -0.14 48
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-01-22T04:40:04.46 0.6 undecidable manual P 64 40.1265 50 -0.14 48
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-01-22T04:40:03.51 0.6 undecidable manual P 342 31.2465 104 0.42 47
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-01-22T04:40:01.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 79 23.0547 109 0.1 76
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-01-22T04:40:01.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 249 20.4684 112 0.09 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-01-22T04:40:00.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 141 19.5693 112 -0.14 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00004651359 1.1392 AML other m 2020-01-22T04:40:04.36
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00011292355 0.1408 AML other m 2020-01-22T04:40:04.56
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00005317782999999999 0.1216 AML other m 2020-01-22T04:40:04.55
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00006759960500000001 3.0784 AML other m 2020-01-22T04:40:04.19
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000042542805 1.7184 AML other m 2020-01-22T04:40:05.47
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000057833914999999996 0.16 AML other m 2020-01-22T04:40:06.01
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00019655205 0.8 AML other m 2020-01-22T04:40:08.26
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00015262889000000002 0.6784 AML other m 2020-01-22T04:40:08.07
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000044662075 0.8992 AML other m 2020-01-22T04:40:11.04
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000442513 1.7024 AML other m 2020-01-22T04:40:10.00
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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