Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 08-02-2020 and time 12:23:42 (Italy) in region 1 km E Terme Vigliatore (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Terme Vigliatore (ME), on

  • 08-02-2020 11:23:42 (UTC)
  • 08-02-2020 12:23:42 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1370, 15.1690 at 10 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 1 7395 7395
Rodì Milici ME 3 2056 9451
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 5 41583 51034
Furnari ME 5 3784 54818
Castroreale ME 6 2504 57322
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 58853
Merì ME 8 2338 61191
Falcone ME 8 2808 63999
Oliveri ME 10 2181 66180
San Filippo del Mela ME 10 7115 73295
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 10 4650 77945
Tripi ME 11 873 78818
Milazzo ME 12 31646 110464
Basicò ME 12 612 111076
Pace del Mela ME 13 6239 117315
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 13 1807 119122
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 120459
Condrò ME 15 493 120952
San Pier Niceto ME 16 2837 123789
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 124808
Torregrotta ME 17 7431 132239
Patti ME 18 13431 145670
Montalbano Elicona ME 18 2287 147957
Valdina ME 19 1355 149312
Roccavaldina ME 19 1133 150445
Librizzi ME 19 1660 152105
Antillo ME 19 919 153024
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 155801
Montagnareale ME 19 1615 157416
Venetico ME 20 3911 161327
Mandanici ME 20 601 161928

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
42 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.5 2020-02-08
11:23:42
38.1367 15.1688 11 2020-07-18
21:08:20
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 76621891
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2020-02-08
11:23:42
38.1398 15.1702 11 2020-02-08
11:28:11
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76342481
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-08 11:23:42 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1367 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1688 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 76621891

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 691
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 419
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 97
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 690.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 85
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14299
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30667
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76621891
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-18 10:20:41

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76342481
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-08 11:28:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:53.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 328 31.2465 50 0.12 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:52.56 0.1 undecidable manual S 248 27.75 50 -0.24 93
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:50.35 0.3 undecidable manual S 163 19.1697 119 -0.04 74
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:49.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 328 31.2465 50 -0.08 96
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:49.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 64 32.745 50 -0.19 93
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:49.20 0.1 undecidable manual S 20 15.873 123 -0.21 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:49.46 0.1 undecidable manual S 86 16.0728 123 0 100
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-02-08T11:23:49.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 328 34.0437 50 0.44 88
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:48.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 248 27.75 50 0.03 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:47.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 163 19.1697 119 0.11 97
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:46.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 20 15.873 123 0 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:23:46.79 0.1 positive manual P 86 16.0728 123 0.14 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00032700000000000003 0.32 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:23:49.56
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00048249999999999996 0.32 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:23:49.57
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00023999999999999998 0.18 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:23:49.73
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002465 0.88 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:23:50.02
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00032199999999999997 0.18 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:23:50.52
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001915 1.04 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:23:50.01
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