Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 08-02-2020 and time 12:39:59 (Italy) in region 1 km NW Terme Vigliatore (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Terme Vigliatore (ME), on

  • 08-02-2020 11:39:59 (UTC)
  • 08-02-2020 12:39:59 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1420, 15.1550 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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 4 2056 9451
Furnari ME 5 3784 13235
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 6 41583 54818
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 56349
Castroreale ME 7 2504 58853
Falcone ME 7 2808 61661
Oliveri ME 9 2181 63842
Merì ME 9 2338 66180
San Filippo del Mela ME 11 7115 73295
Tripi ME 11 873 74168
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 11 4650 78818
Milazzo ME 12 31646 110464
Basicò ME 12 612 111076
Pace del Mela ME 14 6239 117315
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 118652
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 14 1807 120459
Condrò ME 16 493 120952
Patti ME 17 13431 134383
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 135402
San Pier Niceto ME 17 2837 138239
Librizzi ME 18 1660 139899
Montalbano Elicona ME 18 2287 142186
Montagnareale ME 18 1615 143801
Torregrotta ME 18 7431 151232
San Piero Patti ME 19 2915 154147
Valdina ME 20 1355 155502
Roccavaldina ME 20 1133 156635
Antillo ME 20 919 157554

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
43 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 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 1.6 2020-02-08
11:39:59
38.1417 15.1548 9 2020-07-18
21:08:20
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 76622531
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.6 2020-02-08
11:39:59
38.1437 15.1703 12 2020-02-08
11:46:35
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76343031
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-08 11:39:59 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1417 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1548 ± 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 76622531

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 440
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 430
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 228
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 440.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 86
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.73924
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76343031
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-08 11:46:35

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76622531
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-18 11:35:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:40:14.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 51 81.8514 50 0.6 59
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:40:13.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 302 82.0512 50 0.06 90
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:40:09.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 246 26.8509 109 -0.12 74
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-02-08T11:40:07.11 0.1 undecidable manual S 160 20.0688 115 -0.15 99
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-02-08T11:40:06.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 329 32.9448 50 -0.2 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:40:06.31 0.3 undecidable manual S 88 17.2716 118 -0.08 76
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:40:06.05 0.1 undecidable manual P 66 33.6441 50 -0.35 93
IV.IVPL.HNE. 2020-02-08T11:40:05.82 0.1 undecidable manual P 330 30.1476 50 -0.04 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:40:05.79 0.1 undecidable manual S 25 15.873 121 -0.17 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:40:05.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 246 26.8509 109 0.15 98
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-02-08T11:40:04.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 160 20.0688 115 0.11 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:40:03.46 0.1 negative manual P 25 15.873 121 0.2 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:40:03.65 0.1 positive manual P 88 17.2716 118 0.14 100
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2020-02-08T11:40:01.34 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-02-08T11:39:59.50 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00084 0.32 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:40:06.43
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000518 0.32 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:40:06.43
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000442 0.2 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:40:06.58
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00048750000000000003 1.1 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:40:06.87
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0000958 1.34 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:40:09.76
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00005985 1.16 AML other m 2020-02-08T11:40:10.58
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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