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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 09-02-2020 and time 06:39:49 (Italy) in region 1 km E Terme Vigliatore (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Terme Vigliatore (ME), on

  • 09-02-2020 05:39:49 (UTC)
  • 09-02-2020 06:39:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1410, 15.1780 at 12 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 1 7395 7395
Rodì Milici ME 3 2056 9451
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 4 41583 51034
Castroreale ME 6 2504 53538
Furnari ME 6 3784 57322
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 7 1531 58853
Merì ME 7 2338 61191
Falcone ME 9 2808 63999
San Filippo del Mela ME 9 7115 71114
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 9 4650 75764
Oliveri ME 10 2181 77945
Milazzo ME 11 31646 109591
Pace del Mela ME 12 6239 115830
Tripi ME 12 873 116703
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 13 1807 118510
Basicò ME 13 612 119122
Condrò ME 14 493 119615
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 120952
San Pier Niceto ME 15 2837 123789
Torregrotta ME 16 7431 131220
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 132239
Roccavaldina ME 18 1133 133372
Valdina ME 18 1355 134727
Monforte San Giorgio ME 18 2777 137504
Venetico ME 19 3911 141415
Patti ME 19 13431 154846
Antillo ME 19 919 155765
Montalbano Elicona ME 19 2287 158052
Spadafora ME 20 5021 163073
Mandanici ME 20 601 163674
Librizzi ME 20 1660 165334

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
41 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 1.3 2020-02-09
05:39:49		 38.1412 15.1777 12 2020-07-18
21:08:23		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 77019351
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2020-02-09
05:39:49		 38.1443 15.173 14 2020-02-09
05:47:26		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76364301
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-09 05:39:49 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1412 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1777 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 12 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77019351

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 410
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 298
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 360
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 410.0
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 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13670
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.63402
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77019351
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-04 08:20:25

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76364301
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-09 05:47:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:40:05.02 0.1 undecidable manual S 108 48.1185 92 -0.15 93
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:40:02.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 312 70.374 91 0.59 60
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-02-09T05:40:00.96 0.1 undecidable manual S 326 34.0437 93 -0.47 89
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:40:00.82 0.1 undecidable manual S 65 31.8459 94 -0.02 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:59.89 0.1 undecidable manual S 248 28.6491 94 -0.1 98
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:58.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 108 48.1185 92 0.06 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:57.42 0.1 undecidable manual S 166 19.4694 100 -0.13 99
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:56.33 0.1 undecidable manual S 18 15.1737 109 -0.11 99
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:56.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 65 31.8459 94 0.08 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:56.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 88 15.2736 109 0.07 100
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-02-09T05:39:56.31 0.1 undecidable manual P 326 34.0437 93 -0.23 94
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:56.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 327 31.2465 94 0.09 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:55.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 248 28.6491 94 0.05 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:54.41 0.1 positive manual P 166 19.4694 100 0.11 99
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:53.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 18 15.1737 109 0.09 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-09T05:39:53.87 0.1 positive manual P 88 15.2736 109 0.19 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001715993 0.3008 AML other m 2020-02-09T05:39:56.39
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0003122778 0.2784 AML other m 2020-02-09T05:39:56.40
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000264759 0.1792 AML other m 2020-02-09T05:39:56.74
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00017007539999999997 0.1792 AML other m 2020-02-09T05:39:57.02
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00025322275 0.1984 AML other m 2020-02-09T05:39:57.60
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00015790595 0.1408 AML other m 2020-02-09T05:39:58.08
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000022565490000000002 0.2816 AML other m 2020-02-09T05:40:01.07
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000028538694999999998 0.1984 AML other m 2020-02-09T05:40:01.07
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00009773813500000001 0.1984 AML other m 2020-02-09T05:40:02.52
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000033000874999999996 0.3008 AML other m 2020-02-09T05:40:01.14
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