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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 10-02-2020 and time 12:33:58 (Italy) in region 3 km E San Piero Patti (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E San Piero Patti (ME), on

  • 10-02-2020 11:33:58 (UTC)
  • 10-02-2020 12:33:58 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0510, 15.0000 at 8 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
San Piero Patti ME 3 2915 2915
Montalbano Elicona ME 3 2287 5202
Basicò ME 6 612 5814
Librizzi ME 6 1660 7474
Raccuja ME 8 1041 8515
Tripi ME 9 873 9388
Oliveri ME 10 2181 11569
Montagnareale ME 10 1615 13184
Falcone ME 10 2808 15992
Patti ME 10 13431 29423
Ucria ME 10 1058 30481
Floresta ME 11 485 30966
Novara di Sicilia ME 12 1337 32303
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 12 3090 35393
Furnari ME 13 3784 39177
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 40708
Roccella Valdemone ME 13 666 41374
Sinagra ME 14 2705 44079
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 45059
Malvagna ME 15 733 45792
Tortorici ME 16 6435 52227
Rodì Milici ME 16 2056 54283
Gioiosa Marea ME 17 7074 61357
Ficarra ME 17 1469 62826
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 63845
Piraino ME 17 3962 67807
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 75202
Castell'Umberto ME 17 3128 78330
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 79047
Brolo ME 19 5783 84830
Castroreale ME 19 2504 87334
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 20 1319 88653
Randazzo CT 20 10900 99553

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
61 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 1.7 2020-02-10
11:33:58		 38.0513 15.0003 8 2020-07-18
21:08:22		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 76863291
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.7 2020-02-10
11:33:58		 38.0612 15.0047 7 2020-02-10
11:43:04		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76401231
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-10 11:33:58 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.0513 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.0003 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 76863291

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 826
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 410
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 178
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 830.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 88
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.55308
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76863291
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-27 10:17:20

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76401231
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-10 11:43:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ACATE.EHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:21.21 3.0 negative manual P 0.27 0
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:15.16 3.0 negative manual P 0.12 0
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-02-10T11:34:15.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 62 50.2164 50 0.34 44
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:11.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 267 35.742 50 0.64 62
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:11.61 0.6 undecidable manual S 357 36.1416 50 0.36 45
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2020-02-10T11:34:10.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 71 32.5452 104 0.03 49
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2020-02-10T11:34:09.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 95 61.3941 50 -0.45 84
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-02-10T11:34:07.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 62 50.2164 50 -0.14 92
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:06.60 0.1 undecidable manual S 114 22.1556 110 -0.03 99
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-02-10T11:34:06.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 355 38.4282 50 -0.15 70
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:05.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 357 36.1416 50 -0.07 96
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:05.16 0.1 positive manual P 267 35.742 50 -0.63 83
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2020-02-10T11:34:05.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 71 32.5452 104 0.59 85
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:04.41 0.1 undecidable manual P 169 27.0507 106 0.3 93
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:04.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 190 25.9518 107 0.32 92
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:04.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 206 28.1496 106 -0.08 97
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:03.27 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:03.11 0.1 undecidable manual S 265 11.0778 126 -0.08 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:02.81 0.1 positive manual P 114 22.1556 110 -0.37 92
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-10T11:34:01.12 0.1 negative manual P 265 11.0778 126 -0.07 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0012347934999999998 0.256 AML other m 2020-02-10T11:34:03.46
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00059329675 0.1984 AML other m 2020-02-10T11:34:04.44
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00035999999999999997 0.94 AML other m 2020-02-10T11:34:07.80
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000253 0.44 AML other m 2020-02-10T11:34:08.48
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0006154999999999999 1.12 AML other m 2020-02-10T11:34:11.41
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00038700000000000003 0.86 AML other m 2020-02-10T11:34:13.49
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0000668 0.44 AML other m 2020-02-10T11:34:13.45
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00005985 0.64 AML other m 2020-02-10T11:34:14.19
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