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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 16-02-2020 and time 05:48:10 (UTC) in region 7 km S Castel di Lucio (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 7 km S Castel di Lucio (ME), on

  • 16-02-2020 05:48:10 (UTC)
  • 16-02-2020 06:48:10 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8220, 14.3050 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.

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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
Castel di Lucio ME 7 1294 1294
Sperlinga EN 8 805 2099
Gangi PA 9 6811 8910
Nicosia EN 12 13899 22809
Mistretta ME 13 4791 27600
Geraci Siculo PA 14 1945 29545
San Mauro Castelverde PA 14 1701 31246
Capizzi ME 16 3176 34422
Pettineo ME 16 1350 35772
Reitano ME 17 806 36578
Petralia Soprana PA 18 3360 39938
Motta d'Affermo ME 18 739 40677
Cerami EN 18 2006 42683
Petralia Sottana PA 19 2821 45504
Tusa ME 19 2925 48429
Bompietro PA 20 1401 49830

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
75 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Vittoria (63339 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.0 2020-02-16
05:48:10		 37.8223 14.3052 11 2020-07-18
21:08:41		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 80498211
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.1 2020-02-16
05:48:10		 37.8428 14.3187 11 2020-02-16
05:59:51		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76559951
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-16 05:48:10 ± 0.16
Latitude 37.8223 ± 0.0162
Longitude 14.3052 ± 0.0125
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 80498211

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1959
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 691
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 207
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1960.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 156
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.15109
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.50002
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76559951
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-16 05:59:51

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 80498211
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-06-25 15:25:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2020-02-16T05:48:27.68 0.6 undecidable manual S 64 55.5 50 0.19 60
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-02-16T05:48:20.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 118 26.0517 50 0.46 60
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-02-16T05:48:19.04 0.6 undecidable manual S 301 25.1526 50 -0.35 61
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-02-16T05:48:19.65 0.6 undecidable manual S 323 23.6541 50 0.66 56
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2020-02-16T05:48:19.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 64 55.5 50 -0.28 88
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2020-02-16T05:48:17.11 0.3 undecidable manual S 274 16.7721 122 0.17 97
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-02-16T05:48:15.02 0.3 undecidable manual P 323 23.6541 50 -0.21 95
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-02-16T05:48:15.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 301 25.1526 50 -0.06 97
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-02-16T05:48:15.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 118 26.0517 50 -0.21 94
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2020-02-16T05:48:14.04 0.3 undecidable manual P 274 16.7721 122 0 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000055925425 0.96 AML other m 2020-02-16T05:48:14.66
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:1.3 0.00012952829999999998 0.8224 AML other m 2020-02-16T05:48:15.09
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00005747984 0.2592 AML other m 2020-02-16T05:48:22.58
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:1.3 0.00011907055 0.8416 AML other m 2020-02-16T05:48:23.73
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00003848064 1.6384 AML other m 2020-02-16T05:48:24.02
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.4 0.000123718035 1.2704 AML other m 2020-02-16T05:48:25.22
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00003822943 1.0176 AML other m 2020-02-16T05:48:32.26
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00013855435 0.9408 AML other m 2020-02-16T05:48:34.68
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000019055355 1.4976 AML other m 2020-02-16T05:48:34.79
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:0.5 0.000018643220000000003 1.3568 AML other m 2020-02-16T05:48:39.79
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