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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 17-02-2020 and time 12:44:34 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 17-02-2020 11:44:34 (UTC)
  • 17-02-2020 12:44:34 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1330, 15.0980 at 3 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Falcone ME 2 2808 2808
Oliveri ME 3 2181 4989
Furnari ME 4 3784 8773
Terme Vigliatore ME 6 7395 16168
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 17699
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 19755
Basicò ME 8 612 20367
Tripi ME 9 873 21240
Castroreale ME 11 2504 23744
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 11 41583 65327
Patti ME 12 13431 78758
Librizzi ME 13 1660 80418
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 82033
Novara di Sicilia ME 13 1337 83370
Merì ME 14 2338 85708
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 87995
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 90910
San Filippo del Mela ME 16 7115 98025
Milazzo ME 16 31646 129671
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 134321
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 135340
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 142414
Raccuja ME 18 1041 143455
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 146545
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 152784
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 20 1807 154591

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2020-02-17
11:44:34		 38.1333 15.0977 3 2020-02-17
11:54:12		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76595051
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-17 11:44:34 ± 0.38
Latitude 38.1333 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0977 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 3 ± 10 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 76595051

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 520
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 168
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 338
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 96
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) 0.17357
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.25990
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76595051
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-17 11:54:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-02-17T11:44:45.07 0.1 undecidable manual S 339 28.8489 96 0.49 90
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-17T11:44:42.37 0.1 undecidable manual S 86 22.3554 98 0.03 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-17T11:44:42.42 0.1 undecidable manual S 147 21.5673 98 0.35 94
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-17T11:44:42.04 0.1 undecidable manual S 243 21.9669 98 -0.18 97
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-02-17T11:44:40.36 0.6 undecidable manual P 339 28.8489 96 0.03 49
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-02-17T11:44:40.98 0.1 undecidable manual S 37 19.2696 99 -0.3 95
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-02-17T11:44:38.18 1.0 undecidable manual P 37 19.2696 99 -0.25 24
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-17T11:44:38.82 0.1 positive manual P 243 21.9669 98 -0.15 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-17T11:44:38.88 0.1 positive manual P 86 22.3554 98 -0.16 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-17T11:44:38.89 0.3 positive manual P 147 21.5673 98 0.01 75
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0002485 0.32 AML other m 2020-02-17T11:44:41.48
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00022649999999999998 0.3 AML other m 2020-02-17T11:44:42.52
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0001795 0.72 AML other m 2020-02-17T11:44:42.29
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0001175 0.38 AML other m 2020-02-17T11:44:42.88
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000416 0.42 AML other m 2020-02-17T11:44:42.52
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0004165 1.6 AML other m 2020-02-17T11:44:42.06
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001325 1.3 AML other m 2020-02-17T11:44:43.05
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00008965000000000001 0.82 AML other m 2020-02-17T11:44:44.51
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001585 0.48 AML other m 2020-02-17T11:44:47.16
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000194 1.58 AML other m 2020-02-17T11:44:47.09
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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