Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 18-02-2020 and time 11:52:52 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Roccella Valdemone (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Roccella Valdemone (ME), on

  • 18-02-2020 10:52:52 (UTC)
  • 18-02-2020 11:52:52 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9500, 14.9990 at 16 km depth.

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

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
Roccella Valdemone ME 2 666 666
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 5 980 1646
Malvagna ME 6 733 2379
Moio Alcantara ME 7 717 3096
Montalbano Elicona ME 9 2287 5383
Floresta ME 9 485 5868
Randazzo CT 9 10900 16768
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 19683
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 13 3215 22898
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 13 3945 26843
Basicò ME 14 612 27455
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 28792
Raccuja ME 14 1041 29833
Tripi ME 14 873 30706
Ucria ME 15 1058 31764
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 32783
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 33628
Librizzi ME 17 1660 35288
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 40691
Maletto CT 18 3920 44611
Tortorici ME 18 6435 51046
Maniace CT 19 3765 54811
MazzarrĂ  Sant'Andrea ME 20 1531 56342
Sinagra ME 20 2705 59047

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.4 2020-02-18
10:52:52
37.9497 14.9988 16 2020-02-18
11:05:55
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76622381
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-18 10:52:52 ± 0.07
Latitude 37.9497 ± 0.0027
Longitude 14.9988 ± 0.0011
Depth (km) 16 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 76622381

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 261
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 186
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 189
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 260.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 231
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.04
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13580
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.34084
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76622381
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-18 11:05:55
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-18T10:53:04.81 0.1 undecidable manual S 55 37.8288 100 0.02 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-18T10:53:00.38 0.1 undecidable manual S 83 20.6682 115 0 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-18T10:52:59.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 55 37.8288 100 -0.05 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-18T10:52:59.07 0.1 undecidable manual S 314 15.0738 126 -0.02 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-18T10:52:56.88 0.1 positive manual P 83 20.6682 115 -0.01 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-18T10:52:56.18 0.1 positive manual P 314 15.0738 126 0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000245 0.58 AML other m 2020-02-18T10:52:59.41
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0001885 0.6 AML other m 2020-02-18T10:52:59.17
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00019350000000000001 0.24 AML other m 2020-02-18T10:53:00.79
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0001375 1.04 AML other m 2020-02-18T10:53:01.53
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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