Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 20-02-2020 and time 07:46:03 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 20-02-2020 06:46:03 (UTC)
  • 20-02-2020 07:46:03 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1870, 15.1200 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.

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 7 7395 7395
Falcone ME 8 2808 10203
Oliveri ME 9 2181 12384
Furnari ME 9 3784 16168
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 18224
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 59807
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 61338
Merì ME 11 2338 63676
Milazzo ME 11 31646 95322
Castroreale ME 13 2504 97826
San Filippo del Mela ME 13 7115 104941
Patti ME 15 13431 118372
Basicò ME 15 612 118984
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 15 4650 123634
Tripi ME 15 873 124507
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 126122
Pace del Mela ME 16 6239 132361
Librizzi ME 17 1660 134021
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 17 1807 135828
Condrò ME 18 493 136321
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 137658
Gioiosa Marea ME 20 7074 144732

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.5 2020-02-20
06:46:03
38.1873 15.1205 10 2020-07-18
21:08:26
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 77382871
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2020-02-20
06:46:03
38.1852 15.119 11 2020-02-20
06:56:31
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76663851
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-20 06:46:03 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1873 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1205 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77382871

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 396
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 331
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 61
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 76
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.18706
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.87234
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77382871
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-19 17:35:31

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76663851
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-20 06:56:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ISTR.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:23.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 5 66.7776 50 -0.09 45
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:20.50 0.6 undecidable manual P 254 96.8253 50 0.48 41
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:15.31 0.6 undecidable manual S 76 34.8429 50 -0.19 47
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:15.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 180 33.8439 50 -0.25 47
IV.ISTR.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:15.24 0.6 undecidable manual P 5 66.7776 50 -0.14 45
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:13.01 0.6 undecidable manual S 233 26.8509 50 -0.36 46
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2020-02-20T06:46:12.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 330 24.2535 50 -0.12 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:12.89 0.6 undecidable manual S 158 25.9518 50 -0.23 48
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:11.01 0.6 undecidable manual P 180 33.8439 50 0.7 43
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:11.56 0.6 undecidable manual S 103 20.7681 116 -0.05 51
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:10.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 76 34.8429 50 0.11 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:09.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 158 25.9518 50 0.09 76
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:09.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 233 26.8509 50 0.02 76
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-20T06:46:08.35 0.1 positive manual P 103 20.7681 116 0.13 99
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2020-02-20T06:46:08.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 330 24.2535 50 0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00036032935 0.2592 AML other m 2020-02-20T06:46:11.84
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00010200604 0.16 AML other m 2020-02-20T06:46:13.14
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000205563245 0.16 AML other m 2020-02-20T06:46:13.22
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00011484106999999998 0.16 AML other m 2020-02-20T06:46:13.28
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00021345229999999998 0.1824 AML other m 2020-02-20T06:46:13.32
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00021301599999999998 1.6192 AML other m 2020-02-20T06:46:13.01
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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