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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 06-03-2020 and time 08:55:24 (Italy) in region 1 km E Ucria (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Ucria (ME), on

  • 06-03-2020 07:55:24 (UTC)
  • 06-03-2020 08:55:24 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0450, 14.8900 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
Ucria ME 1 1058 1058
Raccuja ME 2 1041 2099
Sinagra ME 6 2705 4804
Tortorici ME 6 6435 11239
Floresta ME 7 485 11724
San Piero Patti ME 7 2915 14639
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 8 3090 17729
Librizzi ME 9 1660 19389
Castell'Umberto ME 9 3128 22517
Ficarra ME 9 1469 23986
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 10 1319 25305
Galati Mamertino ME 10 2627 27932
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 29547
Montalbano Elicona ME 11 2287 31834
Longi ME 12 1473 33307
Naso ME 12 3813 37120
Patti ME 13 13431 50551
Mirto ME 13 974 51525
Frazzanò ME 13 711 52236
Piraino ME 13 3962 56198
Brolo ME 14 5783 61981
Gioiosa Marea ME 14 7074 69055
Basicò ME 15 612 69667
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 16 980 70647
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 71313
Alcara li Fusi ME 17 1980 73293
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 17 1996 75289
Capri Leone ME 17 4515 79804
Oliveri ME 17 2181 81985
Capo d'Orlando ME 18 13254 95239
Tripi ME 19 873 96112
Militello Rosmarino ME 19 1324 97436
Falcone ME 19 2808 100244
Torrenova ME 19 4386 104630
Randazzo CT 19 10900 115530

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
54 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
95 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.8 2020-03-06
07:55:24		 38.0453 14.8895 8 2020-07-18
21:08:35		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 78831681
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2020-03-06
07:55:24		 38.0333 14.8838 9 2020-03-06
08:03:47		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77067551
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-06 07:55:24 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.0453 ± 0.0063
Longitude 14.8895 ± 0.0080
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 78831681

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 648
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 642
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 308
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 650.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 102
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 20
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.53330
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78831681
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-04 08:41:21

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77067551
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-06 08:03:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:38.79 0.3 undecidable manual S 74 41.9247 50 -0.12 72
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-03-06T07:55:35.45 0.3 undecidable manual P 66 59.1963 50 -0.01 71
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:35.48 0.3 undecidable manual S 105 31.1466 104 -0.13 73
IV.EPIT.HHE. 2020-03-06T07:55:34.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 151 29.748 104 -0.38 70
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:34.85 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:33.97 0.3 undecidable manual S 187 24.753 107 0.51 68
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2020-03-06T07:55:33.10 0.3 undecidable manual P 50 38.9277 50 0.75 60
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:33.41 0.3 undecidable manual S 267 26.0517 106 -0.5 68
IV.ECHR.HHE. 2020-03-06T07:55:33.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 177 39.8268 50 0.81 59
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:33.88 0.3 undecidable manual S 168 25.4523 107 0.17 73
IV.GALF.HHE. 2020-03-06T07:55:33.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 217 46.62 50 0.05 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:32.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 74 41.9247 50 -0.37 68
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2020-03-06T07:55:32.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 12 37.5291 50 0.22 71
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-03-06T07:55:32.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 9 39.5271 50 -0.02 74
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:30.44 0.1 positive manual P 105 31.1466 104 -0.47 91
IV.EPIT.HHE. 2020-03-06T07:55:30.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 151 29.748 104 0.06 99
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:29.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 168 25.4523 107 -0.09 100
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:29.15 0.3 undecidable manual P 187 24.753 107 -0.52 68
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:29.56 0.1 positive manual P 267 26.0517 106 -0.37 94
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:27.66 0.3 undecidable manual S 259 1.3986 170 0.47 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:26.31 0.1 undecidable manual P 259 1.3986 170 0.27 100
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2020-03-06T07:55:21.92 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0049156995000000005 0.1792 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:28.00
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.0 0.010471105 0.256 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:27.96
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.4 0.001568635 0.32 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:36.66
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00073141295 0.4352 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:37.04
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000118462145 0.7616 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:39.67
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00010320909 0.32 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:37.27
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0011497410000000001 0.416 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:36.21
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0009802007500000001 0.48 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:36.00
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00023508220000000002 0.4032 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:37.27
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0002604464 0.224 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:38.48
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00013200895000000003 0.5184 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:46.81
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001814865 0.4608 AML other m 2020-03-06T07:55:42.90
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