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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 06-03-2020 and time 10:55:56 (UTC) in region 2 km S Ucria (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Ucria (ME), on

  • 06-03-2020 10:55:56 (UTC)
  • 06-03-2020 11:55:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0330, 14.8780 at 9 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 2 1058 1058
Raccuja ME 4 1041 2099
Tortorici ME 5 6435 8534
Floresta ME 6 485 9019
Sinagra ME 6 2705 11724
San Piero Patti ME 8 2915 14639
Castell'Umberto ME 9 3128 17767
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 9 3090 20857
Galati Mamertino ME 9 2627 23484
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 10 1319 24803
Ficarra ME 10 1469 26272
Librizzi ME 10 1660 27932
Longi ME 11 1473 29405
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 31692
Mirto ME 12 974 32666
Frazzanò ME 13 711 33377
Naso ME 13 3813 37190
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 38805
Patti ME 14 13431 52236
Piraino ME 15 3962 56198
Brolo ME 15 5783 61981
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 62961
Alcara li Fusi ME 16 1980 64941
Gioiosa Marea ME 16 7074 72015
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 72681
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 16 1996 74677
Basicò ME 17 612 75289
Capri Leone ME 17 4515 79804
Militello Rosmarino ME 18 1324 81128
Randazzo CT 18 10900 92028
Capo d'Orlando ME 19 13254 105282
Torrenova ME 19 4386 109668
Oliveri ME 19 2181 111849
Tripi ME 20 873 112722
Maniace CT 20 3765 116487
Malvagna ME 20 733 117220

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
53 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.9 2020-03-06
10:55:56		 38.0327 14.8783 9 2020-07-18
21:08:35		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 78867051
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2020-03-06
10:55:56		 38.019 14.8773 8 2020-03-06
11:03:26		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77070691
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-06 10:55:56 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.0327 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.8783 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78867051

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 592
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 559
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 206
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 590.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 72
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 25
Number of defining phases 25
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.01079
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.65291
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78867051
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-05 13:04:03

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77070691
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-06 11:03:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:11.27 0.3 undecidable manual S 73 43.3233 50 -0.07 71
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2020-03-06T10:56:10.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 13 39.1275 50 0.57 64
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2020-03-06T10:56:10.08 0.3 undecidable manual S 49 40.626 50 -0.55 64
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:09.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 262 72.4719 50 0.22 65
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:08.49 0.6 undecidable manual S 102 31.746 105 0.24 47
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2020-03-06T10:56:08.42 0.3 undecidable manual S 147 29.0487 107 1.06 53
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:07.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 65 60.6948 50 0.07 92
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:06.21 0.3 undecidable manual S 128 27.0507 108 -0.46 68
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:05.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 218 44.9217 50 0.26 68
IV.ECHR.HHE. 2020-03-06T10:56:05.16 0.6 undecidable manual P 175 38.5281 50 0.69 41
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:05.02 0.1 undecidable manual P 73 43.3233 50 -0.18 93
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:05.47 0.3 undecidable manual S 270 25.0527 109 -0.56 66
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-03-06T10:56:05.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 10 41.0256 50 0.2 70
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:05.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 165 24.3534 110 0.07 49
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2020-03-06T10:56:04.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 49 40.626 50 -0.42 67
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:04.87 0.6 undecidable manual S 185 23.2545 111 -0.56 44
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2020-03-06T10:56:04.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 13 39.1275 50 0.25 69
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2020-03-06T10:56:03.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 147 29.0487 107 0.29 93
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:02.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 128 27.0507 108 -0.21 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:02.96 0.1 positive manual P 102 31.746 105 -0.45 89
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:01.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 165 24.3534 110 -0.05 99
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:01.60 0.1 positive manual P 185 23.2545 111 -0.19 96
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:01.94 0.1 positive manual P 270 25.0527 109 -0.19 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:56:00.21 0.1 undecidable manual S 342 1.1988 172 0.32 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-06T10:55:58.77 0.1 negative manual P 342 1.1988 172 0.18 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00017273675 1.6608 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:06.85
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00043400845 0.2368 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:07.83
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.6 0.002467637 0.3584 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:08.32
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0005517225999999999 0.2816 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:08.74
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0016899999999999999 0.64 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:09.42
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0012004175 0.4416 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:09.30
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00014761604 0.3584 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:09.66
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0003199419 0.3776 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:09.81
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00013658806000000002 1.2608 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:10.90
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00037812 0.2432 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:10.62
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.4 0.001688073 0.4608 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:12.76
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000028631405 0.736 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:12.95
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00023652394999999998 0.48 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:15.45
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00017152325 0.2176 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:15.78
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.6 0.00012339015 1.1616 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:18.69
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000025594899999999998 0.864 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:19.49
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000158534 0.32 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:20.38
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00013750360000000002 1.6608 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:21.93
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00046426525 0.5952 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:21.10
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00036769915 0.576 AML other m 2020-03-06T10:56:23.79
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