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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 10-03-2020 and time 20:04:32 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Furnari (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Furnari (ME), on

  • 10-03-2020 19:04:32 (UTC)
  • 10-03-2020 20:04:32 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1160, 15.1110 at 8 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
Furnari ME 2 3784 3784
Falcone ME 3 2808 6592
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 4 1531 8123
Oliveri ME 5 2181 10304
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 12360
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 19755
Tripi ME 7 873 20628
Basicò ME 7 612 21240
Castroreale ME 9 2504 23744
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 65327
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 66664
Patti ME 13 13431 80095
Montalbano Elicona ME 13 2287 82382
Merì ME 13 2338 84720
Librizzi ME 14 1660 86380
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 87995
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 90910
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 91929
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 15 4650 96579
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 103694
Milazzo ME 17 31646 135340
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 141579
Raccuja ME 19 1041 142620
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 19 1807 144427
Antillo ME 19 919 145346

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
68 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.2 2020-03-10
19:04:32		 38.1157 15.1113 8 2020-03-10
19:10:02		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77175691
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-10 19:04:32 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1157 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1113 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77175691

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 390
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 251
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 358
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 390.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 103
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.12
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17357
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41729
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77175691
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-10 19:10:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-03-10T19:04:40.91 0.6 positive manual P 259 46.3203 50 -0.1 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-10T19:04:40.21 0.3 undecidable manual S 249 22.2555 111 -0.15 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-10T19:04:39.92 0.3 undecidable manual S 81 21.3675 112 -0.15 73
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-10T19:04:39.69 1.0 positive manual P 64 38.3283 50 -0.09 24
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-10T19:04:39.36 0.3 undecidable manual S 146 19.2696 114 -0.03 75
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-03-10T19:04:38.68 0.6 negative manual P 338 31.1466 105 0.11 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-10T19:04:37.06 0.6 positive manual P 249 22.2555 111 0.19 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-10T19:04:36.44 0.1 positive manual P 146 19.2696 114 0.12 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-10T19:04:36.75 0.1 positive manual P 81 21.3675 112 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000776323 0.2816 AML other m 2020-03-10T19:04:40.29
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00015562545 0.2048 AML other m 2020-03-10T19:04:39.58
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00012488494 0.2048 AML other m 2020-03-10T19:04:41.31
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00013807813 0.2944 AML other m 2020-03-10T19:04:40.52
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000076093375 0.1408 AML other m 2020-03-10T19:04:40.45
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00007427695500000001 0.1792 AML other m 2020-03-10T19:04:40.76
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00012908505000000002 0.4992 AML other m 2020-03-10T19:04:43.31
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00012773475000000002 0.4736 AML other m 2020-03-10T19:04:50.20
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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