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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 11-03-2020 and time 03:53:18 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Furnari (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Furnari (ME), on

  • 11-03-2020 02:53:18 (UTC)
  • 11-03-2020 03:53:18 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1210, 15.1140 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
Furnari ME 2 3784 3784
Falcone ME 3 2808 6592
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 4 1531 8123
Oliveri ME 5 2181 10304
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 17699
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 19755
Basicò ME 8 612 20367
Tripi ME 8 873 21240
Castroreale ME 9 2504 23744
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 65327
Novara di Sicilia ME 12 1337 66664
Merì ME 13 2338 69002
Patti ME 13 13431 82433
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 84720
Librizzi ME 14 1660 86380
Montagnareale ME 15 1615 87995
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 95110
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 15 4650 99760
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 102675
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 103694
Milazzo ME 16 31646 135340
Pace del Mela ME 18 6239 141579
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 18 1807 143386
Raccuja ME 19 1041 144427
Condrò ME 20 493 144920
Antillo ME 20 919 145839

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Catania (314555 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 1.8 2020-03-11
02:53:18		 38.1212 15.1137 9 2020-07-18
21:08:40		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 80032511
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.8 2020-03-11
02:53:18		 38.1168 15.1142 9 2020-03-11
03:01:30		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77183641
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-11 02:53:18 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1212 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1137 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 9 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 80032511

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 332
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 268
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 315
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 330.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 54
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 34
Number of defining phases 31
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.85076
Number of stations at which the event was observed 26
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 23
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 26
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77183641
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-11 03:01:30

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 30
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 80032511
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-06-09 15:24:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:41.20 0.3 undecidable manual S 77 69.7746 50 0.65 58
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-03-11T02:53:38.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 85 62.5929 50 -0.04 46
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:35.32 0.6 undecidable manual P 258 94.4388 50 0.1 43
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:34.99 0.6 undecidable manual P 194 88.3449 50 0.72 36
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:34.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 51 86.0472 50 0.11 65
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:34.25 1.0 positive manual P 261 85.9473 50 0.34 21
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:34.83 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.SOI.EHN. 2020-03-11T02:53:32.94 0.6 undecidable manual P 93 82.251 50 -0.4 41
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:32.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 305 80.2641 50 -0.1 66
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:31.08 1.0 undecidable manual P 77 69.7746 50 -0.33 21
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:31.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 65 37.8288 50 -0.44 66
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:31.51 0.6 undecidable manual P 317 67.8765 50 0.39 42
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-03-11T02:53:30.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 85 62.5929 50 -0.11 68
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:29.94 3.0 undecidable manual P 172 50.616 1.41 0
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:28.93 3.0 undecidable manual P 54.501 -0.13 0
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:28.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 179 26.5512 108 0.19 71
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:28.59 0.3 undecidable manual P 104 52.9026 50 -0.21 68
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:27.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 214 39.9267 50 0.36 67
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:27.68 0.1 positive manual P 258 46.62 50 -0.16 92
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:27.00 0.1 undecidable manual S 248 22.6551 111 -0.34 93
IT.RCU.HGZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:27.82 1.0 undecidable manual P 90 48.2184 50 -0.27 23
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:26.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 82 21.0678 112 -0.12 73
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:26.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 32 19.5693 114 0.36 70
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:26.43 1.0 positive manual P 203 36.2415 50 0.18 23
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2020-03-11T02:53:26.76 1.0 undecidable manual P 188 34.743 50 0.75 20
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:26.10 0.1 undecidable manual S 148 19.6692 114 -0.27 95
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:26.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 65 37.8288 50 -0.25 92
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:25.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 338 30.5472 106 0.06 97
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-03-11T02:53:25.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 337 33.3444 50 -0.29 92
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:24.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 179 26.5512 108 0.17 96
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:23.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 32 19.5693 114 0.18 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:23.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 248 22.6551 111 -0.08 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:23.23 0.1 positive manual P 148 19.6692 114 0.01 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-11T02:53:23.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 82 21.0678 112 0.06 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0009468278999999999 0.1792 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:26.38
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0007685953000000001 0.36 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:26.90
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0009512187 1.72 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:26.92
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.4 0.001966199 1.5792 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:26.92
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0004750794 0.1392 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:27.10
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00049482075 0.12 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:27.24
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0004887306 0.1792 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:27.47
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00074390945 0.16 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:28.13
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0002765828 1.84 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:29.04
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00040206154999999997 0.2016 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:29.19
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00021657015000000002 0.1792 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:32.30
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0004679835 0.1792 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:32.63
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00017270565 0.1792 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:32.93
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00005027036 0.2208 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:35.18
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00007465132 0.3392 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:35.25
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00048736615 0.3408 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:35.79
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.8 0.00013502053 0.4416 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:38.49
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.8 0.00013331175 1.6592 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:39.06
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00009180257 1.4592 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:40.87
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000057479755 0.2192 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:42.99
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0000419657 1.5408 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:44.88
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0002818597 0.36 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:44.03
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00006783876 0.6016 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:45.43
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000027155940000000005 0.3984 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:45.55
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00003323341000000001 0.2 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:46.08
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0005653581999999999 0.16 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:46.78
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:2.1 0.0001538359 1.16 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:47.32
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:1.9 0.00008902723500000001 0.6192 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:47.18
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00013765665 0.1584 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:47.57
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0001531712 0.4592 AML other m 2020-03-11T02:53:47.59
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