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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 18-03-2020 and time 07:42:30 (Italy) in region 2 km W Furnari (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Furnari (ME), on

  • 18-03-2020 06:42:30 (UTC)
  • 18-03-2020 07:42:30 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1070, 15.1060 at 10 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 2 2808 6592
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 3 1531 8123
Oliveri ME 5 2181 10304
Rodì Milici ME 6 2056 12360
Terme Vigliatore ME 6 7395 19755
Basicò ME 6 612 20367
Tripi ME 6 873 21240
Castroreale ME 9 2504 23744
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 25081
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 11 41583 66664
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 68951
Patti ME 13 13431 82382
Librizzi ME 13 1660 84042
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 86957
Merì ME 14 2338 89295
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 90910
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 91929
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 96579
San Filippo del Mela ME 16 7115 103694
Milazzo ME 18 31646 135340
Raccuja ME 18 1041 136381
Antillo ME 19 919 137300
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 143539
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 20 1807 145346
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 20 3090 148436

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.3 2020-03-18
06:42:30		 38.1072 15.1062 10 2020-03-18
06:58:29		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77342621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-18 06:42:30 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1072 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1062 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77342621

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 389
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 271
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 156
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) 79
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16817
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41099
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77342621
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-18 06:58:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:43.47 0.3 undecidable manual S 63 39.1275 50 -0.19 70
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:39.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 260 45.621 50 0.02 95
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:38.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 63 39.1275 50 0.07 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:38.28 0.3 undecidable manual S 251 21.4674 114 -0.29 71
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:38.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 31 21.2676 114 0.28 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:38.54 0.3 undecidable manual S 78 21.9669 114 -0.19 72
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:37.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 340 31.8459 50 0.11 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:37.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 144 18.6702 117 -0.1 49
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:37.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 339 34.5432 50 -0.08 96
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:36.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 177 24.9528 111 0.4 91
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:35.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 78 21.9669 114 -0.09 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:35.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 251 21.4674 114 0 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:35.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 31 21.2676 114 -0.04 99
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-18T06:42:34.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 144 18.6702 117 -0.02 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00010005 1.08 AML other m 2020-03-18T06:42:37.58
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00011399999999999999 0.14 AML other m 2020-03-18T06:42:38.50
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00014050000000000003 0.38 AML other m 2020-03-18T06:42:38.76
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0002535 0.38 AML other m 2020-03-18T06:42:38.76
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000118 1.58 AML other m 2020-03-18T06:42:38.92
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00016249999999999997 1.8 AML other m 2020-03-18T06:42:38.98
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0001027 1.02 AML other m 2020-03-18T06:42:40.61
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00011885000000000002 0.28 AML other m 2020-03-18T06:42:40.00
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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