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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 26-03-2020 and time 03:48:40 (Italy) in region 1 km NW Santa Domenica Vittoria (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Santa Domenica Vittoria (ME), on

  • 26-03-2020 02:48:40 (UTC)
  • 26-03-2020 03:48:40 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9220, 14.9600 at 28 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
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 1 980 980
Roccella Valdemone ME 5 666 1646
Randazzo CT 5 10900 12546
Malvagna ME 8 733 13279
Moio Alcantara ME 8 717 13996
Floresta ME 9 485 14481
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 16768
Maletto CT 13 3920 20688
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 23603
Maniace CT 15 3765 27368
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 15 3215 30583
Ucria ME 16 1058 31641
Raccuja ME 16 1041 32682
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 16 3945 36627
Tortorici ME 17 6435 43062
Basicò ME 18 612 43674
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 49077
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 50414
Bronte CT 19 19172 69586
Tripi ME 19 873 70459
Motta Camastra ME 19 845 71304
Librizzi ME 20 1660 72964

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
48 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.3 2020-03-26
02:48:40		 37.9215 14.9603 28 2020-07-18
21:08:31		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 77952191
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.4 2020-03-26
02:48:40		 37.9255 14.9688 30 2020-03-26
03:02:21		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77574511
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-26 02:48:40 ± 0.17
Latitude 37.9215 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.9603 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 28 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77952191

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 770
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 198
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 170
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 770.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 21
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10072
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.58816
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitudes information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77574511
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-26 03:02:21

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77952191
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-06 12:54:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:55.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 236 41.7249 119 0.12 47
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2020-03-26T02:48:53.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 291 34.5432 124 -0.25 47
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2020-03-26T02:48:52.82 0.6 undecidable manual P 82 65.2902 108 0.24 44
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:52.02 0.6 undecidable manual S 77 24.4533 135 0.26 47
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:50.09 0.3 undecidable manual S 185 11.1777 156 0.37 70
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2020-03-26T02:48:50.81 1.0 undecidable manual P 2 50.5161 113 0.37 22
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:50.08 0.3 undecidable manual S 220 14.0748 151 0.01 75
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:50.35 0.3 undecidable manual S 331 15.4734 148 0.1 73
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:49.75 0.6 undecidable manual P 236 41.7249 119 0.53 43
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:49.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 107 14.6742 150 -0.41 47
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2020-03-26T02:48:48.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 291 34.5432 124 0.04 73
IV.ESML.HHE. 2020-03-26T02:48:48.37 0.6 undecidable manual P 192 34.4433 124 0.11 48
IV.ESLN.HHE. 2020-03-26T02:48:47.46 1.0 undecidable manual P 177 25.3524 134 0.29 23
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:47.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 77 24.4533 135 0.11 73
IV.ECHR.HHE. 2020-03-26T02:48:47.26 0.6 undecidable manual P 189 26.4513 132 -0.03 49
IV.EVRN.HNE. 2020-03-26T02:48:47.75 0.6 undecidable manual P 149 29.9478 128 0.04 49
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:46.06 0.1 undecidable manual P 331 15.4734 148 -0.14 98
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:46.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 145 14.874 149 -0.05 100
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:45.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 107 14.6742 150 -0.28 71
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:45.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 185 11.1777 156 -0.22 73
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-03-26T02:48:45.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 220 14.0748 151 -0.33 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.7 0.002610544 0.2192 AML other m 2020-03-26T02:48:50.96
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.5 0.001792812 0.36 AML other m 2020-03-26T02:48:51.04
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0029928359999999996 0.3808 AML other m 2020-03-26T02:48:50.71
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.8 0.0032529209999999998 0.32 AML other m 2020-03-26T02:48:50.56
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0010023237 0.32 AML other m 2020-03-26T02:48:50.59
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0006114959 0.2192 AML other m 2020-03-26T02:48:50.69
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.7 0.00011896062000000002 1.7888 AML other m 2020-03-26T02:48:57.11
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0002984251 1.8192 AML other m 2020-03-26T02:48:57.13
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.6 0.00011405903 2.16 AML other m 2020-03-26T02:48:55.07
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