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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 28-03-2020 and time 23:58:49 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 28-03-2020 22:58:49 (UTC)
  • 28-03-2020 23:58:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1770, 15.0450 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
Oliveri ME 6 2181 2181
Falcone ME 7 2808 4989
Patti ME 8 13431 18420
Montagnareale ME 10 1615 20035
Furnari ME 11 3784 23819
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 31214
Librizzi ME 12 1660 32874
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 34405
Basicò ME 13 612 35017
Gioiosa Marea ME 13 7074 42091
Rodì Milici ME 13 2056 44147
Tripi ME 15 873 45020
San Piero Patti ME 16 2915 47935
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 16 41583 89518
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 16 3090 92608
Piraino ME 16 3962 96570
Castroreale ME 17 2504 99074
Montalbano Elicona ME 17 2287 101361
Merì ME 18 2338 103699
Raccuja ME 18 1041 104740
Milazzo ME 18 31646 136386
Brolo ME 19 5783 142169
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 143506
San Filippo del Mela ME 20 7115 150621
Sinagra ME 20 2705 153326

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
75 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.9 2020-03-28
22:58:49		 38.1767 15.0447 11 2020-03-28
23:11:30		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77656931
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-28 22:58:49 ± 0.13
Latitude 38.1767 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0447 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77656931

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 492
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 469
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 240
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 490.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 95
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.18976
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.54409
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77656931
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-28 23:11:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:59:03.37 0.3 undecidable manual S 76 41.5251 50 -0.18 70
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:59:03.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 248 42.624 50 -0.32 68
IV.ECTS.HHN. 2020-03-28T22:59:01.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 168 33.3444 50 0.37 68
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2020-03-28T22:59:00.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 108 60.3951 50 0.02 70
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:58:59.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 144 28.1496 50 -0.16 72
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:58:59.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 346 22.8549 50 0.45 68
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:58:58.93 0.3 undecidable manual S 343 25.4523 50 -0.33 70
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:58:57.99 0.6 undecidable manual P 248 42.624 50 0.07 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:58:57.93 0.3 undecidable manual S 225 21.0678 117 -0.09 74
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:58:57.50 0.6 undecidable manual P 76 41.5251 50 -0.26 46
IV.ECTS.HHN. 2020-03-28T22:58:56.96 0.6 undecidable manual P 168 33.3444 50 0.46 45
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:58:55.18 0.6 undecidable manual P 343 25.4523 50 -0.11 49
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:58:55.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 346 22.8549 50 0.22 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:58:55.53 0.6 positive manual P 144 28.1496 50 -0.16 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-28T22:58:54.60 0.1 positive manual P 225 21.0678 117 0.03 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00009279999999999999 0.38 AML other m 2020-03-28T22:59:00.23
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00008985 0.52 AML other m 2020-03-28T22:59:01.14
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00004128292999999999 0.32 AML other m 2020-03-28T22:58:58.07
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000029676335 0.2816 AML other m 2020-03-28T22:58:58.79
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00002628248 0.1408 AML other m 2020-03-28T22:59:00.18
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000049946205 0.2176 AML other m 2020-03-28T22:59:00.41
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000026862575 0.1408 AML other m 2020-03-28T22:59:04.20
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00004228187 3.6224 AML other m 2020-03-28T22:59:04.19
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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