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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 02-04-2020 and time 03:20:49 (UTC) in region 3 km E Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 02-04-2020 03:20:49 (UTC)
  • 02-04-2020 05:20:49 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0240, 15.0450 at 8 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
Montalbano Elicona ME 3 2287 2287
Basicò ME 5 612 2899
Tripi ME 6 873 3772
San Piero Patti ME 8 2915 6687
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 8024
Roccella Valdemone ME 11 666 8690
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 10221
Falcone ME 11 2808 13029
Librizzi ME 11 1660 14689
Oliveri ME 11 2181 16870
Furnari ME 12 3784 20654
Malvagna ME 12 733 21387
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 12 1019 22406
Raccuja ME 12 1041 23447
Floresta ME 12 485 23932
Moio Alcantara ME 14 717 24649
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 25629
Ucria ME 15 1058 26687
Patti ME 15 13431 40118
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 42174
Montagnareale ME 15 1615 43789
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 16 3945 47734
Terme Vigliatore ME 16 7395 55129
Castroreale ME 17 2504 57633
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 60848
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 17 3090 63938
Motta Camastra ME 18 845 64783
Sinagra ME 18 2705 67488
Randazzo CT 18 10900 78388
Antillo ME 18 919 79307
Tortorici ME 19 6435 85742

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 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 1.6 2020-04-02
03:20:49		 38.0242 15.0448 8 2020-07-18
21:08:39		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 79927971
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.9 2020-04-02
03:20:49		 38.0043 15.041 9 2020-04-02
03:28:54		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77774671
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-04-02 03:20:49 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.0242 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.0448 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 79927971

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 743
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 455
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 193
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 740.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 65
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.74284
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79927971
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-06-05 13:59:47

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77774671
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-02 03:28:54
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:21:19.06 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 0.61 0
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:21:07.79 0.6 undecidable manual S 92 57.2982 50 0.03 46
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:21:05.42 0.6 undecidable manual S 57 48.4182 50 0.04 47
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:21:04.33 0.1 undecidable manual P 313 82.4508 50 0.53 79
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:21:02.24 0.3 undecidable manual S 272 39.627 50 -0.8 58
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:59.58 0.1 undecidable manual P 92 57.2982 50 -0.35 87
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:59.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 230 54.4011 50 0.12 69
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:59.63 0.3 undecidable manual S 217 27.6501 105 0.46 67
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:58.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 57 48.4182 50 0.01 71
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2020-04-02T03:20:58.41 0.6 undecidable manual S 177 23.6541 108 0.57 43
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:58.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 162 41.0256 50 0.78 77
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:57.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 352 39.4272 50 0.22 92
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:56.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 272 39.627 50 -0.5 65
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:56.12 0.3 undecidable manual S 110 17.4714 113 0.28 71
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:55.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 157 17.0718 114 -0.63 64
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:55.22 0.1 undecidable manual S 278 15.0738 117 0.13 98
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:54.32 0.1 negative manual P 200 24.0537 108 0.04 98
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2020-04-02T03:20:54.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 177 23.6541 108 0.06 73
IV.EMCN.HNE. 2020-04-02T03:20:54.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 182 25.8519 106 0.2 94
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:54.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 217 27.6501 105 -0.51 88
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:52.78 0.1 undecidable manual P 110 17.4714 113 -0.27 95
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:52.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 157 17.0718 114 -0.43 68
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-04-02T03:20:52.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 278 15.0738 117 -0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0005520222500000001 0.1808 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:20:55.64
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0006099874999999999 0.24 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:20:57.21
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0005095157 0.2992 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:20:56.40
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0004990783999999999 0.2 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:20:55.56
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00051812175 0.1808 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:20:57.19
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00036145115 0.2 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:20:57.75
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000067097175 1.7792 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:13.88
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000050155789 0.2608 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:06.11
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000153945635 0.36 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:08.59
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00018527460000000002 0.48 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:11.40
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000072227825 0.4 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:10.58
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00005365855 0.5216 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:10.71
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00008010513 1.5984 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:19.25
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000046835589999999995 1.1408 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:18.12
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.7 0.00011251752500000001 0.7008 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:22.50
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.8 0.000157894 1 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:23.05
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001286623 0.72 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:17.96
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00018263065 0.76 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:17.09
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00007636711999999999 0.64 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:23.51
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00009074879 0.32 AML other m 2020-04-02T03:21:19.39
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