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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 02-04-2020 and time 13:27:08 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Sambuca di Sicilia (AG)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Sambuca di Sicilia (AG), on

  • 02-04-2020 11:27:08 (UTC)
  • 02-04-2020 13:27:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6290, 13.1390 at 11 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Sambuca di Sicilia AG 3 5877 5877
Caltabellotta AG 9 3681 9558
Giuliana PA 10 1952 11510
Contessa Entellina PA 12 1766 13276
Santa Margherita di Belice AG 12 6363 19639
Chiusa Sclafani PA 13 2838 22477
Burgio AG 14 2672 25149
Bisacquino PA 14 4599 29748
Villafranca Sicula AG 14 1410 31158
Sciacca AG 14 40928 72086
Menfi AG 16 12592 84678
Montevago AG 16 3006 87684
Lucca Sicula AG 16 1805 89489
Calamonaci AG 18 1339 90828
Poggioreale TP 18 1494 92322
Ribera AG 18 19232 111554
Campofiorito PA 18 1302 112856
Salaparuta TP 19 1696 114552

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km E of Mazara del Vallo (51718 inhabitants)
53 Km NW of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Marsala (83194 inhabitants)
70 Km SE of Trapani (68759 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2020-04-02
11:27:08		 37.6287 13.139 11 2020-04-02
11:33:01		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77788341
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-04-02 11:27:08 ± 0.1
Latitude 37.6287 ± 0.0072
Longitude 13.1390 ± 0.0091
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 77788341

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 890
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 547
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 219
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 890.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 104
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07914
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.34984
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77788341
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-02 11:33:01
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MBFT.HHE. 2020-04-02T11:27:21.11 0.6 undecidable manual S 335 38.8278 50 0.18 47
IV.CRJA.HHZ. 2020-04-02T11:27:17.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 328 22.5552 50 0.73 41
IV.MBFT.HHE. 2020-04-02T11:27:15.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 335 38.8278 50 -0.12 71
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2020-04-02T11:27:14.61 0.3 undecidable manual P 26 32.8449 50 0.06 73
IV.SCIAC.HHZ. 2020-04-02T11:27:14.09 0.6 undecidable manual S 195 12.876 130 0.28 48
IV.MMGO.HHE. 2020-04-02T11:27:14.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 285 14.6742 126 -0.22 49
IV.MFNL.HHE. 2020-04-02T11:27:13.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 314 26.1516 50 -0.02 74
IV.CRJA.HHZ. 2020-04-02T11:27:12.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 328 22.5552 50 -0.16 97
MN.CLTB.HHZ. 2020-04-02T11:27:12.81 0.6 undecidable manual S 130 8.7801 140 0 51
IV.SCIAC.HHZ. 2020-04-02T11:27:11.47 0.1 positive manual P 195 12.876 130 0.1 100
IV.MMGO.HHE. 2020-04-02T11:27:11.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 285 14.6742 126 -0.18 74
MN.CLTB.HHZ. 2020-04-02T11:27:10.67 0.1 negative manual P 130 8.7801 140 -0.11 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CLTB.HHE. ML:2.1 0.001681421 0.3776 AML other m 2020-04-02T11:27:14.53
MN.CLTB.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0032120015 0.3392 AML other m 2020-04-02T11:27:13.80
IV.SCIAC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00035073385 0.1792 AML other m 2020-04-02T11:27:16.36
IV.SCIAC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00042240564999999994 0.0768 AML other m 2020-04-02T11:27:14.59
IV.CRJA.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00006630027999999999 0.1408 AML other m 2020-04-02T11:27:17.61
IV.CRJA.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000057287685 0.1024 AML other m 2020-04-02T11:27:17.61
IV.CORL.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00003586455000000001 0.2176 AML other m 2020-04-02T11:27:22.26
IV.CORL.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00005382744 0 AML other m 2020-04-02T11:27:22.10
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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