Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 08-04-2020 and time 12:05:54 (Italy) in region 5 km SE Castroreale (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Castroreale (ME), on

  • 08-04-2020 10:05:54 (UTC)
  • 08-04-2020 12:05:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0600, 15.2380 at 6 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
Castroreale ME 5 2504 2504
Rodì Milici ME 8 2056 4560
Antillo ME 9 919 5479
Mandanici ME 9 601 6080
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 7611
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 10 1019 8630
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 50213
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 10 4650 54863
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 56200
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 63595
Furnari ME 11 3784 67379
Tripi ME 12 873 68252
Merì ME 12 2338 70590
San Filippo del Mela ME 13 7115 77705
Fiumedinisi ME 13 1409 79114
Pagliara ME 13 1170 80284
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 14 1807 82091
Limina ME 14 836 82927
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 14 842 83769
Savoca ME 15 1732 85501
Roccafiorita ME 15 197 85698
Pace del Mela ME 15 6239 91937
San Pier Niceto ME 15 2837 94774
Falcone ME 15 2808 97582
Condrò ME 15 493 98075
Basicò ME 15 612 98687
Alì ME 16 768 99455
Furci Siculo ME 17 3382 102837
Roccalumera ME 17 4141 106978
Monforte San Giorgio ME 17 2777 109755
Nizza di Sicilia ME 17 3667 113422
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 17 9377 122799
Oliveri ME 17 2181 124980
Alì Terme ME 17 2539 127519
Mongiuffi Melia ME 18 600 128119
Itala ME 18 1640 129759
Torregrotta ME 18 7431 137190
Milazzo ME 18 31646 168836
Gallodoro ME 18 367 169203
Forza d'Agrò ME 18 911 170114
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 18 1554 171668
Roccavaldina ME 18 1133 172801
Graniti ME 19 1492 174293
Valdina ME 19 1355 175648
Motta Camastra ME 19 845 176493
Scaletta Zanclea ME 20 2140 178633
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 182578
Montalbano Elicona ME 20 2287 184865

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
36 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 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 1.1 2020-04-08
10:05:54		 38.06 15.238 7 2020-04-08
10:12:34		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78011021
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-04-08 10:05:54 ± 0.12
Latitude 38.0600 ± 0.0018
Longitude 15.2380 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78011021

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 339
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 204
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 103
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 340.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 176
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.07
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29408
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78011021
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-08 10:12:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2020-04-08T10:06:18.28 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.16 0
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-04-08T10:06:06.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 46 32.6451 101 0.04 96
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-04-08T10:06:03.36 0.1 undecidable manual S 359 23.4543 105 -0.03 97
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-04-08T10:06:01.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 46 32.6451 101 -0.09 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-04-08T10:06:00.52 3.0 negative manual P 0.37 0
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-04-08T10:05:59.03 0.1 undecidable manual S 183 9.879 123 -0.01 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-04-08T10:05:59.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 359 23.4543 105 0.06 73
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-04-08T10:05:57.33 0.1 negative manual P 183 9.879 123 0.02 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0001465 0.26 AML other m 2020-04-08T10:05:59.69
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0002165 0.18 AML other m 2020-04-08T10:05:59.85
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000833 0.42 AML other m 2020-04-08T10:06:02.73
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00012919999999999997 0.5 AML other m 2020-04-08T10:06:02.72
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
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