Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 11-04-2020 and time 16:08:06 (Italy) in region 6 km S San Pier Niceto (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 6 km S San Pier Niceto (ME), on

  • 11-04-2020 14:08:06 (UTC)
  • 11-04-2020 16:08:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1050, 15.3470 at 8 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
San Pier Niceto ME 6 2837 2837
Monforte San Giorgio ME 7 2777 5614
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 7 4650 10264
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 7 1807 12071
Condrò ME 8 493 12564
Roccavaldina ME 9 1133 13697
Pace del Mela ME 9 6239 19936
Fiumedinisi ME 9 1409 21345
Rometta ME 10 6650 27995
Torregrotta ME 10 7431 35426
San Filippo del Mela ME 10 7115 42541
Itala ME 10 1640 44181
Valdina ME 10 1355 45536
Alì ME 11 768 46304
Merì ME 11 2338 48642
Mandanici ME 12 601 49243
Castroreale ME 12 2504 51747
Scaletta Zanclea ME 12 2140 53887
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 12 41583 95470
Saponara ME 13 3988 99458
Venetico ME 13 3911 103369
Alì Terme ME 13 2539 105908
Pagliara ME 13 1170 107078
Spadafora ME 13 5021 112099
Nizza di Sicilia ME 14 3667 115766
Roccalumera ME 15 4141 119907
Rodì Milici ME 16 2056 121963
Milazzo ME 16 31646 153609
Furci Siculo ME 16 3382 156991
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 16 842 157833
Villafranca Tirrena ME 16 8584 166417
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 173812
Savoca ME 17 1732 175544
Antillo ME 17 919 176463
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 18 9377 185840
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 19 1531 187371
Furnari ME 19 3784 191155
Limina ME 19 836 191991

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
26 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 0.8 2020-04-11
14:08:06
38.1053 15.3473 8 2020-04-11
14:14:26
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78108041
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-04-11 14:08:06 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1053 ± 0.0018
Longitude 15.3473 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78108041

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 267
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 110
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 118
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 270.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 117
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16188
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.45596
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78108041
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-11 14:14:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-04-11T14:08:18.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 110 32.8449 104 0.09 49
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-04-11T14:08:16.01 0.6 positive manual P 70 50.616 50 -0.12 47
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-04-11T14:08:14.74 0.3 undecidable manual S 39 22.4553 110 -0.12 74
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-04-11T14:08:14.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 331 20.9679 111 -0.05 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-04-11T14:08:13.27 0.3 undecidable manual S 214 17.9709 115 -0.13 74
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-04-11T14:08:13.22 1.0 undecidable manual P 110 32.8449 104 -0.1 24
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-04-11T14:08:11.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 331 20.9679 111 0.08 99
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-04-11T14:08:11.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 39 22.4553 110 0.08 99
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-04-11T14:08:10.58 0.1 undecidable manual P 214 17.9709 115 0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000166 0.4 AML other m 2020-04-11T14:08:14.63
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00020999999999999998 0.4 AML other m 2020-04-11T14:08:14.84
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.5 0.000023429545 0.3584 AML other m 2020-04-11T14:08:13.50
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00003806355 0.3968 AML other m 2020-04-11T14:08:16.01
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000028115955 0.1792 AML other m 2020-04-11T14:08:16.66
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000039364485 0.4608 AML other m 2020-04-11T14:08:17.00
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