Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 14-04-2020 and time 03:51:38 (Italy) in region 4 km SE Castel di Lucio (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Castel di Lucio (ME), on

  • 14-04-2020 01:51:38 (UTC)
  • 14-04-2020 03:51:38 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8650, 14.3400 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.

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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
Castel di Lucio ME 4 1294 1294
Mistretta ME 8 4791 6085
Sperlinga EN 11 805 6890
Pettineo ME 12 1350 8240
Reitano ME 12 806 9046
Capizzi ME 12 3176 12222
Motta d'Affermo ME 14 739 12961
Gangi PA 14 6811 19772
Nicosia EN 14 13899 33671
San Mauro Castelverde PA 14 1701 35372
Cerami EN 16 2006 37378
Tusa ME 16 2925 40303
Geraci Siculo PA 16 1945 42248
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 17 4694 46942
Caronia ME 20 3364 50306

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 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 2020-04-14
01:51:38		 37.8648 14.3398 8 2020-04-14
02:07:17		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78180641
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-04-14 01:51:38 ± 0.15
Latitude 37.8648 ± 0.0090
Longitude 14.3398 ± 0.0080
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 78180641

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 865
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 622
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 7
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 870.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 129
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) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17986
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.72305
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 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78180641
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-14 02:07:17
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:55.66 0.6 undecidable manual S 67 50.7159 50 0.12 47
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:53.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 15 80.2641 50 0.68 57
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:49.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 50 28.9488 106 -0.04 74
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:48.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 67 50.7159 50 -0.42 87
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:48.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 131 26.2515 107 0.38 69
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:47.91 0.3 undecidable manual S 288 25.9518 108 -0.44 68
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:47.66 0.3 undecidable manual S 310 22.2555 110 0.51 67
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:44.28 0.1 positive manual P 131 26.2515 107 -0.13 97
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:44.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 50 28.9488 106 -0.22 95
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:43.68 0.1 undecidable manual P 310 22.2555 110 0.02 100
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:43.75 1.0 undecidable manual P 288 25.9518 108 -0.61 22
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2020-04-14T01:51:43.33 0.1 undecidable manual P 260 19.9689 112 0.09 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00046499999999999997 0.28 AML other m 2020-04-14T01:51:49.34
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0006815 0.34 AML other m 2020-04-14T01:51:49.49
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0002455 0.54 AML other m 2020-04-14T01:51:49.88
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000046 0.98 AML other m 2020-04-14T01:51:50.51
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00004720000000000001 0.44 AML other m 2020-04-14T01:51:50.55
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002095 0.48 AML other m 2020-04-14T01:51:51.02
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000051949999999999996 0.28 AML other m 2020-04-14T01:51:51.57
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000702 0.94 AML other m 2020-04-14T01:51:53.62
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00006125 0.88 AML other m 2020-04-14T01:51:58.98
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000045900000000000004 1.14 AML other m 2020-04-14T01:52:02.77
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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