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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 25-04-2020 and time 01:15:43 (UTC) in region 5 km S Castroreale (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km S Castroreale (ME), on

  • 25-04-2020 01:15:43 (UTC)
  • 25-04-2020 03:15:43 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0500, 15.2070 at 10 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 6 2504 2504
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 3841
Rodì Milici ME 8 2056 5897
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 8 1019 6916
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 8 1531 8447
Antillo ME 9 919 9366
Furnari ME 9 3784 13150
Tripi ME 9 873 14023
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 21418
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 11 41583 63001
Mandanici ME 11 601 63602
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 12 4650 68252
Basicò ME 13 612 68864
Falcone ME 13 2808 71672
Limina ME 13 836 72508
Merì ME 14 2338 74846
Roccafiorita ME 14 197 75043
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 14 842 75885
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 83000
Pagliara ME 15 1170 84170
Oliveri ME 15 2181 86351
Savoca ME 16 1732 88083
Fiumedinisi ME 16 1409 89492
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 16 1807 91299
Pace del Mela ME 17 6239 97538
Montalbano Elicona ME 17 2287 99825
Mongiuffi Melia ME 17 600 100425
Motta Camastra ME 17 845 101270
Condrò ME 18 493 101763
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 105708
San Pier Niceto ME 18 2837 108545
Graniti ME 18 1492 110037
Furci Siculo ME 18 3382 113419
Gallodoro ME 18 367 113786
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 18 9377 123163
Roccalumera ME 18 4141 127304
Alì ME 19 768 128072
Forza d'Agrò ME 19 911 128983
Nizza di Sicilia ME 19 3667 132650
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 19 1554 134204
Milazzo ME 19 31646 165850
Monforte San Giorgio ME 20 2777 168627
Alì Terme ME 20 2539 171166
Malvagna ME 20 733 171899
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 20 3215 175114

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
39 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
49 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
62 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 1.4 2020-04-25
01:15:43		 38.0505 15.2072 10 2020-04-25
01:21:34		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78554321
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-04-25 01:15:43 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.0505 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.2072 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78554321

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 638
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 360
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 114
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 640.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 69
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 15
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.76982
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78554321
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-25 01:21:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:58.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 44 85.4478 50 0.59 59
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:56.41 3.0 negative manual P 0.31 0
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:55.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 69 64.2912 50 -0.06 69
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:55.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 48 35.3424 50 -0.22 71
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:52.48 0.3 undecidable manual S 5 24.5532 112 -0.32 70
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:51.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 331 41.2254 50 0.33 68
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:51.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 97 43.4232 50 -0.24 69
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-04-25T01:15:51.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 331 44.0226 50 -0.08 72
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:50.42 0.3 undecidable manual S 50 16.5723 120 0.12 75
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:50.63 0.3 undecidable manual P 48 35.3424 50 -0.03 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:49.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 268 29.1486 50 -0.18 72
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:48.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 202 20.1687 116 0.08 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:48.09 0.3 undecidable manual S 166 9.0798 137 -0.16 75
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:48.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 5 24.5532 112 0.02 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:47.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 50 16.5723 120 0.16 74
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-04-25T01:15:46.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 166 9.0798 137 0.09 76
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00033600000000000004 1.22 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:16:21.74
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0009427077999999999 0.24 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:15:48.76
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.0 0.001330395 0.18 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:15:48.92
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00024254589999999997 0.32 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:15:52.56
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0003551169 0.18 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:15:51.02
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00050387515 0.4 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:15:52.82
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00036498819999999997 0.2 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:15:52.62
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00007483219 0.26 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:15:56.78
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00007182492999999999 0.18 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:15:54.76
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000085505505 0.3 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:16:02.01
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00005857462500000001 0.24 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:15:57.68
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000037130605 0.22 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:15:59.06
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000019949353 0.34 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:16:06.81
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000017083835 0.2 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:16:06.14
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000017882475000000002 0.22 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:16:10.53
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00001628773 0.34 AML other m 2020-04-25T01:16:10.64
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