Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 04-05-2020 and time 05:33:06 (Italy) in region 1 km SW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 04-05-2020 03:33:06 (UTC)
  • 04-05-2020 05:33:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1440, 15.2140 at 14 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
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 1 41583 41583
Merì ME 4 2338 43921
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 51316
Castroreale ME 5 2504 53820
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 55876
San Filippo del Mela ME 6 7115 62991
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 6 4650 67641
Furnari ME 9 3784 71425
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 72956
Milazzo ME 9 31646 104602
Pace del Mela ME 9 6239 110841
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 9 1807 112648
Condrò ME 11 493 113141
Falcone ME 12 2808 115949
San Pier Niceto ME 12 2837 118786
Torregrotta ME 13 7431 126217
Oliveri ME 14 2181 128398
Tripi ME 14 873 129271
Roccavaldina ME 15 1133 130404
Valdina ME 15 1355 131759
Monforte San Giorgio ME 15 2777 134536
Venetico ME 16 3911 138447
Novara di Sicilia ME 16 1337 139784
Basicò ME 16 612 140396
Spadafora ME 17 5021 145417
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 146436
Rometta ME 18 6650 153086
Mandanici ME 18 601 153687
Antillo ME 19 919 154606
Fiumedinisi ME 20 1409 156015

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
38 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
72 Km N 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 1.3 2020-05-04
03:33:06
38.144 15.2138 14 2020-05-04
03:38:16
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78825901
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-04 03:33:06 ± 0.15
Latitude 38.1440 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.2138 ± 0.0137
Depth (km) 14 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78825901

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 970
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 892
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 100
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 970.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 248
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.10882
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.40739
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78825901
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-04 03:38:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-04T03:33:16.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 63 28.9488 100 -0.17 47
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-05-04T03:33:15.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 110 45.2214 95 0.04 94
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-04T03:33:14.28 0.6 undecidable manual S 175 19.2696 109 -0.12 48
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-04T03:33:12.56 0.6 negative manual P 63 28.9488 100 -0.02 49
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-04T03:33:12.76 0.6 undecidable manual S 89 12.0768 127 0.04 50
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-04T03:33:11.19 0.1 positive manual P 175 19.2696 109 0.05 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-04T03:33:10.22 0.1 positive manual P 89 12.0768 127 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00031008720000000003 0.36 AML other m 2020-05-04T03:33:13.18
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000335345 0.36 AML other m 2020-05-04T03:33:13.10
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00007986719 0.2208 AML other m 2020-05-04T03:33:14.52
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00007260337 0.2 AML other m 2020-05-04T03:33:14.75
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00012181365 0.8992 AML other m 2020-05-04T03:33:23.11
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000062796935 1.56 AML other m 2020-05-04T03:33:26.97
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00003709511 2.0208 AML other m 2020-05-04T03:33:30.44
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000046223189999999994 1.0208 AML other m 2020-05-04T03:33:35.77
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