Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 06-05-2020 and time 06:26:16 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 06-05-2020 04:26:16 (UTC)
  • 06-05-2020 06:26:16 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1260, 15.2100 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 3 41583 41583
Castroreale ME 3 2504 44087
Rodì Milici ME 4 2056 46143
Terme Vigliatore ME 4 7395 53538
Merì ME 6 2338 55876
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 7 4650 60526
San Filippo del Mela ME 7 7115 67641
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 8 1531 69172
Furnari ME 8 3784 72956
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 10 1807 74763
Pace del Mela ME 10 6239 81002
Milazzo ME 11 31646 112648
Falcone ME 11 2808 115456
Condrò ME 12 493 115949
Tripi ME 13 873 116822
San Pier Niceto ME 13 2837 119659
Oliveri ME 13 2181 121840
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 123177
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 130608
Basicò ME 15 612 131220
Monforte San Giorgio ME 16 2777 133997
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 135016
Roccavaldina ME 16 1133 136149
Valdina ME 16 1355 137504
Mandanici ME 17 601 138105
Antillo ME 17 919 139024
Venetico ME 17 3911 142935
Spadafora ME 18 5021 147956
Rometta ME 19 6650 154606
Fiumedinisi ME 19 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)
57 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.4 2020-05-06
04:26:16		 38.1258 15.21 11 2020-11-19
12:36:55		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 81548721
Reviewed
Rev200 		ML 1.0 2020-05-06
04:26:16		 38.11 15.217 12 2020-08-01
14:04:06		 Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 78887351
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2020-05-06
04:26:16		 38.1267 15.1958 10 2020-05-06
04:36:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78887311
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-06 04:26:16 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.1258 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.2100 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 81548721

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 582
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 427
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 136
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 580.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 92
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11421
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49463
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81548721
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-01 14:06:08

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78887351
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-06 04:44:33

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78887311
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-06 04:36:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:34.31 0.6 undecidable manual S 259 54.9006 50 0.45 43
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:28.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 324 34.2435 50 0.17 47
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:27.05 0.3 undecidable manual S 59 30.1476 50 -0.19 71
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:27.11 0.6 undecidable manual S 196 28.1496 50 0.41 46
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-05-06T04:26:26.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 85 54.2013 50 0.06 70
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:26.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 253 30.747 50 -0.58 65
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:26.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 259 54.9006 50 0.1 93
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:24.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 107 44.9217 50 -0.1 95
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:23.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 327 35.742 50 -0.14 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:23.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 173 17.2716 121 -0.33 71
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:23.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 324 34.2435 50 0.02 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:22.41 0.1 undecidable manual S 80 12.6762 129 0.12 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:22.78 0.3 undecidable manual P 253 30.747 50 -0.05 73
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:22.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 59 30.1476 50 -0.1 97
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:22.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 196 28.1496 50 0.42 68
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:20.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 80 12.6762 129 0.16 99
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-06T04:26:20.57 0.1 undecidable manual P 173 17.2716 121 -0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0006085 0.46 AML other m 2020-05-06T04:26:22.49
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00024349999999999998 0.22 AML other m 2020-05-06T04:26:23.45
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00035299999999999996 0.76 AML other m 2020-05-06T04:26:23.99
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001495 0.22 AML other m 2020-05-06T04:26:23.67
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000091 0.2 AML other m 2020-05-06T04:26:27.35
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00006685000000000001 0.24 AML other m 2020-05-06T04:26:27.26
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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