Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 06-05-2020 and time 05:00:44 (UTC) in region 2 km N Castroreale (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Castroreale (ME), on

  • 06-05-2020 05:00:44 (UTC)
  • 06-05-2020 07:00:44 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1170, 15.2100 at 11 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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
Castroreale ME 2 2504 2504
Rodì Milici ME 4 2056 4560
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 4 41583 46143
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 53538
Merì ME 7 2338 55876
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 7 4650 60526
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 7 1531 62057
Furnari ME 7 3784 65841
San Filippo del Mela ME 8 7115 72956
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 11 1807 74763
Pace del Mela ME 11 6239 81002
Falcone ME 11 2808 83810
Milazzo ME 12 31646 115456
Tripi ME 12 873 116329
Condrò ME 12 493 116822
Novara di Sicilia ME 13 1337 118159
Oliveri ME 13 2181 120340
San Pier Niceto ME 13 2837 123177
Basicò ME 14 612 123789
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 124808
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 132239
Mandanici ME 16 601 132840
Antillo ME 16 919 133759
Monforte San Giorgio ME 16 2777 136536
Roccavaldina ME 16 1133 137669
Valdina ME 17 1355 139024
Venetico ME 18 3911 142935
Fiumedinisi ME 18 1409 144344
Spadafora ME 19 5021 149365
Rometta ME 19 6650 156015
Pagliara ME 20 1170 157185
Montalbano Elicona ME 20 2287 159472

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
38 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Catania (314555 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.3 2020-05-06
05:00:44
38.1167 15.2098 11 2020-11-19
12:36:55
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 81548881
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.3 2020-05-06
05:00:44
38.1137 15.2197 12 2020-05-06
05:08:19
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78887591
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-06 05:00:44 ± 0.05
Latitude 38.1167 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.2098 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 11 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 81548881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 494
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 277
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 144
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 490.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.13
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49373
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78887591
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-06 05:08:19

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81548881
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-01 14:09:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.VAE.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:01:16.09 3.0 undecidable manual S -1.88 0
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2020-05-06T05:00:55.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 255 30.4473 50 -0.26 47
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:00:55.44 0.3 undecidable manual S 58 30.747 50 -0.14 72
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:00:54.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 261 54.8007 50 0.11 69
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:00:53.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 106 44.622 50 0.21 69
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2020-05-06T05:00:51.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 255 30.4473 50 0.09 97
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:00:51.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 325 35.0427 50 0.11 72
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:00:51.02 0.3 undecidable manual P 58 30.747 50 -0.04 73
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:00:51.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 328 36.6411 50 -0.15 71
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:00:51.56 0.1 undecidable manual S 173 16.2726 124 -0.12 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:00:50.68 0.3 undecidable manual S 75 12.876 130 -0.07 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:00:48.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 173 16.2726 124 0.05 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-06T05:00:48.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 75 12.876 130 0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00040149999999999995 1.54 AML other m 2020-05-06T05:00:51.81
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000166 0.22 AML other m 2020-05-06T05:00:51.75
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0002655 1.24 AML other m 2020-05-06T05:00:51.92
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00010719999999999999 1.32 AML other m 2020-05-06T05:00:52.96
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0000621 0.22 AML other m 2020-05-06T05:00:55.77
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000531 0.26 AML other m 2020-05-06T05:00:55.57
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