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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 07-05-2020 and time 15:00:28 (UTC) in region 3 km SW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 07-05-2020 15:00:28 (UTC)
  • 07-05-2020 17:00:28 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1290, 15.2040 at 13 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.

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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
Furnari ME 7 3784 64310
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 7 1531 65841
San Filippo del Mela ME 8 7115 72956
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 11 1807 74763
Falcone ME 11 2808 77571
Pace del Mela ME 11 6239 83810
Milazzo ME 11 31646 115456
Condrò ME 12 493 115949
Oliveri ME 13 2181 118130
Tripi ME 13 873 119003
San Pier Niceto ME 13 2837 121840
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 123177
Basicò ME 14 612 123789
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 131220
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 132239
Monforte San Giorgio ME 16 2777 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
32 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
39 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
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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 1.2 2020-05-07
15:00:28		 38.1288 15.204 13 2020-11-19
12:36:47		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 79898991
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2020-05-07
15:00:28		 38.1295 15.2107 13 2020-05-07
15:08:43		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78918681
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-07 15:00:28 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1288 ± 0.0027
Longitude 15.2040 ± 0.0023
Depth (km) 13 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 79898991

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 320
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 56
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 177
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 320.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 91
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) 0.12
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11871
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.71676
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78918681
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-07 15:08:43

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79898991
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-06-04 14:45:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HNN. 2020-05-07T15:00:42.08 0.6 undecidable manual P 48 79.5648 92 0.2 48
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:40.14 0.3 undecidable manual S 327 35.2425 96 0.07 81
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:40.28 0.3 undecidable manual S 325 36.5412 95 -0.14 78
MN.CEL.HNZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:39.18 0.6 undecidable manual P 76 61.8936 93 0.02 51
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:38.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 60 30.4473 97 -0.23 77
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:38.86 0.3 undecidable manual S 252 30.3474 97 0.07 81
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:37.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 259 54.501 93 -0.18 100
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:35.20 0.6 undecidable manual P 327 35.2425 96 0.15 53
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:35.43 0.3 undecidable manual S 172 17.6712 110 -0.05 83
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:35.11 0.6 undecidable manual P 325 36.5412 95 -0.14 52
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:34.95 0.3 undecidable manual P 325 33.6441 96 0.13 80
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:34.32 0.6 undecidable manual P 60 30.4473 97 -0.01 54
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:34.34 0.3 undecidable manual S 81 13.1757 122 -0.05 83
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:34.43 0.6 undecidable manual P 252 30.3474 97 0.12 54
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:33.72 1.0 undecidable manual P 195 28.3494 98 -0.28 26
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:32.58 0.6 undecidable manual P 172 17.6712 110 0.18 54
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-07T15:00:31.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 81 13.1757 122 0.19 82
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00008820716500000001 1.2416 AML other m 2020-05-07T15:00:39.13
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000178 0.3 AML other m 2020-05-07T15:00:35.77
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000174 1.7 AML other m 2020-05-07T15:00:36.09
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000050351994999999995 1.7568 AML other m 2020-05-07T15:00:38.90
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000018180704999999997 0.3584 AML other m 2020-05-07T15:00:39.25
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00002342141 0.4224 AML other m 2020-05-07T15:00:39.48
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00037008465 0.4224 AML other m 2020-05-07T15:00:34.51
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