Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 08-05-2020 and time 06:17:58 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 08-05-2020 04:17:58 (UTC)
  • 08-05-2020 06:17:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3720, 14.6140 at 10 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
85 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
97 Km NW of Acireale (52622 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 1.7 2020-05-08
04:17:58
38.3718 14.6137 11 2020-11-19
12:36:54
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 81353561
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.8 2020-05-08
04:17:58
38.3577 14.5963 10 2020-05-08
04:27:00
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78941601
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-08 04:17:58 ± 0.19
Latitude 38.3718 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.6137 ± 0.0092
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 81353561

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 800
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 761
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 232
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 94
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.70956
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81353561
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-07-26 04:06:36

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78941601
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-08 04:27:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:29.04 3.0 negative manual Pn 0.09 0
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-05-08T04:18:22.22 0.6 undecidable manual S 98 78.7656 50 -0.35 43
MN.CLTB.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:21.34 3.0 negative manual P -0.12 0
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-05-08T04:18:13.33 0.1 undecidable manual P 98 78.7656 50 0.74 76
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:12.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 148 42.9237 50 -0.31 70
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2020-05-08T04:18:12.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 111 69.0753 50 0.9 54
IV.PETRA.HHN. 2020-05-08T04:18:12.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 216 73.8705 50 0.42 65
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:11.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 183 37.5291 50 -0.47 46
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:11.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 225 68.376 50 0.39 88
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-05-08T04:18:11.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 129 69.9744 50 0.28 67
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:10.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 89 31.8459 50 0.05 50
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:09.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 309 28.749 50 0.19 49
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-05-08T04:18:09.30 0.1 undecidable manual S 85 30.3474 50 -0.34 95
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:07.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 351 21.5673 116 0.01 52
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:06.87 0.1 negative manual P 148 42.9237 50 -0.2 96
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-05-08T04:18:05.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 85 30.3474 50 0.12 99
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:05.77 0.1 negative manual P 183 37.5291 50 -0.47 91
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:05.44 0.1 negative manual P 89 31.8459 50 0.08 100
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:05.38 0.6 undecidable manual P 85 32.4453 50 -0.08 50
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:05.49 3.0 positive manual P 0.23 0
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:04.62 0.1 positive manual P 309 28.749 50 -0.26 97
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-05-08T04:18:03.40 0.1 positive manual P 351 21.5673 116 -0.37 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00015259260000000002 1.3824 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:08.23
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0004302167 0.1792 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:09.35
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00039224214999999995 0.16 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:09.42
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00060715595 0.2208 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:10.27
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.001108757 0.2592 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:10.85
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00013738645 1.44 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:14.04
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000028731034499999998 0.4384 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:16.21
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000084383135 0.4992 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:16.61
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00019781494999999999 0.8384 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:18.83
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00003347372499999999 0.9792 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:20.21
IV.TDS.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000011693887 0.8224 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:37.03
MN.CLTB.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00009218032 0.3392 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:18:44.74
MN.CLTB.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00011888562999999999 0.6816 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:19:07.55
IV.TDS.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000011163532 0.8384 AML other m 2020-05-08T04:19:23.29
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