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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 10-05-2020 and time 04:38:42 (Italy) in region 4 km NE Fondachelli Fantina (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Fondachelli Fantina (ME), on

  • 10-05-2020 02:38:42 (UTC)
  • 10-05-2020 04:38:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0090, 15.2040 at 26 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
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 4 1019 1019
Antillo ME 5 919 1938
Novara di Sicilia ME 6 1337 3275
Limina ME 10 836 4111
Mandanici ME 10 601 4712
Castroreale ME 10 2504 7216
Tripi ME 10 873 8089
Roccafiorita ME 10 197 8286
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 9817
Rodì Milici ME 12 2056 11873
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 12 842 12715
Furnari ME 13 3784 16499
Motta Camastra ME 13 845 17344
Graniti ME 13 1492 18836
Mongiuffi Melia ME 13 600 19436
Savoca ME 13 1732 21168
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 13 3945 25113
Basicò ME 14 612 25725
Pagliara ME 14 1170 26895
Gallodoro ME 14 367 27262
Terme Vigliatore ME 15 7395 34657
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 16 41583 76240
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 79455
Forza d'Agrò ME 16 911 80366
Fiumedinisi ME 16 1409 81775
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 16 1554 83329
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 16 9377 92706
Falcone ME 16 2808 95514
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 100164
Furci Siculo ME 16 3382 103546
Malvagna ME 16 733 104279
Gaggi ME 16 3184 107463
Montalbano Elicona ME 17 2287 109750
Letojanni ME 17 2861 112611
Roccalumera ME 17 4141 116752
Castelmola ME 18 1088 117840
Nizza di Sicilia ME 18 3667 121507
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 122224
Oliveri ME 18 2181 124405
Merì ME 18 2338 126743
Taormina ME 19 10960 137703
Roccella Valdemone ME 19 666 138369
Alì ME 19 768 139137
San Filippo del Mela ME 19 7115 146252
Alì Terme ME 19 2539 148791
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 154194
Giardini-Naxos ME 20 9415 163609
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 20 1807 165416

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
44 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 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 1.5 2020-05-10
02:38:42		 38.0092 15.2038 26 2020-11-19
12:36:45		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 79272501
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2020-05-10
02:38:41		 37.9878 15.1958 28 2020-05-10
02:46:24		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78998941
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-10 02:38:42 ± 0.23
Latitude 38.0092 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.2038 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 26 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 79272501

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1030
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 296
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 97
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1030.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 64
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 24
Number of defining phases 24
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04407
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.71046
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79272501
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-09 22:14:20

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78998941
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-10 02:46:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:39:00.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 273 53.6019 109 1 36
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:58.21 0.3 undecidable manual S 336 46.9197 112 0.14 70
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-05-10T02:38:58.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 334 47.9187 112 0 48
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:58.26 0.6 undecidable manual S 334 45.1215 113 0.62 41
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-05-10T02:38:56.93 0.6 undecidable manual S 43 38.8278 117 0.84 37
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:55.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 202 78.8655 102 -1.03 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:53.69 0.3 undecidable manual S 278 29.0487 126 -0.18 71
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:52.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 273 53.6019 109 -0.1 92
IV.ENIC.HHE. 2020-05-10T02:38:52.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 201 44.8218 113 0.92 56
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:52.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 40 20.0688 138 0.52 44
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-05-10T02:38:51.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 334 47.9187 112 -0.46 87
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:51.23 0.3 undecidable manual S 207 15.873 145 -0.13 74
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:51.02 0.3 undecidable manual P 336 46.9197 112 -0.39 67
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:50.47 0.3 undecidable manual P 236 36.6411 119 0.5 67
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:50.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 91 43.3233 114 -0.06 72
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:50.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 334 45.1215 113 -0.24 92
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-05-10T02:38:50.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 43 38.8278 117 -0.05 73
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:50.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 227 30.5472 124 0.83 59
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:49.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 149 4.8951 168 -0.35 73
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:49.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 210 25.4523 130 0.52 68
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:48.75 0.1 positive manual P 278 29.0487 126 -0.24 94
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:47.24 0.1 negative manual P 207 15.873 145 -0.29 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:47.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 40 20.0688 138 -0.09 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-10T02:38:46.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 149 4.8951 168 -0.34 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0002945 0.2 AML other m 2020-05-10T02:38:50.86
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00011949999999999999 0.84 AML other m 2020-05-10T02:38:51.45
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00011649999999999999 0.78 AML other m 2020-05-10T02:38:52.40
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000102093205 0.4 AML other m 2020-05-10T02:38:52.76
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00014250000000000002 1 AML other m 2020-05-10T02:38:53.08
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000048862765 0.3216 AML other m 2020-05-10T02:38:53.78
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000062166405 0.4592 AML other m 2020-05-10T02:38:53.94
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001293381 0.28 AML other m 2020-05-10T02:38:59.37
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001375 0.4 AML other m 2020-05-10T02:38:59.32
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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