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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 29-05-2020 and time 00:26:21 (Italy) in region Basicò (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Basicò (ME), on

  • 28-05-2020 22:26:21 (UTC)
  • 29-05-2020 00:26:21 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0640, 15.0600 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.

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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
Basicò ME 0 612 612
Tripi ME 4 873 1485
Montalbano Elicona ME 6 2287 3772
Falcone ME 6 2808 6580
Oliveri ME 7 2181 8761
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 7 1531 10292
Furnari ME 7 3784 14076
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 15413
San Piero Patti ME 8 2915 18328
Librizzi ME 10 1660 19988
Rodì Milici ME 11 2056 22044
Patti ME 12 13431 35475
Terme Vigliatore ME 12 7395 42870
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 44485
Raccuja ME 13 1041 45526
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 13 1019 46545
Castroreale ME 14 2504 49049
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 49715
Floresta ME 16 485 50200
Ucria ME 16 1058 51258
Malvagna ME 16 733 51991
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 17 3090 55081
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 17 41583 96664
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 97381
Sinagra ME 19 2705 100086
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 101066
Antillo ME 19 919 101985
Gioiosa Marea ME 19 7074 109059
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 113004

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.4 2020-05-28
22:26:21		 38.0637 15.0605 11 2020-11-19
12:36:52		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 80858661
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2020-05-28
22:26:21		 38.0618 15.0582 11 2020-05-28
22:34:11		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 79667941
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-28 22:26:21 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.0637 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0605 ± 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 80858661

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 437
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 397
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 347
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 440.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 57
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 20
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) 0.14839
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.62863
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79667941
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-28 22:34:11

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 13
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 80858661
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-07-07 11:20:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:36.02 0.3 undecidable manual S 60 44.9217 50 -0.1 71
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:34.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 323 69.7746 50 0.22 88
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:34.61 0.3 undecidable manual S 266 41.1255 50 -0.49 66
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-05-28T22:26:34.03 0.3 undecidable manual S 347 37.9287 50 -0.23 69
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:33.75 0.3 undecidable manual S 349 35.4423 50 0.18 71
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:31.75 0.6 undecidable manual S 33 27.4503 50 0.3 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:31.25 0.6 undecidable manual S 70 27.1506 50 -0.12 48
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:30.04 0.3 undecidable manual S 165 20.868 50 0.35 69
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-05-28T22:26:29.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 347 37.9287 50 0.21 70
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:29.13 0.3 positive manual P 266 41.1255 50 -0.26 69
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:29.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 60 44.9217 50 -0.09 94
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:28.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 349 35.4423 50 0.26 93
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:28.36 0.3 undecidable manual S 262 16.4724 123 -0.07 74
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:28.83 0.6 undecidable manual P 214 31.9458 50 0.84 38
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:28.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 124 18.2706 121 -0.14 73
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:27.15 0.6 undecidable manual P 33 27.4503 50 -0.14 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:27.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 70 27.1506 50 -0.17 96
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:26.28 0.3 undecidable manual P 165 20.868 50 0.01 74
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:25.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 262 16.4724 123 -0.02 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-28T22:26:25.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 124 18.2706 121 -0.09 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00021604059999999996 0.1408 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:29.50
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0002707578 0.2048 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:28.70
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0004015174 0.2688 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:29.29
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0002880455 0.3072 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:29.13
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00010090185000000001 0.256 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:32.42
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000097691195 0.384 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:31.77
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00011198665 0.2944 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:31.76
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00008906320000000001 0.384 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:35.58
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00010733483 0.4352 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:39.03
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00004458985 0.1408 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:39.74
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000090712635 0.3968 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:40.60
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00009125424 0.8576 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:55.01
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00017286390000000002 0.3072 AML other m 2020-05-28T22:26:45.68
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