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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 02-06-2020 and time 19:37:23 (Italy) in region 6 km S Floresta (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 6 km S Floresta (ME), on

  • 02-06-2020 17:37:23 (UTC)
  • 02-06-2020 19:37:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9340, 14.8880 at 38 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
Floresta ME 6 485 485
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 7 980 1465
Randazzo CT 8 10900 12365
Maniace CT 11 3765 16130
Roccella Valdemone ME 11 666 16796
Maletto CT 12 3920 20716
Tortorici ME 12 6435 27151
Ucria ME 13 1058 28209
Raccuja ME 14 1041 29250
Malvagna ME 15 733 29983
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 32898
Moio Alcantara ME 15 717 33615
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 35902
Galati Mamertino ME 15 2627 38529
Longi ME 16 1473 40002
Bronte CT 17 19172 59174
Sinagra ME 17 2705 61879
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 18 1319 63198
Castell'Umberto ME 18 3128 66326
Cesarò ME 18 2439 68765
San Teodoro ME 19 1403 70168
Alcara li Fusi ME 19 1980 72148
Librizzi ME 19 1660 73808
Frazzanò ME 20 711 74519

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2020-06-02
17:37:23		 37.9337 14.8883 38 2020-11-19
12:37:06		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 84255741
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2020-06-02
17:37:25		 37.9632 14.8435 29 2020-06-02
18:01:17		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 79834821
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-06-02 17:37:23 ± 0.2
Latitude 37.9337 ± 0.0126
Longitude 14.8883 ± 0.0182
Depth (km) 38 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 84255741

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1390
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1384
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 55
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1390.0
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 27
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.41
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.78960
Number of stations at which the event was observed 22
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79834821
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-06-02 18:01:17

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84255741
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-30 08:38:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
FR.AJAC.HHZ.00 2020-06-02T17:39:16.88 3.0 positive manual Pg 22.280001 0
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:39:13.14 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 8.44 0
IV.AGLI.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:39:01.11 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 16.42 0
IV.MAON.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:38:54.38 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 11.4 0
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:38:50.66 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 9.19 0
CR.STON.BHZ. 2020-06-02T17:38:38.68 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -4.42 0
IV.MSAG.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:38:23.02 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 0.72 0
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:38:22.80 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.24 0
IV.IFOR.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:38:17.11 3.0 positive manual Pg 7.81 0
IV.CRJA.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:38:10.88 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 0.67 0
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:41.83 0.6 undecidable manual S 9 49.7169 123 0.11 47
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:38.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 169 87.6456 54 -0.16 65
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-06-02T17:37:38.16 0.6 undecidable manual S 82 30.4473 138 0.39 46
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:37.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 56 65.3901 54 1.15 47
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:37.79 0.6 undecidable manual S 293 28.2495 140 0.4 45
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:35.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 181 64.8906 54 -0.73 58
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:35.36 1.0 undecidable manual S 193 12.4764 160 0.08 25
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:34.93 0.6 undecidable manual S 354 12.1767 161 -0.32 48
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:33.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 229 37.5291 132 0.74 79
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:33.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 9 49.7169 123 -0.28 90
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-06-02T17:37:31.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 82 30.4473 138 -0.31 92
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:31.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 293 28.2495 140 -0.05 98
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:31.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 133 20.0688 150 0.49 68
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:30.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 157 13.5753 159 0.19 73
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:30.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 106 21.1677 148 -0.24 71
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:30.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 193 12.4764 160 -0.08 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-06-02T17:37:29.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 354 12.1767 161 -0.58 89
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00017749999999999998 0.42 AML other m 2020-06-02T17:37:38.38
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00046449999999999996 0.26 AML other m 2020-06-02T17:37:38.45
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0000394 1.16 AML other m 2020-06-02T17:37:38.11
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0000562 1.44 AML other m 2020-06-02T17:37:41.78
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0000451 1.26 AML other m 2020-06-02T17:37:49.23
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0000385 0.7 AML other m 2020-06-02T17:37:50.18
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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