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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 14-06-2020 and time 20:29:02 (UTC) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 14-06-2020 20:29:02 (UTC)
  • 14-06-2020 22:29:02 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3530, 14.8920 at 9 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
Lipari ME 14 12753 12753
Gioiosa Marea ME 20 7074 19827

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
61 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
96 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 2020-06-14
20:29:02		 38.3532 14.8917 9 2020-11-19
12:37:01		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 82914561
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2020-06-14
20:29:01		 38.3522 14.8892 9 2020-06-14
20:37:14		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 80186271
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-06-14 20:29:02 ± 0.15
Latitude 38.3532 ± 0.0117
Longitude 14.8917 ± 0.0149
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 82914561

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1671
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 780
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 46
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1670.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 128
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06925
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.46675
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82914561
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-20 00:48:22

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 80186271
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-06-14 20:37:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:17.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 120 46.2204 50 0.14 68
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:14.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 311 36.1416 50 -0.25 68
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:13.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 183 34.4433 50 -0.31 45
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-06-14T20:29:12.44 0.6 undecidable manual P 145 51.8037 50 0.71 39
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:10.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 120 46.2204 50 -0.34 66
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:09.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 311 36.1416 50 0.08 94
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:08.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 183 34.4433 50 -0.09 94
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:06.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 72 8.0808 137 -0.04 50
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:06.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 60 9.4794 132 -0.48 45
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:05.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 51 7.6812 138 -0.85 39
IV.ILOS.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:05.35 0.1 negative manual P 26 11.3775 127 0.46 91
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:04.62 0.1 positive manual P 72 8.0808 137 0.22 96
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:04.59 0.1 positive manual P 60 9.4794 132 0 100
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2020-06-14T20:29:04.49 0.1 positive manual P 51 7.6812 138 0.14 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00039600000000000003 1 AML other m 2020-06-14T20:29:06.60
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0002705 1.02 AML other m 2020-06-14T20:29:06.44
IV.ILOS.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00086891 0.1792 AML other m 2020-06-14T20:29:08.58
IV.ILOS.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00089210225 1.7184 AML other m 2020-06-14T20:29:10.07
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00017906705 0.2048 AML other m 2020-06-14T20:29:16.95
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000072437635 0.2432 AML other m 2020-06-14T20:29:17.11
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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