Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 20-06-2020 and time 00:49:38 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 19-06-2020 22:49:38 (UTC)
  • 20-06-2020 00:49:38 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1870, 15.1750 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Terme Vigliatore ME 6 7395 7395
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 6 41583 48978
Merì ME 7 2338 51316
Milazzo ME 7 31646 82962
Rodì Milici ME 8 2056 85018
San Filippo del Mela ME 9 7115 92133
Furnari ME 10 3784 95917
Castroreale ME 10 2504 98421
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 11 4650 103071
Falcone ME 11 2808 105879
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 107410
Pace del Mela ME 12 6239 113649
Oliveri ME 12 2181 115830
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 13 1807 117637
Condrò ME 13 493 118130
Torregrotta ME 16 7431 125561
San Pier Niceto ME 16 2837 128398
Tripi ME 17 873 129271
Venetico ME 17 3911 133182
Basicò ME 17 612 133794
Valdina ME 17 1355 135149
Roccavaldina ME 18 1133 136282
Spadafora ME 18 5021 141303
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 144080
Patti ME 19 13431 157511
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 158848

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
42 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Catania (314555 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 1.6 2020-06-19
22:49:38
38.1868 15.1753 8 2020-11-19
12:37:05
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 84123801
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.9 2020-06-19
22:49:38
38.187 15.1742 8 2020-06-19
22:56:31
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 80329921
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-06-19 22:49:38 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1868 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1753 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 84123801

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 507
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 141
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 211
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 510.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 87
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 31
Number of defining phases 30
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.87144
Number of stations at which the event was observed 20
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 19
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84123801
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-25 17:01:45

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 24
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 80329921
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-06-19 22:56:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
XK.GIZZ.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:59.29 3.0 negative manual P 0.03 0
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:58.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 82 63.1923 50 -0.44 43
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:55.75 0.3 undecidable manual S 252 53.7018 50 -0.41 66
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:55.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 196 96.7254 50 0.48 60
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:55.69 0.6 undecidable manual S 114 50.1165 50 0.48 44
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:53.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 225 74.9694 50 1.29 44
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:52.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 53 77.367 50 0.15 67
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:52.72 0.6 undecidable manual P 299 81.0522 50 -0.27 43
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:51.95 0.3 undecidable manual P 99 77.7666 50 -0.53 61
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:50.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 188 34.1436 103 -0.07 49
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2020-06-19T22:49:49.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 325 28.4493 106 0.09 49
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:49.31 0.6 undecidable manual S 73 30.2475 105 -0.24 48
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-06-19T22:49:49.18 0.6 undecidable manual S 321 29.8479 105 -0.25 48
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:49.66 0.6 positive manual P 82 63.1923 50 -0.58 41
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:49.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 92 56.9985 50 0.08 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:49.13 0.3 undecidable manual S 239 30.747 105 -0.6 65
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:48.62 0.3 positive manual P 252 53.7018 50 -0.16 70
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:48.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 321 27.0507 107 0.31 47
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:48.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 206 45.1215 50 0.64 83
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:47.86 0.1 positive manual P 114 50.1165 50 -0.37 90
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-06-19T22:49:47.82 0.6 undecidable manual S 168 24.4533 108 0.19 49
IV.ILOS.HHE. 2020-06-19T22:49:46.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 326 34.8429 103 0.43 91
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:45.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 106 16.0728 117 0.26 49
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:45.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 188 34.1436 103 -0.05 74
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:44.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 321 27.0507 107 0.19 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:44.87 0.1 positive manual P 239 30.747 105 -0.2 96
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2020-06-19T22:49:44.65 0.1 undecidable manual P 325 28.4493 106 0.03 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:44.89 0.1 positive manual P 73 30.2475 105 -0.07 99
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-06-19T22:49:44.68 0.1 undecidable manual P 321 29.8479 105 -0.21 96
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-06-19T22:49:43.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 168 24.4533 108 -0.23 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-06-19T22:49:42.54 0.1 positive manual P 106 16.0728 117 0.24 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00065362465 0.2944 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:49:54.36
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00057515325 0.3712 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:49:53.05
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00035568860000000004 0.2816 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:49:50.70
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0003364858 0.2048 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:49:50.44
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000123486795 0.6016 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:02.55
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0001154535 0.4608 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:49:56.68
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000077120835 0.256 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:49:58.18
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000060481085000000005 0.256 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:49:57.27
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.6 0.000083935795 0.4224 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:01.38
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00006549254 0.3584 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:02.46
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00007679993 1.1392 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:12.74
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00008265150500000001 0.4096 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:01.38
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.3 0.000031576325 0.9856 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:08.34
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.4 0.000039950785 0.32 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:05.84
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000051464789999999995 0.4096 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:05.34
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000049343255 0.3328 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:03.67
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000024295165000000002 0.2304 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:11.04
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00002136395 0.7296 AML other m 2020-06-19T22:50:30.47
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