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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 05-07-2020 and time 10:37:02 (Italy) in region 8 km S San Fratello (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 8 km S San Fratello (ME), on

  • 05-07-2020 08:37:02 (UTC)
  • 05-07-2020 10:37:02 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9490, 14.6200 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
San Fratello ME 8 3707 3707
Alcara li Fusi ME 11 1980 5687
Militello Rosmarino ME 12 1324 7011
Acquedolci ME 12 5744 12755
San Teodoro ME 13 1403 14158
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 14 12624 26782
Cesarò ME 14 2439 29221
Longi ME 15 1473 30694
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 16 1996 32690
Galati Mamertino ME 16 2627 35317
Capizzi ME 17 3176 38493
Torrenova ME 17 4386 42879
Frazzanò ME 18 711 43590
Caronia ME 18 3364 46954
Cerami EN 18 2006 48960
Troina EN 18 9373 58333
Maniace CT 19 3765 62098
Mirto ME 19 974 63072
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 19 1319 64391
Capri Leone ME 19 4515 68906

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
61 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Bagheria (55387 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 1.3 2020-07-05
08:37:02		 37.9487 14.6205 11 2020-11-19
12:36:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 80850091
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.3 2020-07-05
08:37:02		 37.9833 14.6252 19 2020-07-05
08:44:14		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 80791141
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-07-05 08:37:02 ± 0.17
Latitude 37.9487 ± 0.0090
Longitude 14.6205 ± 0.0103
Depth (km) 11 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 80850091

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 834
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 778
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 193
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 830.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 80
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08813
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.44337
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 80850091
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-11-01 08:12:22

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 80791141
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-07-05 08:44:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CSLB.HHE. 2020-07-05T08:37:18.47 0.6 undecidable manual S 269 49.2174 50 0.29 45
IV.CSLB.HHE. 2020-07-05T08:37:11.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 269 49.2174 50 -0.03 72
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-07-05T08:37:11.92 0.3 undecidable manual S 124 24.8529 50 0.24 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-07-05T08:37:11.47 0.6 undecidable manual S 65 24.4533 50 -0.1 49
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-07-05T08:37:11.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 190 26.8509 50 -0.28 48
IV.EMSG.HHN. 2020-07-05T08:37:09.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 116 32.1456 50 0.5 67
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-07-05T08:37:08.09 0.6 undecidable manual S 345 9.7791 138 0.4 48
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-07-05T08:37:07.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 124 24.8529 50 0.09 74
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-07-05T08:37:07.40 0.1 negative manual P 65 24.4533 50 -0.37 93
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-07-05T08:37:07.71 0.3 undecidable manual P 190 26.8509 50 -0.41 69
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-07-05T08:37:05.41 0.1 positive manual P 345 9.7791 138 -0.12 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000082124735 0.2176 AML other m 2020-07-05T08:37:08.56
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00011555186000000001 1.68 AML other m 2020-07-05T08:37:08.87
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00009062369000000001 0.9408 AML other m 2020-07-05T08:37:11.57
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000115452745 0.8224 AML other m 2020-07-05T08:37:13.50
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00036782040000000007 1.12 AML other m 2020-07-05T08:37:15.82
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0002785912 0.3424 AML other m 2020-07-05T08:37:16.32
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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