Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 15-07-2020 and time 00:02:25 (Italy) in region 1 km NE Basicò (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Basicò (ME), on

  • 14-07-2020 22:02:25 (UTC)
  • 15-07-2020 00:02:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0710, 15.0720 at 5 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.

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 1 612 612
Tripi ME 3 873 1485
Falcone ME 5 2808 4293
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 5824
Oliveri ME 6 2181 8005
Furnari ME 6 3784 11789
Montalbano Elicona ME 7 2287 14076
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 15413
San Piero Patti ME 9 2915 18328
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 20384
Librizzi ME 10 1660 22044
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 29439
Patti ME 12 13431 42870
Castroreale ME 13 2504 45374
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 13 1019 46393
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 48008
Raccuja ME 14 1041 49049
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 16 41583 90632
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 91298
Floresta ME 17 485 91783
Malvagna ME 17 733 92516
Ucria ME 17 1058 93574
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 17 3090 96664
Antillo ME 19 919 97583
Merì ME 19 2338 99921
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 100638
Gioiosa Marea ME 19 7074 107712
Sinagra ME 19 2705 110417
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 111397
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 115342

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Catania (314555 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 1.2 2020-07-14
22:02:25
38.0707 15.0717 5 2020-11-19
12:36:54
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 81419951
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.3 2020-07-14
22:02:25
38.0718 15.0722 6 2020-07-14
22:08:07
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 81037191
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-07-14 22:02:25 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.0707 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0717 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 5 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 81419951

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 402
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 254
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 13
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 92
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) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.15828
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.62863
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81419951
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-28 16:31:05

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81037191
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-07-14 22:08:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:38.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 322 69.7746 50 0.1 90
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:36.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 98 55.4001 50 -0.07 93
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:35.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 71 25.9518 101 0.34 69
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:33.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 168 21.3675 103 0.29 47
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:32.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 347 34.8429 98 -0.01 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:31.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 260 17.5713 106 -0.03 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:31.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 128 17.871 105 -0.15 73
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:30.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 168 21.3675 103 0.08 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:30.61 0.3 undecidable manual P 71 25.9518 101 -0.28 70
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:29.23 0.1 positive manual P 260 17.5713 106 -0.03 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-07-14T22:02:29.23 0.1 positive manual P 128 17.871 105 -0.09 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000157 0.72 AML other m 2020-07-14T22:02:32.74
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001395 0.78 AML other m 2020-07-14T22:02:32.60
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001795 0.22 AML other m 2020-07-14T22:02:32.65
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000142 0.64 AML other m 2020-07-14T22:02:33.40
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0000911 0.6 AML other m 2020-07-14T22:02:36.16
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00014600000000000003 0.46 AML other m 2020-07-14T22:02:36.49
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000134 0.84 AML other m 2020-07-14T22:02:39.55
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00013800000000000002 1.12 AML other m 2020-07-14T22:02:40.19
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000312 1.36 AML other m 2020-07-14T22:02:41.18
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000329 0.72 AML other m 2020-07-14T22:02:48.15
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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