Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 10-08-2020 and time 03:07:42 (UTC) in region 3 km E Castroreale (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Castroreale (ME), on

  • 10-08-2020 03:07:42 (UTC)
  • 10-08-2020 05:07:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0950, 15.2500 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Castroreale ME 3 2504 2504
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 6 4650 7154
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 7 41583 48737
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 50793
Merì ME 8 2338 53131
San Filippo del Mela ME 9 7115 60246
Terme Vigliatore ME 9 7395 67641
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 10 1807 69448
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 70979
Pace del Mela ME 11 6239 77218
Furnari ME 11 3784 81002
Condrò ME 11 493 81495
San Pier Niceto ME 12 2837 84332
Mandanici ME 12 601 84933
Antillo ME 13 919 85852
Novara di Sicilia ME 13 1337 87189
Monforte San Giorgio ME 14 2777 89966
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 14 1019 90985
Fiumedinisi ME 14 1409 92394
Tripi ME 14 873 93267
Torregrotta ME 14 7431 100698
Milazzo ME 14 31646 132344
Roccavaldina ME 15 1133 133477
Falcone ME 15 2808 136285
Pagliara ME 15 1170 137455
Valdina ME 15 1355 138810
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 16 842 139652
Alì ME 17 768 140420
Basicò ME 17 612 141032
Oliveri ME 17 2181 143213
Rometta ME 17 6650 149863
Limina ME 17 836 150699
Itala ME 17 1640 152339
Venetico ME 17 3911 156250
Savoca ME 17 1732 157982
Spadafora ME 18 5021 163003
Nizza di Sicilia ME 18 3667 166670
Alì Terme ME 18 2539 169209
Roccalumera ME 18 4141 173350
Roccafiorita ME 18 197 173547
Furci Siculo ME 19 3382 176929
Scaletta Zanclea ME 19 2140 179069
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 20 9377 188446
Saponara ME 20 3988 192434

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
35 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.4 2020-08-10
03:07:42
38.095 15.2498 10 2020-08-10
03:31:20
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 81834031
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-10 03:07:42 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.0950 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.2498 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 10 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 81834031

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 557
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 405
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 154
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 560.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 91
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09623
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.36602
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81834031
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-10 03:31:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:07:55.97 0.6 undecidable manual S 104 40.626 50 0.4 44
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2020-08-10T03:07:55.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 326 40.5261 50 0.35 45
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2020-08-10T03:07:53.36 0.6 undecidable manual S 260 33.3444 50 -0.27 46
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:07:49.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 104 40.626 50 -0.25 91
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2020-08-10T03:07:49.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 326 40.5261 50 -0.03 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:07:48.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 186 13.7751 127 -0.04 75
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2020-08-10T03:07:48.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 260 33.3444 50 -0.16 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:07:47.03 0.3 undecidable manual S 57 10.6782 134 -0.18 73
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:07:47.64 0.3 undecidable manual S 233 12.3765 130 -0.02 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:07:45.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 186 13.7751 127 0.16 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:07:45.09 0.1 negative manual P 57 10.6782 134 0.05 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:07:45.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 233 12.3765 130 0.17 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0004355 0.92 AML other m 2020-08-10T03:07:47.72
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000322 0.44 AML other m 2020-08-10T03:07:47.12
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00046249999999999997 1.76 AML other m 2020-08-10T03:07:48.98
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000596 0.26 AML other m 2020-08-10T03:07:48.03
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00016350000000000002 0.64 AML other m 2020-08-10T03:07:48.64
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00009295000000000001 1.58 AML other m 2020-08-10T03:07:50.03
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