Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 10-08-2020 and time 05:09:30 (Italy) in region 4 km E Castroreale (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Castroreale (ME), on

  • 10-08-2020 03:09:30 (UTC)
  • 10-08-2020 05:09:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0930, 15.2600 at 11 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 4 2504 2504
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 6 4650 7154
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 7 41583 48737
Rodì Milici ME 8 2056 50793
Merì ME 9 2338 53131
San Filippo del Mela ME 9 7115 60246
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 9 1807 62053
Terme Vigliatore ME 10 7395 69448
Pace del Mela ME 11 6239 75687
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 77218
San Pier Niceto ME 11 2837 80055
Condrò ME 11 493 80548
Mandanici ME 11 601 81149
Furnari ME 12 3784 84933
Antillo ME 13 919 85852
Monforte San Giorgio ME 13 2777 88629
Fiumedinisi ME 13 1409 90038
Torregrotta ME 14 7431 97469
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 14 1019 98488
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 99825
Roccavaldina ME 14 1133 100958
Milazzo ME 14 31646 132604
Pagliara ME 15 1170 133774
Tripi ME 15 873 134647
Valdina ME 15 1355 136002
Alì ME 16 768 136770
Falcone ME 16 2808 139578
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 16 842 140420
Itala ME 16 1640 142060
Rometta ME 16 6650 148710
Savoca ME 17 1732 150442
Venetico ME 17 3911 154353
Limina ME 17 836 155189
Nizza di Sicilia ME 17 3667 158856
Alì Terme ME 17 2539 161395
Roccalumera ME 18 4141 165536
Basicò ME 18 612 166148
Spadafora ME 18 5021 171169
Oliveri ME 18 2181 173350
Furci Siculo ME 18 3382 176732
Roccafiorita ME 18 197 176929
Scaletta Zanclea ME 18 2140 179069
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 19 9377 188446
Saponara ME 19 3988 192434

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
34 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
67 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.3 2020-08-10
03:09:30
38.0933 15.2603 11 2020-08-10
03:29:17
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 81834001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-10 03:09:30 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.0933 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.2603 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 81834001

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 912
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 349
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 148
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 910.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 86
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) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08993
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.37142
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81834001
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-10 03:29:17
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:41.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 261 34.2435 50 -0.5 44
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:40.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 49 28.749 50 -0.09 48
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:38.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 104 39.7269 50 0.09 94
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2020-08-10T03:09:38.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 325 41.2254 50 0.43 66
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:37.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 261 34.2435 50 0.17 70
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:36.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 49 28.749 50 -0.31 69
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:36.34 0.3 undecidable manual S 236 12.9759 130 -0.14 73
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:36.66 0.6 undecidable manual S 190 13.7751 129 -0.02 50
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:35.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 54 9.9789 138 -0.12 74
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:34.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 236 12.9759 130 0.03 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:34.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 190 13.7751 129 0.15 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-08-10T03:09:33.60 0.1 negative manual P 54 9.9789 138 0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000257 1.08 AML other m 2020-08-10T03:09:38.91
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00014955 1.56 AML other m 2020-08-10T03:09:39.78
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0003985 0.36 AML other m 2020-08-10T03:09:39.70
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00021799999999999999 0.12 AML other m 2020-08-10T03:09:39.62
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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