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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 13-08-2020 and time 20:03:41 (UTC) in region Falcone (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: Falcone (ME), on

  • 13-08-2020 20:03:41 (UTC)
  • 13-08-2020 22:03:41 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1160, 15.0850 at 9 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
Falcone ME 0 2808 2808
Oliveri ME 3 2181 4989
Furnari ME 4 3784 8773
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 5 1531 10304
Basicò ME 6 612 10916
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 18311
Tripi ME 7 873 19184
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 21240
Patti ME 11 13431 34671
Castroreale ME 11 2504 37175
Librizzi ME 11 1660 38835
Novara di Sicilia ME 12 1337 40172
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 42459
Montagnareale ME 12 1615 44074
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 12 41583 85657
San Piero Patti ME 13 2915 88572
Merì ME 15 2338 90910
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 91929
Raccuja ME 17 1041 92970
San Filippo del Mela ME 18 7115 100085
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 104735
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 107825
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 114899
Milazzo ME 18 31646 146545
Ucria ME 19 1058 147603

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
68 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 1.8 2020-08-13
20:03:41		 38.1158 15.0853 9 2020-11-19
12:37:05		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 84061991
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.9 2020-08-13
20:03:41		 38.1067 15.0878 10 2020-08-13
20:16:59		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 81951641
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-13 20:03:41 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1158 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0853 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 84061991

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 431
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 406
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 173
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 430.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 68
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 35
Number of defining phases 35
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09713
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.06660
Number of stations at which the event was observed 30
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 30
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 34
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81951641
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-13 20:16:59

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 35
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84061991
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-23 16:53:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SCIAR.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:04:01.75 0.6 undecidable manual P 261 118.3926 50 0.08 41
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:58.34 1.0 undecidable manual P 176 92.3409 50 0.67 18
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:57.17 0.6 undecidable manual P 52 88.3449 50 0.12 44
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:57.50 0.6 undecidable manual P 250 90.4428 50 0.12 43
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:57.03 0.6 undecidable manual P 192 87.1461 50 0.16 43
IV.GIB.HHE. 2020-08-13T20:03:57.95 0.3 undecidable manual P 262 93.5397 50 0.1 65
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:57.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 258 91.9413 50 -0.31 63
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:56.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 93 84.7485 50 -0.42 62
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:56.22 0.6 undecidable manual P 261 83.4498 50 -0.07 45
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:54.06 0.6 undecidable manual P 318 66.6777 50 0.36 43
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:54.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 77 72.2721 50 -0.35 65
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:53.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 342 30.3474 106 0.45 70
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-08-13T20:03:53.38 0.3 undecidable manual P 85 65.0904 50 -0.09 69
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:51.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 103 55.1004 50 -0.4 66
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:51.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 173 26.1516 108 -0.17 73
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:50.56 1.0 undecidable manual P 170 50.1165 50 -0.59 21
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:49.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 66 40.3263 50 -0.11 72
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:49.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 141 20.5683 113 -0.07 75
IV.EFIU.HHE. 2020-08-13T20:03:49.52 0.6 undecidable manual P 163 37.8288 50 0.26 46
IV.ILOS.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:49.88 1.0 undecidable manual P 342 38.4282 50 0.52 22
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:49.38 0.6 undecidable manual P 212 38.0286 50 0.08 48
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:49.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 258 44.0226 50 -0.37 68
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2020-08-13T20:03:49.24 0.6 undecidable manual P 184 33.8439 50 0.58 42
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:49.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 200 34.8429 50 0.44 67
IV.EMCN.HHN. 2020-08-13T20:03:48.75 1.0 undecidable manual P 187 36.3414 50 -0.28 24
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-08-13T20:03:48.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 341 32.9448 50 -0.19 71
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:48.31 0.6 undecidable manual P 344 32.2455 105 -0.09 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:48.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 246 20.1687 113 -0.43 68
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:48.26 0.1 undecidable manual P 342 30.3474 106 0.23 97
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:47.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 173 26.1516 108 0.05 99
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2020-08-13T20:03:46.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 82 23.5542 110 0.11 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:46.16 0.1 positive manual P 141 20.5683 113 -0.03 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:46.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 246 20.1687 113 -0.11 73
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:46.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 155 10.7781 129 0.29 74
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-13T20:03:44.73 0.1 positive manual P 155 10.7781 129 0.25 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.6 0.004832833 0.1408 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:47.16
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0053694595 0.3712 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:46.84
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0009193871000000001 0.1792 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:49.34
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0008026544499999999 0.2944 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:49.47
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0019695125 0.1536 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:50.39
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0010431185000000002 0.1664 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:50.37
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:2.4 0.001485157 0.2176 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:51.46
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0008724324000000002 0.2816 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:51.40
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0005926089999999999 0.384 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:55.47
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00040679664999999996 0.2432 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:54.37
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00039124315 0.2688 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:58.52
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0003313462 0.2432 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:55.58
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0003770033 0.2432 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:55.56
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000130278895 0.1792 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:58.43
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00010358763 0.1792 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:58.89
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00010854675 0.4736 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:06.08
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0001586463 0.5632 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:02.60
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0002803134 0.1792 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:04.45
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.7 0.0009957472 0.4096 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:04.29
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00005607689 0.5504 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:12.65
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000060959949999999996 0.2688 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:08.15
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.6 0.00004445066 0.4608 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:10.96
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.5 0.000038170445 0.3328 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:11.42
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:2.0 0.00013008215 0.384 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:14.57
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:2.0 0.0001321309 0.5888 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:16.20
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000020087356 0.3456 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:10.62
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000019736065 0.4608 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:17.80
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000031674685 0.2048 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:11.71
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00003066802 0.2688 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:08.54
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000018717725 0.3712 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:03:58.44
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000020087375 0.4608 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:15.88
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000058251215 0.5632 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:15.12
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00005868886 0.6784 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:16.81
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000047887475 0.3712 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:11.20
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000039976780000000005 0.2176 AML other m 2020-08-13T20:04:11.82
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