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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 14-08-2020 and time 08:03:54 (UTC) in region 4 km E Montalbano Elicona (ME)

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

  • 14-08-2020 08:03:54 (UTC)
  • 14-08-2020 10:03:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0140, 15.0600 at 20 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
Montalbano Elicona ME 4 2287 2287
Tripi ME 5 873 3160
Basicò ME 5 612 3772
Novara di Sicilia ME 6 1337 5109
San Piero Patti ME 9 2915 8024
Roccella Valdemone ME 10 666 8690
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 10 1019 9709
Malvagna ME 11 733 10442
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 11973
Furnari ME 12 3784 15757
Falcone ME 12 2808 18565
Oliveri ME 12 2181 20746
Moio Alcantara ME 13 717 21463
Librizzi ME 13 1660 23123
Floresta ME 13 485 23608
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 24588
Raccuja ME 14 1041 25629
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 14 3945 29574
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 31630
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 34845
Ucria ME 16 1058 35903
Castroreale ME 16 2504 38407
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 39252
Patti ME 16 13431 52683
Terme Vigliatore ME 16 7395 60078
Montagnareale ME 17 1615 61693
Antillo ME 17 919 62612
Randazzo CT 18 10900 73512
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 76602
Graniti ME 20 1492 78094

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2020-08-14
08:03:54		 38.0142 15.06 20 2020-11-19
12:37:03		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 83590451
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2020-08-14
08:03:54		 38.0258 15.0752 15 2020-08-14
08:14:40		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 81962341
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-14 08:03:54 ± 0.58
Latitude 38.0142 ± 0.0252
Longitude 15.0600 ± 0.0217
Depth (km) 20 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 83590451

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2216
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1767
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 192
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2220.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.36692
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81962341
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-14 08:14:40

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83590451
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-07 17:20:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.VSL.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:05:43.04 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -9.99 0
GU.GRAM.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:05:38.42 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.67 0
IV.LRP.EHZ. 2020-08-14T08:05:29.47 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -8.35 0
IV.FROS.CHZ. 2020-08-14T08:05:20.67 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 2.24 0
IV.VCEL.EHZ. 2020-08-14T08:05:01.38 3.0 positive manual Pn 3.13 0
IV.CERA.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:05:01.39 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 14.17 0
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:40.79 3.0 negative manual Pn -4.13 0
IV.MBFT.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:36.86 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -0.05 0
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:34.52 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 5.88 0
IV.ACATE.HNZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:12.73 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -0.06 0
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:11.56 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.41 0
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:02.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 107 15.873 135 0.67 57
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:02.44 0.6 undecidable manual S 281 16.5723 133 0.17 64
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:01.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 350 40.7259 107 -0.3 91
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:01.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 160 15.5733 135 -0.75 54
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:00.16 0.6 undecidable manual S 77 6.8931 158 -0.62 57
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:04:00.28 0.3 undecidable manual P 60 29.4483 115 -0.29 92
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:03:59.43 0.6 undecidable manual P 281 16.5723 133 0.52 59
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:03:59.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 107 15.873 135 0.69 83
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:03:58.60 0.6 undecidable manual P 160 15.5733 135 -0.2 64
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-14T08:03:58.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 77 6.8931 158 0.07 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00030631835000000004 0.1408 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:00.46
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00020646075 1.8208 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:00.00
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000047999324999999995 0.2624 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:02.50
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000041621699999999995 0.16 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:03.21
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00025929610000000004 0.0576 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:03.37
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000112366535 0.064 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:03.42
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000064590525 0.1792 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:03.62
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000045898480000000006 0.1792 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:03.69
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00010018027 1.1808 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:04.25
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00006301936999999999 0.3584 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:05.16
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00013310665 1.2384 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:16.10
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00007246231 0.8 AML other m 2020-08-14T08:04:16.83
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