Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 14-08-2020 and time 14:15:36 (Italy) in region Falcone (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: Falcone (ME), on

  • 14-08-2020 12:15:36 (UTC)
  • 14-08-2020 14:15:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1160, 15.0840 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Falcone ME 0 2808 2808
Oliveri ME 2 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 8 2056 21240
Patti ME 11 13431 34671
Librizzi ME 11 1660 36331
Castroreale ME 11 2504 38835
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 41122
Novara di Sicilia ME 12 1337 42459
Montagnareale ME 12 1615 44074
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 12 41583 85657
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 88572
Merì ME 16 2338 90910
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 91929
Raccuja ME 16 1041 92970
San Filippo del Mela ME 18 7115 100085
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 103175
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 107825
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 114899
Milazzo ME 18 31646 146545
Ucria ME 19 1058 147603
Piraino ME 20 3962 151565

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
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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 1.6 2020-08-14
12:15:36
38.1158 15.0835 9 2020-11-19
12:36:58
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 82314451
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.8 2020-08-14
12:15:36
38.1147 15.0863 9 2020-08-14
12:22:23
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 81971211
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-14 12:15:36 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1158 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.0835 ± 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 82314451

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 370
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 343
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 253
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 370.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 48
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 28
Number of defining phases 28
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09713
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.82648
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 17
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81971211
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-14 12:22:23

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82314451
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-25 13:04:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:52.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 52 88.5447 50 0.3 63
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:52.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 258 91.7415 50 -0.08 65
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:51.61 0.6 undecidable manual S 258 43.9227 50 0.62 43
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:50.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 93 84.8484 50 -0.45 61
IV.IST3.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:50.55 0.1 positive manual P 10 76.8675 50 0.64 78
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:50.08 0.3 undecidable manual S 66 40.5261 50 -0.01 72
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:49.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 212 37.9287 50 0.56 45
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:49.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 306 78.4659 50 -0.3 64
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:48.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 77 72.4719 50 -0.37 85
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:47.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 343 30.2475 50 0.25 46
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:47.56 0.6 undecidable manual S 345 32.2455 50 -0.31 47
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-08-14T12:15:47.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 341 32.9448 50 -0.33 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:45.17 0.3 undecidable manual S 82 23.754 111 -0.07 76
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:45.87 0.3 undecidable manual S 173 26.1516 109 -0.15 73
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:44.17 0.6 undecidable manual P 212 37.9287 50 0.27 47
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:44.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 141 20.6682 114 0.47 46
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:44.55 0.1 positive manual P 258 43.9227 50 -0.27 92
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:44.21 0.1 positive manual P 66 40.5261 50 -0.09 96
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-08-14T12:15:43.13 0.6 undecidable manual P 341 32.9448 50 -0.01 50
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:43.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 345 32.2455 50 0.05 74
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:43.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 246 19.9689 115 -0.26 73
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:42.96 0.1 positive manual P 343 30.2475 50 0.24 93
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:41.34 0.3 undecidable manual S 155 10.7781 130 0.01 77
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:41.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 173 26.1516 109 -0.03 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:41.59 0.1 positive manual P 82 23.754 111 0.08 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:40.82 0.1 positive manual P 141 20.6682 114 -0.12 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:40.68 0.1 negative manual P 246 19.9689 115 -0.14 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-14T12:15:39.37 0.1 positive manual P 155 10.7781 130 0.12 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00033157735 0.1984 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:44.01
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0003600801 0.1984 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:44.56
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00069267715 0.16 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:45.06
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00031872745000000003 0.1792 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:45.13
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0004002871 0.2816 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:45.96
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00025770634999999997 0.2624 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:46.05
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00050462585 0.2048 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:46.11
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00038493835 0.16 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:46.58
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00020068497000000002 0.2176 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:47.96
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00021697675 0.2816 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:49.16
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001539259 0.2432 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:50.24
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00013760965 0.2176 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:50.26
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00004807534500000001 0.1792 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:53.09
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000038902864999999994 0.16 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:15:53.56
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00002398152 0.2048 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:16:00.83
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0000854875 0.1792 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:16:01.97
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00006230359 0.2624 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:16:05.62
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000016728159999999997 0.6016 AML other m 2020-08-14T12:16:07.31
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