Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 17-08-2020 and time 21:49:29 (Italy) in region 3 km S Falcone (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Falcone (ME), on

  • 17-08-2020 19:49:29 (UTC)
  • 17-08-2020 21:49:29 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0910, 15.0840 at 8 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
Falcone ME 3 2808 2808
Basicò ME 4 612 3420
Furnari ME 4 3784 7204
Oliveri ME 4 2181 9385
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 5 1531 10916
Tripi ME 5 873 11789
Rodì Milici ME 8 2056 13845
Terme Vigliatore ME 9 7395 21240
Novara di Sicilia ME 9 1337 22577
Montalbano Elicona ME 10 2287 24864
Librizzi ME 11 1660 26524
Castroreale ME 11 2504 29028
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 31943
Patti ME 12 13431 45374
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 46989
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 13 41583 88572
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 14 1019 89591
Raccuja ME 16 1041 90632
Merì ME 17 2338 92970
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 96060
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 100710
Ucria ME 18 1058 101768
Roccella Valdemone ME 19 666 102434
San Filippo del Mela ME 19 7115 109549
Antillo ME 19 919 110468
Floresta ME 19 485 110953
Gioiosa Marea ME 19 7074 118027
Malvagna ME 19 733 118760

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
65 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 0.5 2020-08-17
19:49:29
38.0912 15.0842 8 2020-08-17
19:58:11
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 82095791
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-17 19:49:29 ± 0.17
Latitude 38.0912 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.0842 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 8 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 82095791

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 761
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 662
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 182
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 760.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 181
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.21854
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82095791
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-17 19:58:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
XK.GIZZ.HHZ. 2020-08-17T19:49:48.32 3.0 negative manual P -0.02 0
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2020-08-17T19:49:38.31 1.0 undecidable manual S 75 24.2535 108 -0.04 24
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-17T19:49:36.38 0.1 undecidable manual S 136 18.5703 113 -0.14 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-08-17T19:49:36.53 0.3 undecidable manual S 254 19.1697 113 -0.15 72
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2020-08-17T19:49:34.33 1.0 undecidable manual P 75 24.2535 108 -0.28 23
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-17T19:49:33.53 0.1 undecidable manual S 147 8.3805 133 0.02 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-08-17T19:49:33.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 136 18.5703 113 0.06 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-08-17T19:49:33.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 254 19.1697 113 0.1 72
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-08-17T19:49:31.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 147 8.3805 133 0.18 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00002721651 0.2176 AML other m 2020-08-17T19:49:37.08
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000028744869999999998 0.2048 AML other m 2020-08-17T19:49:36.47
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000019847400000000002 0.3456 AML other m 2020-08-17T19:49:36.76
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000023716855000000004 0.3584 AML other m 2020-08-17T19:49:36.64
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