Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 19-09-2020 and time 15:37:49 (UTC) in region 1 km W Furnari (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Furnari (ME), on

  • 19-09-2020 15:37:49 (UTC)
  • 19-09-2020 17:37:49 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1080, 15.1150 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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.

Hai sentito il terremoto? Clicca qui

Did you feel it? Fill in the questionnaire.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Furnari ME 1 3784 3784
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 3 1531 5315
Falcone ME 3 2808 8123
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 10179
Oliveri ME 5 2181 12360
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 19755
Tripi ME 7 873 20628
Basicò ME 7 612 21240
Castroreale ME 9 2504 23744
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 25081
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 66664
Montalbano Elicona ME 13 2287 68951
Merì ME 13 2338 71289
Patti ME 14 13431 84720
Librizzi ME 14 1660 86380
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 14 1019 87399
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 90314
Montagnareale ME 15 1615 91929
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 15 4650 96579
San Filippo del Mela ME 16 7115 103694
Milazzo ME 17 31646 135340
Antillo ME 19 919 136259
Raccuja ME 19 1041 137300
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 143539
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 19 1807 145346

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2020-09-19
15:37:49		 38.1075 15.1148 9 2020-09-19
15:41:36		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83031231
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-19 15:37:49 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1075 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1148 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 83031231

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 382
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 361
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 163
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 380.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 88
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.08184
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.34624
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83031231
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-19 15:41:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:38:02.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 63 38.4282 50 -0.36 66
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:38:01.18 0.3 undecidable manual S 339 32.0457 50 0.2 69
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:57.18 0.1 undecidable manual S 78 21.2676 113 -0.33 92
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:57.35 0.6 negative manual P 63 38.4282 50 0.23 46
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:57.51 0.1 undecidable manual S 251 22.2555 112 -0.32 92
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:57.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 29 20.868 113 0.16 95
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:56.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 339 32.0457 50 0.04 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:56.63 0.1 undecidable manual S 146 18.2706 116 0.04 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:54.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 29 20.868 113 -0.03 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:54.22 0.6 undecidable manual P 78 21.2676 113 0.09 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:54.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 251 22.2555 112 -0.03 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:53.77 0.1 positive manual P 146 18.2706 116 0.17 95
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:53.96 0.1 undecidable manual S 168 9.0798 135 0.02 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-09-19T15:37:52.30 0.1 positive manual P 168 9.0798 135 0.23 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0006140000000000001 0.48 AML other m 2020-09-19T15:37:54.09
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00029900000000000006 0.72 AML other m 2020-09-19T15:37:55.61
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00011499999999999999 0.18 AML other m 2020-09-19T15:37:56.76
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00007255 0.12 AML other m 2020-09-19T15:37:57.70
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00008335 0.34 AML other m 2020-09-19T15:37:57.99
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00007675 0.54 AML other m 2020-09-19T15:37:59.42
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download