Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 20-09-2020 and time 16:50:07 (Italy) in region 3 km NE Basicò (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Basicò (ME), on

  • 20-09-2020 14:50:07 (UTC)
  • 20-09-2020 16:50:07 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0840, 15.0880 at 7 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
Basicò ME 3 612 612
Falcone ME 4 2808 3420
Tripi ME 4 873 4293
Furnari ME 4 3784 8077
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 4 1531 9608
Oliveri ME 5 2181 11789
Rodì Milici ME 8 2056 13845
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 15182
Terme Vigliatore ME 9 7395 22577
Montalbano Elicona ME 9 2287 24864
Castroreale ME 11 2504 27368
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 30283
Librizzi ME 11 1660 31943
Patti ME 13 13431 45374
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 13 1019 46393
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 48008
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 14 41583 89591
Raccuja ME 16 1041 90632
Merì ME 17 2338 92970
Roccella Valdemone ME 18 666 93636
Antillo ME 18 919 94555
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 99205
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 102295
Malvagna ME 19 733 103028
Ucria ME 19 1058 104086
Floresta ME 19 485 104571
San Filippo del Mela ME 19 7115 111686
Gioiosa Marea ME 20 7074 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)
53 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 0.8 2020-09-20
14:50:07
38.0837 15.0882 7 2020-09-20
15:07:32
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83065161
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-20 14:50:07 ± 0.41
Latitude 38.0837 ± 0.0117
Longitude 15.0882 ± 0.0126
Depth (km) 7 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 83065161

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1109
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 859
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 71
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1110.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 135
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
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 18
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83065161
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-20 15:07:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.LINA.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:51:34.85 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 12.67 0
IV.CPGN.EHZ. 2020-09-20T14:51:24.58 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 7.08 0
IV.CSNT.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:51:21.65 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 2.62 0
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:51:21.05 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.09 0
CR.STON.BHZ. 2020-09-20T14:51:19.32 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 20.280001 0
IV.CRE.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:51:17.01 3.0 negative manual Pn -0.1 0
IV.FOSV.EHZ. 2020-09-20T14:51:16.78 3.0 negative manual Pn 7.32 0
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:51:01.86 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 2.5 0
IV.PIGN.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:45.50 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 7.04 0
AC.VLO.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:41.89 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -0.39 0
IV.CROCE.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:40.87 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -5.8 0
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2020-09-20T14:50:16.25 0.6 undecidable manual S 31 24.2535 106 0.47 44
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:14.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 256 19.2696 110 0.39 45
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:13.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 135 17.7711 111 0.09 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:12.91 0.6 undecidable manual P 73 24.1536 106 0.86 38
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2020-09-20T14:50:11.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 31 24.2535 106 -0.61 84
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:11.61 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.91 0
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:10.38 0.3 undecidable manual S 146 7.4814 132 -0.18 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:10.89 0.6 undecidable manual P 256 19.2696 110 -0.23 47
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:10.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 135 17.7711 111 -0.05 98
IV.ILOS.HNZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:10.92 3.0 positive manual P -0.16 0
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-09-20T14:50:09.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 146 7.4814 132 0.02 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00045499395 0.3392 AML other m 2020-09-20T14:50:11.26
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000041464689999999996 0.1792 AML other m 2020-09-20T14:50:14.52
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000045630185 0.1856 AML other m 2020-09-20T14:50:15.22
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000035562394999999996 0.2816 AML other m 2020-09-20T14:50:14.49
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00002553372 0.16 AML other m 2020-09-20T14:50:14.82
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