Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.9 on date 20-09-2020 and time 15:17:11 (UTC) in region 2 km W Tripi (ME)

A magnitude Md 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Tripi (ME), on

  • 20-09-2020 15:17:11 (UTC)
  • 20-09-2020 17:17:11 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0510, 15.0820 at 8 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Tripi ME 2 873 873
Basicò ME 2 612 1485
Novara di Sicilia ME 6 1337 2822
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 7 1531 4353
Montalbano Elicona ME 7 2287 6640
Furnari ME 7 3784 10424
Falcone ME 7 2808 13232
Oliveri ME 9 2181 15413
San Piero Patti ME 10 2915 18328
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 20384
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 11 1019 21403
Librizzi ME 12 1660 23063
Terme Vigliatore ME 12 7395 30458
Castroreale ME 13 2504 32962
Patti ME 14 13431 46393
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 47059
Montagnareale ME 15 1615 48674
Malvagna ME 15 733 49407
Raccuja ME 15 1041 50448
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 16 41583 92031
Floresta ME 17 485 92516
Antillo ME 17 919 93435
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 94152
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 17 3945 98097
Ucria ME 18 1058 99155
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 100135
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 103225
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 106440
Motta Camastra ME 19 845 107285
Merì ME 20 2338 109623

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
61 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.9 2020-09-20
15:17:11
38.0512 15.0815 8 2021-02-26
14:55:56
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 83329531
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 1.9 2020-09-20
15:17:11
38.0688 15.0777 8 2020-09-20
15:45:04
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83067301
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-20 15:17:11 ± 0.12
Latitude 38.0512 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.0815 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 83329531

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 990
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 413
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 164
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 990.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 132
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16368
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.67179
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 83329531
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-28 10:00:38

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 83067301
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-20 15:45:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:34.08 0.3 undecidable manual S 72 74.5698 50 -0.06 68
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:25.72 0.3 undecidable manual S 268 42.8238 50 0.05 72
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:24.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 72 74.5698 50 -0.32 86
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:24.69 0.1 undecidable manual S 346 37.1295 50 0.55 87
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:21.56 0.6 undecidable manual S 204 28.0497 106 0.38 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:20.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 66 25.9518 107 0.25 72
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:19.24 0.1 positive manual P 268 42.8238 50 -0.26 93
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:18.20 0.6 undecidable manual P 346 37.1295 50 -0.42 45
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:17.45 0.6 undecidable manual P 204 28.0497 106 0.54 44
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:17.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 267 18.1707 114 -0.17 74
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:16.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 66 25.9518 107 -0.18 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-20T15:17:14.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 267 18.1707 114 -0.1 100
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