Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 21-09-2020 and time 02:48:53 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Tripi (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Tripi (ME), on

  • 21-09-2020 00:48:53 (UTC)
  • 21-09-2020 02:48:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0600, 15.0840 at 8 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.

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
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 3016
Furnari ME 6 3784 6800
Novara di Sicilia ME 6 1337 8137
Falcone ME 6 2808 10945
Montalbano Elicona ME 7 2287 13232
Oliveri ME 8 2181 15413
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 17469
San Piero Patti ME 10 2915 20384
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 27779
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 11 1019 28798
Librizzi ME 12 1660 30458
Castroreale ME 12 2504 32962
Patti ME 14 13431 46393
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 48008
Raccuja ME 15 1041 49049
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 15 41583 90632
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 91298
Malvagna ME 16 733 92031
Antillo ME 17 919 92950
Floresta ME 17 485 93435
Ucria ME 18 1058 94493
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 95210
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 99155
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 102245
Merì ME 19 2338 104583
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 105563
Motta Camastra ME 20 845 106408
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 20 4650 111058
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 20 3215 114273

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
62 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.3 2020-09-21
00:48:53
38.06 15.0843 8 2020-09-21
00:54:04
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83084821
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-21 00:48:53 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.0600 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.0843 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 83084821

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 325
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 233
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 357
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 330.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 93
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39031
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83084821
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-21 00:54:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SCIAR.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:49:27.01 3.0 undecidable manual S -3.43 0
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:49:02.86 0.3 undecidable manual S 29 26.751 106 0.11 73
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2020-09-21T00:49:02.39 0.3 undecidable manual S 68 25.3524 107 0.11 73
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:49:01.52 0.6 undecidable manual P 58 43.3233 50 -0.14 47
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:49:01.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 266 43.1235 50 -0.29 68
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:49:00.07 0.3 undecidable manual S 264 18.4704 112 0.03 75
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:49:00.58 0.6 undecidable manual P 346 36.2415 102 0.05 48
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:49:00.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 171 19.9689 111 0.28 71
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:48:59.24 0.3 undecidable manual S 127 16.2726 115 -0.11 74
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2020-09-21T00:48:58.38 0.3 undecidable manual P 68 25.3524 107 -0.03 74
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:48:58.85 0.3 negative manual P 29 26.751 106 0.17 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:48:57.10 0.1 negative manual P 264 18.4704 112 -0.02 100
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:48:57.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 171 19.9689 111 0.43 69
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:48:56.18 0.1 undecidable manual S 128 5.7942 142 -0.24 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:48:56.64 0.1 positive manual P 127 16.2726 115 -0.08 99
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-09-21T00:48:54.90 0.1 positive manual P 128 5.7942 142 -0.12 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0001325 0.66 AML other m 2020-09-21T00:49:00.01
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00010965 0.72 AML other m 2020-09-21T00:49:00.82
IV.SCIAR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000027249999999999998 0.32 AML other m 2020-09-21T00:49:36.63
IV.SCIAR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0000354 0.06 AML other m 2020-09-21T00:49:36.53
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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