Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 24-09-2020 and time 13:45:32 (UTC) in region 1 km SW Terme Vigliatore (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SW Terme Vigliatore (ME), on

  • 24-09-2020 13:45:32 (UTC)
  • 24-09-2020 15:45:32 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1320, 15.1580 at 5 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 1 7395 7395
Rodì Milici ME 3 2056 9451
Furnari ME 4 3784 13235
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 5 1531 14766
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 6 41583 56349
Castroreale ME 6 2504 58853
Falcone ME 7 2808 61661
Oliveri ME 9 2181 63842
Merì ME 9 2338 66180
Tripi ME 10 873 67053
San Filippo del Mela ME 11 7115 74168
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 11 4650 78818
Basicò ME 11 612 79430
Milazzo ME 13 31646 111076
Novara di Sicilia ME 13 1337 112413
Pace del Mela ME 14 6239 118652
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 14 1807 120459
Condrò ME 16 493 120952
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 121971
Patti ME 17 13431 135402
San Pier Niceto ME 17 2837 138239
Montalbano Elicona ME 17 2287 140526
Librizzi ME 18 1660 142186
Torregrotta ME 18 7431 149617
Montagnareale ME 18 1615 151232
Antillo ME 19 919 152151
San Piero Patti ME 19 2915 155066
Roccavaldina ME 20 1133 156199
Monforte San Giorgio ME 20 2777 158976
Valdina ME 20 1355 160331
Mandanici ME 20 601 160932

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
43 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 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 0.9 2020-09-24
13:45:32
38.1318 15.1585 5 2020-09-24
13:53:08
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83198401
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-24 13:45:32 ± 0.34
Latitude 38.1318 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.1585 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 5 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 83198401

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 739
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 229
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 308
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 740.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 134
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.24102
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83198401
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-24 13:53:08
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:41.45 0.3 undecidable manual S 248 26.751 100 -0.23 72
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:38.56 0.1 undecidable manual S 160 18.9699 104 -0.48 91
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:38.55 0.1 undecidable manual S 84 17.0718 106 0.16 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:37.97 0.1 undecidable manual S 22 16.7721 106 -0.33 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:37.84 0.3 positive manual P 248 26.751 100 0.15 73
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:36.99 0.3 undecidable manual S 189 11.6772 113 0.34 71
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:36.18 0.6 undecidable manual P 22 16.7721 106 0.44 46
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:36.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 160 18.9699 104 -0.06 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:35.87 0.1 positive manual P 84 17.0718 106 0.08 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:34.96 0.1 negative manual P 189 11.6772 113 0.18 99
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-09-24T13:45:34.30 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000741 0.26 AML other m 2020-09-24T13:45:38.74
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000757 0.22 AML other m 2020-09-24T13:45:38.90
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