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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 02-10-2020 and time 02:31:51 (UTC) in region 4 km SW Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 02-10-2020 02:31:51 (UTC)
  • 02-10-2020 04:31:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9950, 15.0920 at 6 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Novara di Sicilia ME 4 1337 1337
Tripi ME 6 873 2210
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 7 1019 3229
Montalbano Elicona ME 8 2287 5516
Basicò ME 8 612 6128
Malvagna ME 9 733 6861
Roccella Valdemone ME 10 666 7527
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 11 3945 11472
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 12189
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 13720
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 13 3215 16935
San Piero Patti ME 13 2915 19850
Furnari ME 13 3784 23634
Motta Camastra ME 13 845 24479
Antillo ME 14 919 25398
Falcone ME 14 2808 28206
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 29186
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 31242
Oliveri ME 15 2181 33423
Castroreale ME 16 2504 35927
Floresta ME 16 485 36412
Librizzi ME 16 1660 38072
Graniti ME 17 1492 39564
Limina ME 17 836 40400
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 47795
Roccafiorita ME 17 197 47992
Raccuja ME 17 1041 49033
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 54436
Randazzo CT 18 10900 65336
Gaggi ME 19 3184 68520
Mongiuffi Melia ME 19 600 69120
Ucria ME 19 1058 70178
Patti ME 20 13431 83609
Mandanici ME 20 601 84210
Montagnareale ME 20 1615 85825

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.3 2020-10-02
02:31:51		 37.9948 15.0918 6 2021-02-26
14:56:20		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 87310381
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.3 2020-10-02
02:31:51		 38.0047 15.0978 7 2020-10-02
02:42:36		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83428141
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-02 02:31:51 ± 0.1
Latitude 37.9948 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.0918 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 87310381

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 670
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 585
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 51
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 670.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04856
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.42358
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87310381
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-20 01:18:40

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83428141
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-02 02:42:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-10-02T02:32:07.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 346 46.0206 50 -0.25 46
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-10-02T02:32:00.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 50 47.0196 50 -0.15 71
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-10-02T02:32:00.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 347 43.4232 50 0.22 70
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-10-02T02:32:00.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 346 46.0206 50 0.28 69
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2020-10-02T02:32:00.73 0.6 undecidable manual P 348 45.4212 50 0.26 46
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2020-10-02T02:31:59.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 276 43.9227 50 -0.49 66
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2020-10-02T02:31:58.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 22 33.0447 101 0.46 68
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-10-02T02:31:58.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 286 19.7691 107 0.36 47
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-10-02T02:31:56.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 102 12.5763 116 0.42 47
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-10-02T02:31:56.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 168 12.7761 116 0.31 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-10-02T02:31:55.46 0.1 positive manual P 286 19.7691 107 -0.1 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-10-02T02:31:54.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 47 5.3946 139 -0.25 50
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-10-02T02:31:54.02 0.1 undecidable manual P 102 12.5763 116 -0.21 99
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-10-02T02:31:54.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 168 12.7761 116 -0.03 77
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-10-02T02:31:52.75 0.1 positive manual P 47 5.3946 139 -0.3 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0003206305 0.32 AML other m 2020-10-02T02:31:56.94
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0002110461 1.5008 AML other m 2020-10-02T02:31:57.83
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00024338545 0.2608 AML other m 2020-10-02T02:31:57.45
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0003630046 0.2 AML other m 2020-10-02T02:31:57.57
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000084232855 0.2992 AML other m 2020-10-02T02:31:59.00
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00007979954 0.4 AML other m 2020-10-02T02:32:00.25
IV.AGST.EHE. ML:1.7 0.000069489645 0.8416 AML other m 2020-10-02T02:32:32.40
IV.AGST.EHN. ML:1.9 0.00009259843500000001 1.2992 AML other m 2020-10-02T02:32:33.74
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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