Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 19-10-2020 and time 13:02:54 (Italy) in region 1 km NW Ucria (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Ucria (ME), on

  • 19-10-2020 11:02:54 (UTC)
  • 19-10-2020 13:02:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0540, 14.8740 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.

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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
Ucria ME 1 1058 1058
Raccuja ME 3 1041 2099
Sinagra ME 4 2705 4804
Tortorici ME 5 6435 11239
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 7 3090 14329
Castell'Umberto ME 7 3128 17457
Ficarra ME 8 1469 18926
Floresta ME 8 485 19411
San Piero Patti ME 8 2915 22326
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 9 1319 23645
Librizzi ME 9 1660 25305
Galati Mamertino ME 9 2627 27932
Naso ME 11 3813 31745
Longi ME 11 1473 33218
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 34833
Mirto ME 11 974 35807
Frazzanò ME 12 711 36518
Brolo ME 12 5783 42301
Piraino ME 12 3962 46263
Patti ME 13 13431 59694
Montalbano Elicona ME 13 2287 61981
Gioiosa Marea ME 13 7074 69055
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 15 1996 71051
Alcara li Fusi ME 16 1980 73031
Capri Leone ME 16 4515 77546
Basicò ME 17 612 78158
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 91412
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 92392
Militello Rosmarino ME 17 1324 93716
Torrenova ME 18 4386 98102
Roccella Valdemone ME 18 666 98768
Oliveri ME 18 2181 100949
Falcone ME 20 2808 103757
Tripi ME 20 873 104630

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2020-10-19
11:02:54		 38.0538 14.874 7 2020-10-19
11:06:57		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83909821
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-19 11:02:54 ± 0.14
Latitude 38.0538 ± 0.0099
Longitude 14.8740 ± 0.0126
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 83909821

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1154
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 921
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 151
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1150.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 109
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) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.01079
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.54049
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83909821
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-19 11:06:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:03:09.85 0.1 undecidable manual S 76 43.0236 50 0.45 86
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:03:08.50 0.1 undecidable manual S 52 39.4272 50 0.07 94
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:03:05.37 0.3 negative manual P 67 59.9955 50 -0.41 63
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:03:03.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 183 25.5522 106 -0.37 68
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:03:03.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 265 24.753 107 0 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:03:02.36 0.3 positive manual P 76 43.0236 50 -0.8 56
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:03:02.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 14 36.9297 101 0.21 91
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:03:02.21 0.6 undecidable manual P 52 39.4272 50 -0.39 44
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:03:00.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 183 25.5522 106 0.71 80
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:02:59.79 0.3 positive manual P 265 24.753 107 -0.02 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:02:57.16 0.1 undecidable manual S 180 1.1988 171 -0.07 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-10-19T11:02:56.04 1.0 undecidable manual P 180 1.1988 171 -0.09 25
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000711 0.7 AML other m 2020-10-19T11:03:05.55
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000557 1.62 AML other m 2020-10-19T11:03:05.81
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0003775 0.9 AML other m 2020-10-19T11:03:08.89
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000151 1.08 AML other m 2020-10-19T11:03:09.02
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001124 0.42 AML other m 2020-10-19T11:03:11.67
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0000931 0.36 AML other m 2020-10-19T11:03:11.86
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
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