Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 31-10-2020 and time 15:46:43 (Italy) in region 7 km SW Capizzi (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SW Capizzi (ME), on

  • 31-10-2020 14:46:43 (UTC)
  • 31-10-2020 15:46:43 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8210, 14.4100 at 27 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Capizzi ME 7 3176 3176
Sperlinga EN 8 805 3981
Nicosia EN 8 13899 17880
Cerami EN 9 2006 19886
Castel di Lucio ME 12 1294 21180
Mistretta ME 13 4791 25971
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 16 3593 29564
Troina EN 17 9373 38937
Reitano ME 18 806 39743
Gangi PA 18 6811 46554
Nissoria EN 19 3000 49554
Pettineo ME 19 1350 50904

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
69 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Vittoria (63339 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 1.2 2020-10-31
14:46:43
37.8207 14.4105 27 2020-10-31
15:00:17
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 84323441
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-31 14:46:43 ± 0.38
Latitude 37.8207 ± 0.0171
Longitude 14.4105 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 27 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 84323441

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1465
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1258
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 3
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1460.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 113
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16548
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.42718
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84323441
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-31 15:00:17
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:47:00.17 0.6 undecidable manual S 59 47.4192 114 0.18 46
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:46:57.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 293 33.4443 124 0.62 65
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:46:55.57 0.6 undecidable manual S 34 28.4493 129 -0.06 50
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:46:54.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 273 25.9518 132 -0.26 47
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:46:53.54 0.6 undecidable manual S 132 18.3705 142 -0.18 49
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:46:53.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 59 47.4192 114 0.13 71
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2020-10-31T14:46:51.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 160 23.3544 135 1 57
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:46:51.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 299 38.5281 119 -0.09 73
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:46:50.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 293 33.4443 124 -0.37 92
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:46:50.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 273 25.9518 132 -0.06 74
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:46:50.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 34 28.4493 129 0 100
IV.PLLN.EHE. 2020-10-31T14:46:50.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 309 30.1476 127 -0.17 73
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-10-31T14:46:49.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 132 18.3705 142 -0.34 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000106387165 0.48 AML other m 2020-10-31T14:46:57.96
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00009169296 0.6592 AML other m 2020-10-31T14:46:58.73
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000309275 0.256 AML other m 2020-10-31T14:46:57.38
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00003581782 0.3968 AML other m 2020-10-31T14:47:00.84
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000020792555000000002 0.4992 AML other m 2020-10-31T14:47:03.19
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000024509034999999998 0.3968 AML other m 2020-10-31T14:46:59.81
IV.GIB.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000060938704999999993 0.8 AML other m 2020-10-31T14:47:03.12
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000067768625 0.5248 AML other m 2020-10-31T14:47:04.36
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000058411545000000005 0.4032 AML other m 2020-10-31T14:47:01.70
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00005356666 0.8 AML other m 2020-10-31T14:47:03.27
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