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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 16-11-2020 and time 03:24:44 (Italy) in region 4 km NE San Piero Patti (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE San Piero Patti (ME), on

  • 16-11-2020 02:24:44 (UTC)
  • 16-11-2020 03:24:44 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0770, 14.9920 at 9 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
San Piero Patti ME 4 2915 2915
Librizzi ME 4 1660 4575
Montalbano Elicona ME 6 2287 6862
Basicò ME 6 612 7474
Montagnareale ME 7 1615 9089
Raccuja ME 7 1041 10130
Patti ME 8 13431 23561
Oliveri ME 8 2181 25742
Falcone ME 9 2808 28550
Tripi ME 10 873 29423
Ucria ME 10 1058 30481
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 10 3090 33571
Furnari ME 12 3784 37355
Floresta ME 12 485 37840
Sinagra ME 13 2705 40545
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 42076
Gioiosa Marea ME 14 7074 49150
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 50487
Piraino ME 15 3962 54449
Ficarra ME 15 1469 55918
Tortorici ME 15 6435 62353
Rodì Milici ME 16 2056 64409
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 65075
Castell'Umberto ME 16 3128 68203
Terme Vigliatore ME 16 7395 75598
Brolo ME 17 5783 81381
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 82361
Malvagna ME 18 733 83094
Naso ME 19 3813 86907
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 87926
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 19 1319 89245
Castroreale ME 19 2504 91749
Galati Mamertino ME 20 2627 94376

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
64 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 1.3 2020-11-16
02:24:44		 38.077 14.9923 9 2020-11-16
02:30:09		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 84763031
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-11-16 02:24:44 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.0770 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.9923 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 84763031

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 502
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 400
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 175
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 94
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09893
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.73205
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84763031
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-11-16 02:30:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:25:00.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 65 49.5171 50 0.23 45
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:58.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 75 81.252 50 -0.22 63
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2020-11-16T02:24:56.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 359 35.4423 50 0.32 45
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-11-16T02:24:56.42 0.6 undecidable manual S 356 35.5422 50 -0.05 48
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:55.29 0.6 undecidable manual S 44 29.9478 106 0.45 43
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:55.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 76 32.3454 50 -0.52 43
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:55.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 97 62.3931 50 -0.09 67
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:53.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 65 49.5171 50 0.03 93
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:52.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 119 24.0537 110 -0.3 46
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:52.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 152 24.3534 110 0 49
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-11-16T02:24:51.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 356 35.5422 50 0.16 69
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2020-11-16T02:24:51.05 0.1 undecidable manual P 359 35.4423 50 -0.12 94
IV.EPZF.HHE. 2020-11-16T02:24:51.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 203 30.4473 106 0.84 57
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:50.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 44 29.9478 106 0.04 71
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:50.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 358 33.2445 50 0.08 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:50.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 76 32.3454 50 -0.19 93
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:50.78 0.1 positive manual P 262 35.3424 50 -0.38 88
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:49.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 152 24.3534 110 0.15 95
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:49.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 113 13.7751 122 0.09 49
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:49.08 0.1 positive manual P 119 24.0537 110 -0.05 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:48.65 0.3 undecidable manual S 250 10.9779 128 -0.23 72
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:47.42 0.1 positive manual P 113 13.7751 122 0.16 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-11-16T02:24:46.78 0.1 positive manual P 250 10.9779 128 -0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0007024999999999999 0.36 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:48.79
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00037 0.38 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:49.22
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0005665000000000001 1.3 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:49.80
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000532 1.32 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:50.06
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000322 1.8 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:51.97
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00003 1.52 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:51.14
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000164 0.22 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:53.40
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00006345000000000001 0.66 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:54.58
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000179 1.18 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:54.36
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000835 0.76 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:54.76
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00009295000000000001 0.4 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:55.70
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00016105 0.28 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:55.70
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00007585 0.92 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:24:56.32
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0000852 0.8 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:25:00.49
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000057 0.5 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:25:00.23
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00009245000000000001 1.58 AML other m 2020-11-16T02:25:00.03
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