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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 19-11-2020 and time 22:47:49 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 19-11-2020 21:47:49 (UTC)
  • 19-11-2020 22:47:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1520, 15.0750 at 10 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
Oliveri ME 3 2181 2181
Falcone ME 4 2808 4989
Furnari ME 7 3784 8773
Terme Vigliatore ME 8 7395 16168
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 17699
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 19755
Patti ME 10 13431 33186
Basicò ME 10 612 33798
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 35413
Tripi ME 12 873 36286
Librizzi ME 12 1660 37946
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 13 41583 79529
Castroreale ME 13 2504 82033
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 84948
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 87235
Merì ME 15 2338 89573
Novara di Sicilia ME 16 1337 90910
Gioiosa Marea ME 16 7074 97984
Milazzo ME 17 31646 129630
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 17 3090 132720
San Filippo del Mela ME 17 7115 139835
Raccuja ME 18 1041 140876
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 145526
Piraino ME 19 3962 149488

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2020-11-19
21:47:49		 38.1522 15.0748 10 2020-11-19
22:18:34		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 84855951
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-11-19 21:47:49 ± 0.03
Latitude 38.1522 ± 0.0027
Longitude 15.0748 ± 0.0023
Depth (km) 10 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 84855951

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 313
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 189
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 172
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 310.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 89
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) 0.09
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13310
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39840
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:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84855951
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-11-19 22:18:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:48:02.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 72 39.7269 50 -0.06 72
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:58.67 0.6 undecidable manual S 342 26.1516 50 -0.07 49
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:58.09 0.3 undecidable manual S 91 24.2535 112 -0.03 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:58.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 145 24.3534 112 -0.16 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:57.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 235 21.3675 115 -0.09 49
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:57.44 0.6 positive manual P 253 44.2224 50 0.03 48
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:56.85 0.6 negative manual P 72 39.7269 50 0.12 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:54.40 0.6 negative manual P 145 24.3534 112 0.1 49
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:54.67 0.3 undecidable manual P 342 26.1516 50 0.04 74
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:54.29 0.1 positive manual P 91 24.2535 112 0.01 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:53.30 0.6 negative manual P 46 18.9699 118 -0.03 50
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:53.70 0.1 positive manual P 235 21.3675 115 -0.04 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-11-19T21:47:52.79 0.1 positive manual P 159 14.7741 124 0.19 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00042600000000000005 0.84 AML other m 2020-11-19T21:47:56.54
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00008745 0.34 AML other m 2020-11-19T21:47:57.23
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00016649999999999998 0.24 AML other m 2020-11-19T21:47:57.29
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0003725 1.12 AML other m 2020-11-19T21:47:57.95
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00014150000000000002 0.2 AML other m 2020-11-19T21:47:58.19
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0000976 0.9 AML other m 2020-11-19T21:47:58.17
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001905 0.24 AML other m 2020-11-19T21:47:58.81
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0001835 1.2 AML other m 2020-11-19T21:48:05.25
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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