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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 20-12-2020 and time 21:48:53 (UTC) in region 2 km NW Furnari (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Furnari (ME), on

  • 20-12-2020 21:48:53 (UTC)
  • 20-12-2020 22:48:53 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1180, 15.1120 at 8 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
Furnari ME 2 3784 3784
Falcone ME 3 2808 6592
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 4 1531 8123
Oliveri ME 5 2181 10304
Terme Vigliatore ME 5 7395 17699
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 19755
Basicò ME 8 612 20367
Tripi ME 8 873 21240
Castroreale ME 9 2504 23744
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 65327
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 66664
Patti ME 13 13431 80095
Merì ME 13 2338 82433
Montalbano Elicona ME 13 2287 84720
Librizzi ME 14 1660 86380
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 87995
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 90910
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 98025
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 15 4650 102675
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 103694
Milazzo ME 16 31646 135340
Pace del Mela ME 18 6239 141579
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 19 1807 143386
Raccuja ME 19 1041 144427
Antillo ME 20 919 145346

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
68 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 1.2 2020-12-20
21:48:53		 38.1178 15.1117 8 2020-12-20
21:57:32		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 85588201
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-12-20 21:48:53 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.1178 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1117 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 85588201

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 409
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 167
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 346
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 410.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 101
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) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17537
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41729
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85588201
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-20 21:57:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-12-20T21:49:05.29 0.6 undecidable manual S 337 33.6441 103 -0.26 46
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-12-20T21:49:02.45 0.3 negative manual P 259 46.3203 50 -0.18 69
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-12-20T21:49:01.30 0.1 undecidable manual S 81 21.2676 109 -0.13 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-12-20T21:49:01.70 0.1 undecidable manual S 248 22.3554 108 -0.08 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-12-20T21:49:00.79 0.3 undecidable manual S 147 19.4694 111 -0.03 75
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2020-12-20T21:49:00.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 337 33.6441 103 -0.08 96
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2020-12-20T21:49:00.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 338 30.8469 104 0.39 68
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-12-20T21:49:00.83 0.1 undecidable manual S 31 19.9689 110 -0.17 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-12-20T21:48:58.52 0.6 undecidable manual P 248 22.3554 108 0.2 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-12-20T21:48:58.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 81 21.2676 109 0.19 72
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-12-20T21:48:58.33 0.6 undecidable manual P 31 19.9689 110 0.46 46
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-12-20T21:48:57.75 0.1 positive manual P 147 19.4694 111 -0.02 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000082657395 0.4608 AML other m 2020-12-20T21:49:02.83
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00013222119999999998 0.256 AML other m 2020-12-20T21:49:01.99
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00013835686999999998 1.6384 AML other m 2020-12-20T21:49:02.29
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00013983960000000002 0.4096 AML other m 2020-12-20T21:49:02.12
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00027619099999999996 0.384 AML other m 2020-12-20T21:49:01.73
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00019904620000000002 0.3968 AML other m 2020-12-20T21:49:01.72
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000472714 0.32 AML other m 2020-12-20T21:49:02.48
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00008878891999999999 0.32 AML other m 2020-12-20T21:49:02.49
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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