Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 24-12-2020 and time 18:25:59 (Italy) in region 1 km NE Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 24-12-2020 17:25:59 (UTC)
  • 24-12-2020 18:25:59 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1540, 15.2270 at 12 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 1 41583 41583
Merì ME 2 2338 43921
San Filippo del Mela ME 4 7115 51036
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 5 4650 55686
Terme Vigliatore ME 6 7395 63081
Castroreale ME 6 2504 65585
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 67641
Pace del Mela ME 8 6239 73880
Milazzo ME 8 31646 105526
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 8 1807 107333
Condrò ME 9 493 107826
Furnari ME 10 3784 111610
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 113141
San Pier Niceto ME 11 2837 115978
Torregrotta ME 12 7431 123409
Falcone ME 13 2808 126217
Valdina ME 13 1355 127572
Roccavaldina ME 13 1133 128705
Monforte San Giorgio ME 14 2777 131482
Venetico ME 14 3911 135393
Oliveri ME 15 2181 137574
Spadafora ME 15 5021 142595
Tripi ME 16 873 143468
Rometta ME 17 6650 150118
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 151455
Basicò ME 18 612 152067
Mandanici ME 19 601 152668
Saponara ME 19 3988 156656
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 157675
Antillo ME 20 919 158594
Fiumedinisi ME 20 1409 160003

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
37 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Catania (314555 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 1.1 2020-12-24
17:25:59
38.154 15.2268 12 2020-12-24
17:30:02
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 85682311
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-12-24 17:25:59 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1540 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.2268 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 12 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 85682311

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 599
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 430
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 128
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 114
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09893
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29857
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85682311
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-24 17:30:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-12-24T17:26:10.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 248 33.1446 93 0.21 47
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-12-24T17:26:08.76 0.6 undecidable manual S 63 27.4503 94 -0.09 49
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-12-24T17:26:06.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 178 20.2686 97 -0.37 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-12-24T17:26:05.51 1.0 undecidable manual P 248 33.1446 93 -0.1 24
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-12-24T17:26:04.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 94 10.9779 122 0.03 50
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-12-24T17:26:04.85 1.0 negative manual P 63 27.4503 94 0.13 24
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-12-24T17:26:04.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 2 12.9759 114 -0.23 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-12-24T17:26:03.62 0.1 positive manual P 178 20.2686 97 -0.01 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-12-24T17:26:02.45 0.1 positive manual P 94 10.9779 122 0.18 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-12-24T17:26:02.58 0.3 negative manual P 2 12.9759 114 0.04 76
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00019700000000000002 1.6 AML other m 2020-12-24T17:26:04.05
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00026949999999999994 1.56 AML other m 2020-12-24T17:26:05.06
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0001095 1.72 AML other m 2020-12-24T17:26:05.12
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000203 1.72 AML other m 2020-12-24T17:26:05.13
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000054149999999999995 0.18 AML other m 2020-12-24T17:26:06.73
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00005255 0.16 AML other m 2020-12-24T17:26:07.07
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00003835 0.56 AML other m 2020-12-24T17:26:09.08
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000043249999999999994 0.82 AML other m 2020-12-24T17:26:09.06
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