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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 05-02-2019 and time 12:41:56 (UTC) in region 2 km N Montagnareale (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Montagnareale (ME), on

  • 05-02-2019 12:41:56 (UTC)
  • 05-02-2019 13:41:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1480, 14.9450 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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
Montagnareale ME 2 1615 1615
Patti ME 2 13431 15046
Gioiosa Marea ME 5 7074 22120
Librizzi ME 6 1660 23780
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 7 3090 26870
Piraino ME 7 3962 30832
Brolo ME 10 5783 36615
Oliveri ME 10 2181 38796
Raccuja ME 11 1041 39837
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 42752
Sinagra ME 11 2705 45457
Ficarra ME 11 1469 46926
Falcone ME 13 2808 49734
Ucria ME 13 1058 50792
Castell'Umberto ME 14 3128 53920
Basicò ME 14 612 54532
Naso ME 14 3813 58345
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 60632
Furnari ME 17 3784 64416
Tortorici ME 17 6435 70851
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 17 1319 72170
Tripi ME 17 873 73043
Capo d'Orlando ME 18 13254 86297
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 18 1531 87828
Floresta ME 18 485 88313
Mirto ME 18 974 89287
Terme Vigliatore ME 19 7395 96682
Frazzanò ME 19 711 97393
Galati Mamertino ME 20 2627 100020

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
54 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.2 2019-02-05
12:41:56		 38.1483 14.9452 10 2019-08-22
08:25:14		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 71269421
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.2 2019-02-05
12:41:56		 38.1463 14.9457 10 2019-02-05
12:49:04		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 65249781
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-02-05 12:41:56 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.1483 ± 0.0045
Longitude 14.9452 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 71269421

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 484
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 412
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 206
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 480.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 96
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 27
Number of defining phases 20
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.61154
Number of stations at which the event was observed 19
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 65249781
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-02-05 12:49:04

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71269421
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-08 10:45:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IT.VNF1.HGZ. 2019-02-05T12:43:41.92 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 4.21 0
IV.PAOL.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:43:27.67 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 2.29 0
IV.ARVD.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:43:19.99 3.0 negative manual Pn -3.26 0
IV.LAV9.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:58.84 3.0 negative manual Pn -1.96 0
IV.PTRJ.HNZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:55.30 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 4 0
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:34.69 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -2.22 0
IV.MTGR.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:26.35 3.0 negative manual Pn -2.52 0
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:16.63 0.6 undecidable manual S 310 66.7776 50 0.04 45
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:12.47 0.3 undecidable manual S 75 50.7159 50 0.16 68
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:08.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 103 67.8765 50 0.02 68
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2019-02-05T12:42:08.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 90 35.5422 50 0.09 47
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:07.16 0.3 undecidable manual S 128 31.9458 50 -0.12 71
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:07.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 310 66.7776 50 -0.48 62
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:06.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 214 58.7967 50 0.25 66
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2019-02-05T12:42:06.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 3 27.6501 50 0.1 48
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:06.02 0.3 undecidable manual S 7 25.4523 50 0.45 67
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:05.31 0.1 undecidable manual P 75 50.7159 50 -0.17 91
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:04.48 0.3 undecidable manual S 129 21.4674 116 0.1 73
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:03.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 179 36.3414 50 0.48 65
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2019-02-05T12:42:03.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 90 35.5422 50 -0.01 96
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:03.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 192 36.8298 50 -0.31 68
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:02.14 0.3 undecidable manual S 208 13.1757 128 0.19 72
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:02.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 128 31.9458 50 -0.18 94
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2019-02-05T12:42:01.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 3 27.6501 50 -0.25 93
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:01.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 7 25.4523 50 0.07 73
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:42:00.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 129 21.4674 116 -0.1 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-02-05T12:41:59.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 208 13.1757 128 -0.02 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.001229 0.18 AML other m 2019-02-05T12:42:02.39
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00111 0.3 AML other m 2019-02-05T12:42:02.39
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.8 0.00461 0.32 AML other m 2019-02-05T12:42:05.40
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.8 0.004365 0.22 AML other m 2019-02-05T12:42:05.57
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000923 1.3 AML other m 2019-02-05T12:42:07.72
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0007465 0.22 AML other m 2019-02-05T12:42:09.11
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.2 0.000896 0.44 AML other m 2019-02-05T12:42:09.33
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00041549999999999996 1.28 AML other m 2019-02-05T12:42:09.26
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