Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 24-05-2019 and time 03:20:37 (UTC) in region 11 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 11 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 24-05-2019 03:20:37 (UTC)
  • 24-05-2019 05:20:37 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7480, 14.9980 at 0 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Milo CT 11 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 11 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 12186
Ragalna CT 14 3924 16110
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 24702
Maletto CT 15 3920 28622
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 36085
Randazzo CT 15 10900 46985
Bronte CT 15 19172 66157
Pedara CT 16 14102 80259
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 91169
Biancavilla CT 16 24007 115176
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 120579
Giarre CT 17 27659 148238
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 152201
Adrano CT 17 36122 188323
Belpasso CT 17 28108 216431
Mascali CT 17 14282 230713
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 231430
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 239071
Viagrande CT 18 8563 247634
Riposto CT 18 14838 262472
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 265687
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 266667
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 276290
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 294274
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 297798
San Pietro Clarenza CT 20 7743 305541
Malvagna ME 20 733 306274
Mascalucia CT 20 31958 338232
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 343255

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.5 2019-05-24
03:20:37
37.7483 14.9983 0 2019-11-13
14:31:03
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 72711561
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-05-24 03:20:37 ± 0.1
Latitude 37.7483 ± 0.0045
Longitude 14.9983 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 0 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 72711561

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 800
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 480
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 285
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 88
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05126
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.31027
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72711561
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-24 05:17:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:44.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 342 34.4433 90 0.1 72
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:43.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 40 32.1456 90 0.17 71
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:43.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 21 33.2445 90 0.07 72
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:41.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 332 9.0798 91 0.78 41
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:41.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 117 18.7701 90 0.46 91
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:40.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 216 17.871 90 0.32 71
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:40.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 36 18.2706 90 -0.14 98
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:40.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 304 14.9739 90 -0.06 100
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:39.46 0.3 undecidable manual S 199 6.4935 91 0.15 75
IV.ENIC.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:39.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 171 13.1757 91 -0.31 71
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:39.09 0.3 undecidable manual S 33 5.6943 91 0.05 76
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:38.05 0.1 undecidable manual P 199 6.4935 91 -0.31 96
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:38.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 332 9.0798 91 -0.3 96
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-05-24T03:20:37.82 0.1 positive manual P 33 5.6943 91 -0.38 95
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00009015000000000001 0.28 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:45.57
IV.ECTS.EHE. ML:1.3 0.000186 1.08 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:45.67
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.0 0.001145 0.36 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:46.45
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:1.4 0.00023199999999999997 0.4 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:47.39
IV.ENIC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000383 0.28 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:47.60
IV.ENIC.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0003705 0.22 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:48.00
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0007875 0.8 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:48.98
IV.ESML.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0005095000000000001 0.52 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:49.59
IV.ESML.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0005605 0.56 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:50.39
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000125 0.48 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:53.36
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0000708 0.56 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:54.20
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00009070000000000001 0.64 AML other m 2019-05-24T03:20:54.57
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