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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 04-07-2019 and time 08:17:29 (Italy) in region 2 km W Castroreale (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Castroreale (ME), on

  • 04-07-2019 06:17:29 (UTC)
  • 04-07-2019 08:17:29 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0910, 15.1910 at 37 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
Castroreale ME 2 2504 2504
Rodì Milici ME 3 2056 4560
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 5 1531 6091
Terme Vigliatore ME 6 7395 13486
Furnari ME 6 3784 17270
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 7 41583 58853
Tripi ME 9 873 59726
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 61063
Falcone ME 10 2808 63871
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 10 4650 68521
Merì ME 10 2338 70859
San Filippo del Mela ME 11 7115 77974
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 12 1019 78993
Basicò ME 12 612 79605
Oliveri ME 12 2181 81786
Antillo ME 14 919 82705
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 14 1807 84512
Pace del Mela ME 14 6239 90751
Mandanici ME 15 601 91352
Milazzo ME 15 31646 122998
Condrò ME 15 493 123491
San Pier Niceto ME 16 2837 126328
Montalbano Elicona ME 17 2287 128615
Limina ME 18 836 129451
Torregrotta ME 18 7431 136882
Fiumedinisi ME 18 1409 138291
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 141068
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 19 842 141910
Pagliara ME 19 1170 143080
Roccafiorita ME 19 197 143277
Roccavaldina ME 19 1133 144410
Valdina ME 20 1355 145765
Savoca ME 20 1732 147497

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
66 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.1 2019-07-04
06:17:29		 38.091 15.1907 37 2019-11-13
14:31:05		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 73163621
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.1 2019-07-04
06:17:29		 38.0767 15.1812 37 2019-07-04
06:25:22		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 70185091
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-07-04 06:17:29 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.0910 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.1907 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 37 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73163621

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 799
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 486
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 312
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) 62
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 43
Number of defining phases 26
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.80579
Number of stations at which the event was observed 34
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 18
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 26
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 70185091
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-07-04 06:25:22

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 26
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73163621
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-09 17:32:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GAVE.EHZ. 2019-07-04T06:19:09.04 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -9.99 0
IV.OFFI.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:19:06.22 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -9.99 0
IV.NDIM.HNZ. 2019-07-04T06:19:05.14 3.0 negative manual Pn 7.15 0
IT.FIE.HGZ. 2019-07-04T06:19:04.12 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 19.639999 0
IV.LAV9.HNZ. 2019-07-04T06:18:57.70 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -9.65 0
GU.GSCL.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:18:54.21 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -0.51 0
IV.SGG.HNZ. 2019-07-04T06:18:51.39 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 12 0
IV.MFNL.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:18:46.70 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 1.88 0
IV.APEC.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:18:37.12 3.0 negative manual Pn 2.8 0
IV.ISPIC.HNZ. 2019-07-04T06:18:28.70 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 4.8 0
IV.FIAM.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:18:23.97 3.0 negative manual Pg 7.43 0
IV.GAVE.EHZ. 2019-07-04T06:18:20.83 3.0 negative manual Pn -1.45 0
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:18:20.18 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -9.99 0
IT.OPI.HGZ. 2019-07-04T06:18:14.01 3.0 negative manual Pg 7.41 0
IV.CRAC.EHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:56.21 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.65 0
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:51.14 0.6 undecidable manual S 73 64.1913 116 0.03 46
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:45.14 0.6 undecidable manual S 330 36.5412 132 0.19 46
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:45.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 182 89.4438 54 -0.18 63
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:44.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 199 86.9463 54 -0.17 64
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:44.58 0.3 undecidable manual S 55 33.744 134 0.19 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:43.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 259 28.1496 140 0.01 49
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:42.03 0.3 undecidable manual S 10 20.3685 149 -0.14 73
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:42.33 0.1 undecidable manual P 73 64.1913 116 0.18 89
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:42.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 315 74.9694 54 -0.63 58
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:41.66 0.6 undecidable manual S 66 15.4734 156 0.1 49
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:40.37 0.6 undecidable manual S 214 8.4804 166 -0.58 45
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:40.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 263 52.7028 121 -0.16 69
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:40.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 164 13.7751 158 -0.65 43
IV.EMSG.HHN. 2019-07-04T06:17:39.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 215 36.6411 132 0.6 84
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:39.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 225 41.5251 128 0.38 66
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2019-07-04T06:17:39.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 102 45.5211 125 0.14 70
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:39.99 0.1 negative manual P 332 44.622 126 0.43 87
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:38.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 55 33.744 134 -0.07 72
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2019-07-04T06:17:38.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 201 33.1446 135 0.54 87
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:38.44 0.1 undecidable manual P 330 36.5412 132 -0.16 94
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:37.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 195 23.9538 145 -0.22 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:37.73 0.1 positive manual P 259 28.1496 140 0.04 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:36.37 0.1 negative manual P 164 13.7751 158 -0.17 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:36.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 66 15.4734 156 0.03 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:36.88 0.1 positive manual P 10 20.3685 149 -0.1 98
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:36.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 214 8.4804 166 -0.19 98
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:26.50 3.0 negative manual P 1.91 0
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2019-07-04T06:17:22.78 3.0 undecidable manual P -2.8 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.8 0.002235 0.26 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:40.79
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.8 0.002375 0.24 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:41.23
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0004435 0.94 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:41.53
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0004325 0.32 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:41.98
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0014849999999999998 0.9 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:42.22
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.7 0.0017999999999999997 0.4 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:42.45
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:3.0 0.003065 0.34 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:42.20
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.5 0.001175 0.38 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:43.57
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.3 0.000669 0.2 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:44.00
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0003585 1.66 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:44.11
IV.ECTS.EHE. ML:2.0 0.000323 0.28 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:44.07
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:2.0 0.0002855 0.26 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:44.86
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000371 0.2 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:45.35
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0003075 1.08 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:45.31
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.4 0.000676 0.42 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:46.48
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0006594999999999999 0.34 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:46.77
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000028999999999999997 0.64 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:48.74
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00033899999999999995 0.92 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:49.48
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0003165 0.34 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:50.37
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0000305 0.62 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:50.35
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00005365 0.22 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:53.30
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00005 0.42 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:54.27
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0000557 1.1 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:56.83
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:2.2 0.000153 0.7 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:57.64
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00005095 0.76 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:57.33
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00010669999999999999 0.92 AML other m 2019-07-04T06:17:57.75
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