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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 06-08-2019 and time 11:37:33 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 06-08-2019 09:37:33 (UTC)
  • 06-08-2019 11:37:33 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2770, 14.2660 at 7 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

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An earthquake occurred to
69 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.5 2019-08-06
09:37:33		 38.2767 14.2655 7 2019-11-13
14:30:59		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 71891071
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.9 2019-08-06
09:37:32		 38.3182 14.3057 34 2019-08-06
10:02:16		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 71216741
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-08-06 09:37:33 ± 0.22
Latitude 38.2767 ± 0.0099
Longitude 14.2655 ± 0.0137
Depth (km) 7 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 71891071

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1109
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 793
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 149
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1110.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 162
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 28
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.67989
Number of stations at which the event was observed 23
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71891071
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-28 18:30:01

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71216741
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-06 10:02:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.GSCL.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:39:24.42 3.0 positive manual Pg 11.46 0
MN.KLV.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:39:19.36 3.0 negative manual Pg 13.41 0
IV.CPGN.EHZ. 2019-08-06T09:39:11.68 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 11.94 0
IT.VNF1.HGZ. 2019-08-06T09:39:07.28 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 2.12 0
IV.APEC.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:38:58.60 3.0 negative manual Pg 2.34 0
IV.RIBO.EHZ.01 2019-08-06T09:38:49.63 3.0 positive manual Pn -4.15 0
IX.MNT3.HHZ.02 2019-08-06T09:38:38.64 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -9.99 0
TV.SU26.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:38:35.55 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -9.12 0
IV.MNTT.EHZ. 2019-08-06T09:38:35.16 3.0 positive manual Pn -9.99 0
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:38:25.76 3.0 negative manual Pg 1.5 0
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-08-06T09:38:13.29 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:38:12.34 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -5 0
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:53.19 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:51.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 136 53.6019 50 -0.08 55
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:47.60 1.0 undecidable manual S 213 38.0286 50 0.58 24
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:47.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 133 39.1275 50 -0.02 81
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2019-08-06T09:37:47.31 1.0 undecidable manual P 164 75.4689 50 0.19 26
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:47.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 206 41.7249 50 -0.52 49
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:45.47 0.3 undecidable manual P 157 68.0763 50 -0.51 72
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2019-08-06T09:37:44.84 0.6 undecidable manual P 116 59.0964 50 0.25 53
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:44.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 136 53.6019 50 0.48 77
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:44.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 199 33.2445 103 -0.53 55
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:43.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 195 50.9157 50 -0.3 78
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:42.17 1.0 undecidable manual P 133 39.1275 50 0.65 23
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:42.57 0.1 undecidable manual P 206 41.7249 50 0.64 100
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:42.12 0.6 undecidable manual P 213 38.0286 50 0.77 45
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:40.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 199 33.2445 103 0.08 83
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2019-08-06T09:37:39.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 15 29.4483 104 -0.39 82
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0002761202 0.0768 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:41.73
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0003741835 0.16 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:41.82
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:1.7 0.00022994535 0.6208 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:49.72
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:1.6 0.00015311669999999998 0.48 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:49.03
IV.GIB.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00008700192000000001 0.8192 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:56.84
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00006761734 0.7424 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:54.68
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000044986060000000003 1.0624 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:53.20
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00003995198 0.5184 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:51.56
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00002014057 0.3968 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:52.45
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000021488225 0.3456 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:49.24
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00014251324999999999 0.5248 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:49.17
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00020148155000000002 0.3968 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:49.39
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.00006945477 0.5184 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:55.30
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.000053591884999999997 0.2816 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:52.68
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00011027713 0.4992 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:38:00.95
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00009779408000000001 0.4416 AML other m 2019-08-06T09:37:59.03
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