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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 29-10-2019 and time 23:12:14 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 29-10-2019 22:12:14 (UTC)
  • 29-10-2019 23:12:14 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2630, 15.0260 at 9 km depth.

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

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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
Patti ME 15 13431 13431
Gioiosa Marea ME 15 7074 20505
Oliveri ME 16 2181 22686
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 24301
Falcone ME 17 2808 27109
Piraino ME 18 3962 31071
Terme Vigliatore ME 18 7395 38466
Librizzi ME 19 1660 40126
Furnari ME 20 3784 43910
Milazzo ME 20 31646 75556

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
85 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2019-10-29
22:12:14		 38.2628 15.0258 9 2019-10-29
22:21:45		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73524971
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-29 22:12:14 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.2628 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0258 ± 0.0092
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73524971

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 755
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 448
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 265
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 760.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.25
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11871
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.66010
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73524971
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-29 22:21:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:29.72 3.0 positive manual P 73.2711 2.07 0
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:28.45 0.1 undecidable manual S 90 42.0246 50 -0.33 89
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:26.06 0.1 undecidable manual S 114 31.2465 50 0.15 95
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:25.26 0.1 undecidable manual S 160 27.8499 109 0.36 91
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:24.55 0.1 undecidable manual S 209 27.75 109 -0.33 92
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:24.69 0.3 positive manual P 311 51.5151 50 0.39 65
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:23.81 1.0 undecidable manual P 236 45.621 50 0.43 22
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:22.74 0.6 positive manual P 90 42.0246 50 -0.09 47
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:21.06 0.3 positive manual P 114 31.2465 50 -0.12 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:20.38 0.3 positive manual P 209 27.75 109 -0.2 71
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:20.76 0.6 positive manual P 160 27.8499 109 0.16 48
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:20.29 0.1 undecidable manual S 342 13.1757 125 -0.04 100
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-10-29T22:12:17.99 0.1 negative manual P 342 13.1757 125 0.03 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00031 0.9 AML other m 2019-10-29T22:12:21.52
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000264 1.82 AML other m 2019-10-29T22:12:21.07
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000042000000000000004 0.18 AML other m 2019-10-29T22:12:24.46
IV.ILLI.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0004755 0.44 AML other m 2019-10-29T22:12:24.81
IV.ILLI.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0003885 1.14 AML other m 2019-10-29T22:12:24.95
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00017999999999999998 0.4 AML other m 2019-10-29T22:12:25.65
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00007280000000000001 0.28 AML other m 2019-10-29T22:12:25.54
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00010159999999999999 1.64 AML other m 2019-10-29T22:12:27.03
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000122 0.3 AML other m 2019-10-29T22:12:27.06
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0000842 0.52 AML other m 2019-10-29T22:12:28.27
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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