Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 19-01-2020 and time 03:21:15 (Italy) in region 2 km W Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea (ME), on

  • 19-01-2020 02:21:15 (UTC)
  • 19-01-2020 03:21:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0850, 15.1160 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
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 2 1531 1531
Furnari ME 3 3784 5315
Tripi ME 4 873 6188
Falcone ME 5 2808 8996
Basicò ME 5 612 9608
Rodì Milici ME 6 2056 11664
Oliveri ME 7 2181 13845
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 21240
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 22577
Castroreale ME 9 2504 25081
Montalbano Elicona ME 11 2287 27368
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 11 41583 68951
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 12 1019 69970
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 72885
Librizzi ME 14 1660 74545
Patti ME 15 13431 87976
Merì ME 15 2338 90314
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 91929
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 96579
Antillo ME 17 919 97498
San Filippo del Mela ME 17 7115 104613
Raccuja ME 18 1041 105654
Milazzo ME 19 31646 137300
Malvagna ME 19 733 138033
Roccella Valdemone ME 19 666 138699
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 20 1807 140506
Pace del Mela ME 20 6239 146745
Mandanici ME 20 601 147346

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
65 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 1.4 2020-01-19
02:21:15		 38.0852 15.1157 10 2020-07-18
21:08:19		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 76275011
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2020-01-19
02:21:15		 38.0938 15.1198 9 2020-01-19
02:27:28		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 75641641
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-01-19 02:21:15 ± 0.12
Latitude 38.0852 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.1157 ± 0.0046
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 76275011

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 694
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 549
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 175
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 690.0
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 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14659
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35613
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75641641
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-19 02:27:28

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76275011
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-09 10:03:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-01-19T02:21:23.54 0.3 undecidable manual S 258 21.6672 115 0 77
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-01-19T02:21:23.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 72 21.7671 115 -0.1 75
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-01-19T02:21:22.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 60 39.5271 50 -0.09 73
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-01-19T02:21:21.71 0.3 undecidable manual S 141 16.2726 121 -0.19 75
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-01-19T02:21:20.20 0.1 positive manual P 72 21.7671 115 0.12 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-01-19T02:21:19.32 0.1 negative manual P 141 16.2726 121 0.22 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-01-19T02:21:19.90 0.6 positive manual P 258 21.6672 115 -0.14 50
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00031716305 0.1792 AML other m 2020-01-19T02:21:22.25
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0005438374500000001 0.1392 AML other m 2020-01-19T02:21:22.14
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00008830919000000001 0.1392 AML other m 2020-01-19T02:21:23.95
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00013940445 0.32 AML other m 2020-01-19T02:21:23.84
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
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