Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 16-02-2020 and time 04:20:44 (UTC) in region 2 km E Castel di Lucio (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E Castel di Lucio (ME), on

  • 16-02-2020 04:20:44 (UTC)
  • 16-02-2020 05:20:44 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8910, 14.3300 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Hai sentito il terremoto? Clicca qui

Did you feel it? Fill in the questionnaire.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Castel di Lucio ME 2 1294 1294
Mistretta ME 5 4791 6085
Pettineo ME 9 1350 7435
Reitano ME 9 806 8241
Motta d'Affermo ME 10 739 8980
San Mauro Castelverde PA 13 1701 10681
Tusa ME 13 2925 13606
Capizzi ME 14 3176 16782
Sperlinga EN 14 805 17587
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 14 4694 22281
Gangi PA 15 6811 29092
Geraci Siculo PA 16 1945 31037
Nicosia EN 17 13899 44936
Cerami EN 18 2006 46942
Caronia ME 18 3364 50306
Pollina PA 20 2974 53280

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
75 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
80 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 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 2020-02-16
04:20:44		 37.891 14.3298 5 2020-07-18
21:08:30		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 77787841
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.1 2020-02-16
04:20:45		 37.8497 14.3205 8 2020-02-16
04:29:22		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76558091
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-16 04:20:44 ± 0.16
Latitude 37.8910 ± 0.0108
Longitude 14.3298 ± 0.0103
Depth (km) 5 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77787841

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1035
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 846
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 221
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1030.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 57
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.49
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17897
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.84536
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77787841
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-02 11:19:26

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76558091
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-16 04:29:22
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.VAE.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:21:02.25 0.6 undecidable manual S 177 46.8198 50 1.06 35
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:21:01.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 72 93.8394 50 0.12 67
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:21:01.54 0.3 undecidable manual S 70 50.5161 50 -0.62 64
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:59.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 16 77.6667 50 0.09 69
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:58.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 83 79.5648 50 -0.48 64
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:58.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 2 71.2731 50 0.67 60
IV.SOLUN.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:57.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 288 73.1712 50 -0.52 64
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2020-02-16T04:20:57.61 0.3 undecidable manual S 153 33.3444 99 0.93 58
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:55.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 253 52.9026 50 -0.2 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:54.62 0.1 positive manual P 70 50.5161 50 -0.27 94
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:54.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 99 46.8198 50 0.52 67
MN.VAE.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:54.96 0.6 undecidable manual P 177 46.8198 50 0.63 43
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:54.54 0.3 undecidable manual S 134 28.8489 101 -0.59 67
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:53.19 0.3 undecidable manual S 305 19.869 105 1.1 55
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:53.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 282 24.3534 102 -0.01 78
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2020-02-16T04:20:52.41 0.1 undecidable manual P 153 33.3444 99 0.68 86
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:51.88 0.1 undecidable manual S 251 19.869 105 -0.22 100
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:51.71 0.3 undecidable manual P 222 36.1416 98 -0.57 67
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:50.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 134 28.8489 101 -0.41 95
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:49.43 0.1 undecidable manual P 282 24.3534 102 -0.52 93
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:49.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 305 19.869 105 0.56 92
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2020-02-16T04:20:48.57 0.1 undecidable manual P 251 19.869 105 -0.51 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0009415 1.74 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:20:52.95
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:2.2 0.001335 0.26 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:20:53.59
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0002055 0.74 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:20:55.87
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:2.2 0.0014849999999999998 0.4 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:20:55.75
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000202 1.08 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:20:56.39
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:2.1 0.0009775 0.6 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:20:58.11
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.3 0.001116 1.68 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:01.06
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00025550000000000003 0.3 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:03.52
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0011844999999999998 0.58 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:03.90
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000188 0.3 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:04.29
IV.RESU.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00034899999999999997 0.44 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:07.02
IV.RESU.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00044750000000000004 0.54 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:08.54
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00023500000000000002 0.62 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:13.33
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.5 0.000544 1.14 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:16.03
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:2.3 0.000309 0.28 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:17.82
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0002895 1.26 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:17.08
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0000889 0.44 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:21.19
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0000892 1.5 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:21.83
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0001545 0.76 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:24.48
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0001865 0.56 AML other m 2020-02-16T04:21:25.28
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download
Waveforms Seismic signals in miniseed + resp format Download