Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 17-03-2020 and time 20:48:34 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 17-03-2020 19:48:34 (UTC)
  • 17-03-2020 20:48:34 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1330, 15.2060 at 10 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 2 41583 41583
Terme Vigliatore ME 4 7395 48978
Castroreale ME 4 2504 51482
Rodì Milici ME 4 2056 53538
Merì ME 5 2338 55876
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 7 4650 60526
San Filippo del Mela ME 7 7115 67641
Furnari ME 8 3784 71425
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 8 1531 72956
Pace del Mela ME 10 6239 79195
Milazzo ME 10 31646 110841
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 10 1807 112648
Falcone ME 11 2808 115456
Condrò ME 12 493 115949
Oliveri ME 13 2181 118130
Tripi ME 13 873 119003
San Pier Niceto ME 13 2837 121840
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 123177
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 130608
Basicò ME 15 612 131220
Roccavaldina ME 16 1133 132353
Monforte San Giorgio ME 16 2777 135130
Valdina ME 16 1355 136485
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 137504
Venetico ME 17 3911 141415
Mandanici ME 18 601 142016
Antillo ME 18 919 142935
Spadafora ME 18 5021 147956
Rometta ME 19 6650 154606
Fiumedinisi ME 20 1409 156015

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
39 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.3 2020-03-17
19:48:34
38.1333 15.2055 11 2020-07-18
21:08:37
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 79614791
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.3 2020-03-17
19:48:34
38.1317 15.2108 10 2020-07-17
13:12:34
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77331921
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-17 19:48:34 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1333 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.2055 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 11 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 79614791

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 460
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 292
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 122
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 460.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 117
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.11691
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41009
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79614791
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-27 08:57:11

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77331921
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-17 19:54:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:44.80 0.1 undecidable manual S 251 30.6471 50 -0.04 98
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:44.60 0.1 undecidable manual S 61 30.1476 50 -0.09 97
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:42.50 0.1 positive manual P 108 45.5211 50 -0.08 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:41.10 0.1 undecidable manual S 172 18.1707 120 -0.24 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:40.00 0.1 undecidable manual S 83 12.9759 129 0.15 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:40.49 0.1 positive manual P 251 30.6471 50 0.21 95
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:40.17 0.1 positive manual P 61 30.1476 50 -0.03 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:40.30 0.1 undecidable manual S 8 15.4734 124 -0.26 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:38.31 0.1 positive manual P 172 18.1707 120 0.04 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:37.92 0.1 positive manual P 8 15.4734 124 0.11 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-17T19:48:37.62 0.1 positive manual P 83 12.9759 129 0.21 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0005709863 0.1792 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:40.07
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0003008666 0.192 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:40.61
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000504 0.36 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:40.46
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00022933880000000002 0.3968 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:40.45
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00021215899999999999 0.2176 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:41.23
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00016502709999999997 0.2048 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:41.45
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00009529709 0.2432 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:44.83
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000085128065 0.2432 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:44.85
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000047867655 0.3456 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:45.19
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000035151855 0.2816 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:47.51
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000046912575 2.8928 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:46.27
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00005781609 1.3824 AML other m 2020-03-17T19:48:47.93
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