Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 22-05-2020 and time 06:38:49 (UTC) in region 3 km NW Basicò (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Basicò (ME), on

  • 22-05-2020 06:38:49 (UTC)
  • 22-05-2020 08:38:49 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0870, 15.0440 at 9 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
Basicò ME 3 612 612
Oliveri ME 5 2181 2793
Falcone ME 5 2808 5601
Tripi ME 6 873 6474
Montalbano Elicona ME 7 2287 8761
Furnari ME 8 3784 12545
Librizzi ME 8 1660 14205
San Piero Patti ME 8 2915 17120
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 8 1531 18651
Patti ME 9 13431 32082
Montagnareale ME 10 1615 33697
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 35034
Rodì Milici ME 11 2056 37090
Terme Vigliatore ME 12 7395 44485
Raccuja ME 12 1041 45526
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 14 3090 48616
Castroreale ME 15 2504 51120
Ucria ME 15 1058 52178
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 53197
Floresta ME 16 485 53682
Gioiosa Marea ME 16 7074 60756
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 17 41583 102339
Sinagra ME 17 2705 105044
Roccella Valdemone ME 17 666 105710
Piraino ME 18 3962 109672
Malvagna ME 19 733 110405
Ficarra ME 19 1469 111874

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
65 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 2.0 2020-05-22
06:38:49
38.0872 15.0437 9 2020-11-19
12:36:46
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 79654571
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.0 2020-05-22
06:38:49
38.087 15.039 9 2020-05-22
06:50:22
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 79434961
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-22 06:38:49 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.0872 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0437 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 79654571

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 361
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 321
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 353
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 390.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 62
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 27
Number of defining phases 27
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14029
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.02972
Number of stations at which the event was observed 20
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 20
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 26
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79434961
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-22 06:50:22

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 24
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79654571
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-28 12:34:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:09.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 212 113.0979 50 0.67 53
IV.SCIAR.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:09.22 0.6 undecidable manual P 262 114.2967 50 0.57 37
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:05.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 52 93.24 50 -0.1 64
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:04.37 0.1 undecidable manual S 64 45.0216 50 0.05 95
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:04.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 91 88.245 50 -0.39 82
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:04.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 259 87.7455 50 -0.03 88
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:04.32 0.1 undecidable manual P 190 83.3499 50 0.44 81
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:03.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 263 79.365 50 0.25 64
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:03.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 310 77.7666 50 0.31 63
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:02.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 75 76.5678 50 -0.34 84
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:02.11 0.6 undecidable manual S 262 39.9267 50 -0.86 38
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:39:01.43 0.3 undecidable manual S 350 32.5452 105 0.45 67
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:59.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 76 27.75 107 0.2 71
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:59.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 99 58.0974 50 -0.13 91
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:57.16 0.1 undecidable manual S 128 20.9679 112 0 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:57.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 64 45.0216 50 -0.05 95
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:57.92 0.3 undecidable manual S 163 23.754 110 -0.14 72
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:56.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 262 39.9267 50 -0.43 88
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:56.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 350 32.5452 105 0.06 97
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:56.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 196 30.6471 106 0.49 67
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-05-22T06:38:56.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 348 35.1426 50 -0.1 96
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:56.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 209 33.4443 50 0.27 93
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:55.00 0.1 positive manual P 76 27.75 107 -0.12 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:55.12 0.1 undecidable manual S 252 15.5733 119 -0.37 93
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:54.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 163 23.754 110 0.1 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:53.73 0.1 positive manual P 128 20.9679 112 -0.11 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-05-22T06:38:52.68 0.1 positive manual P 252 15.5733 119 -0.19 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0008269999999999999 0.18 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:38:53.94
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0020350000000000004 0.6 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:38:55.47
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.4 0.002165 0.36 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:38:55.51
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000161 0.2 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:38:57.24
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00115 0.28 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:38:58.32
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000777 0.7 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:38:58.33
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0013700000000000001 0.36 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:38:58.90
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000502 0.28 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:00.66
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0006234999999999999 0.44 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:01.24
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000183 0.78 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:03.83
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0008105 1.04 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:03.31
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0008505 1.32 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:06.14
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00027550000000000003 0.74 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:08.50
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00028100000000000005 0.42 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:15.01
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00007594999999999999 1 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:15.64
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0002985 0.94 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:15.79
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.9 0.0001118 0.94 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:16.80
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00004505 0.4 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:17.43
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00028849999999999997 0.44 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:17.75
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000038 0.42 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:19.13
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00006709999999999999 0.42 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:22.58
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:2.0 0.0001325 0.42 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:23.29
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.7 0.0000562 0.44 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:26.30
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.7 0.000059550000000000004 0.4 AML other m 2020-05-22T06:39:26.70
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