Earthquake with magnitude of ML 3.6 on date 20-05-2024 and time 23:57:42 (UTC) in region Malta [Sea]

A magnitude ML 3.6 earthquake occured in region: Malta [Sea], on

  • 20-05-2024 23:57:42 (UTC)
  • 21-05-2024 01:57:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 34.6860, 14.2820 at 45 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 inhabitants.

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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 3.6 2024-05-20
23:57:42
34.686 14.2818 45 2024-05-21
00:13:44
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 127976611
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-05-20 23:57:42 ± 0.21
Latitude 34.6860 ± 0.0117
Longitude 14.2818 ± 0.0164
Depth (km) 45 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 127976611

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1248
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 888
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 87
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1250.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 322
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 30
Number of defining phases 25
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 4.13958
Number of stations at which the event was observed 23
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 18
Magnitude information

ML:3.6

Field Value
Value 3.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 54
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 127976611
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-05-21 00:13:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IX.STN3.HNZ.01 2024-05-20T23:59:51.05 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -9.99 0
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:59:35.62 3.0 positive manual Pn -3.78 0
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:59:05.77 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 7.43 0
IV.LADO.EHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:55.68 3.0 negative manual Pn -0.96 0
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:54.07 0.6 undecidable manual S 10 300.0774 92 -0.05 67
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:53.86 0.3 undecidable manual S 16 297.48 92 0.29 95
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:52.84 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.12 0
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:50.39 0.6 undecidable manual S 14 283.2054 92 -0.11 70
IV.HVZN.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:49.21 0.6 undecidable manual S 8 279.2094 92 -0.41 67
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:49.81 0.6 undecidable manual S 1 281.5071 92 -0.3 68
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:45.63 0.6 undecidable manual S 16 263.2365 92 -0.56 68
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:43.48 0.6 undecidable manual P 24 459.4956 91 -0.08 29
IV.HPAC.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:40.29 0.6 undecidable manual S 17 234.3876 92 0.31 77
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:37.78 0.6 undecidable manual P 15 411.6768 91 0.18 40
IV.SOLUN.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:33.74 0.6 undecidable manual P 350 383.727 91 -0.39 43
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:33.61 0.6 undecidable manual P 8 376.1346 91 0.43 45
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:33.58 0.6 undecidable manual P 11 378.4323 91 0.1 48
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:33.43 0.6 undecidable manual P 4 372.4494 91 0.71 42
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:32.63 0.6 undecidable manual P 357 367.2546 91 0.55 46
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:32.94 0.6 undecidable manual P 358 367.0548 91 0.89 40
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:31.65 0.6 undecidable manual P 357 361.2606 91 0.32 50
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:31.99 0.3 undecidable manual P 346 366.5553 91 0 77
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:29.17 0.6 undecidable manual P 4 336.5076 91 0.92 45
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:23.22 0.6 undecidable manual P 10 300.0774 92 -0.5 60
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:23.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 16 297.48 92 -0.04 100
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:21.29 0.6 undecidable manual P 14 283.2054 92 -0.34 66
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:21.08 0.6 negative manual P 1 281.5071 92 -0.33 66
IV.HVZN.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:20.65 0.6 undecidable manual P 8 279.2094 92 -0.47 65
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:18.71 0.6 undecidable manual P 16 263.2365 92 -0.43 69
IV.HPAC.HHZ. 2024-05-20T23:58:15.92 0.6 undecidable manual P 17 234.3876 92 0.37 77
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:3.1 0.00009470000000000001 0.5 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:58:42.44
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:3.7 0.0005265 0.72 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:58:46.84
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:3.5 0.0002935 0.68 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:58:46.82
IV.CSGE1.HHN. ML:3.3 0.00008595 0.42 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:58:47.57
IV.CORL.HHN. ML:3.5 0.00020950000000000002 0.42 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:58:55.43
IV.CORL.HNN. ML:3.5 0.0002255 0.4 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:58:55.45
IV.HAVL.HHN. ML:3.6 0.0007024999999999999 0.92 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:58:59.71
IV.HPAC.HHE. ML:3.8 0.00148 0.58 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:03.76
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:3.9 0.0010225 0.58 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:04.19
IV.HPAC.HHN. ML:3.8 0.001495 0.98 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:04.96
IV.CPTP.HHE. ML:3.6 0.0004195 1.36 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:07.24
IV.HAVL.HHE. ML:3.5 0.0005909999999999999 0.34 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:08.22
IV.RAFF.HNN. ML:3.2 0.000248 1.06 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:08.27
IV.HVZN.HHE. ML:3.9 0.0010750000000000002 0.6 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:09.37
IV.HVZN.HNE. ML:3.9 0.0011 0.58 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:09.40
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:3.9 0.0011075 1.5 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:09.01
IV.SSY.HNE. ML:3.9 0.00122 1.5 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:10.04
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:3.4 0.00030199999999999997 0.64 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:10.20
IV.HLNI.HNE. ML:3.4 0.00029749999999999997 0.64 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:10.53
IV.CSLB.HNE. ML:3.2 0.00011 0.96 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:10.97
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:3.2 0.00010925 0.94 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:10.98
IV.AGST.EHN. ML:4.0 0.0011 1.4 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:11.78
IV.HVZN.HHN. ML:3.8 0.0009655 1.3 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:11.85
IV.HVZN.HNN. ML:3.9 0.0010760000000000001 1.3 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:11.88
IV.SSY.HNN. ML:3.9 0.001016 0.58 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:12.06
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:3.5 0.000275 0.62 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:12.86
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:3.8 0.000499 1.38 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:13.09
IV.HLNI.HNN. ML:3.6 0.000457 1.32 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:13.92
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:3.6 0.000431 1.34 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:13.93
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:3.6 0.000309 1.46 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:16.16
IV.RAFF.HHN. ML:3.6 0.000523 1.36 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:17.88
IV.RAFF.HNE. ML:3.2 0.0002335 0.88 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:17.22
IV.RAFF.HHE. ML:3.5 0.00045850000000000003 0.54 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:17.65
IV.AGST.EHE. ML:3.7 0.0006599999999999999 0.42 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:18.30
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:3.8 0.00047799999999999996 0.68 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:20.56
IV.CORL.HNE. ML:3.5 0.0002205 1.6 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:23.89
IV.CORL.HHE. ML:3.4 0.00019800000000000002 1.58 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:23.89
IV.CPTP.HHN. ML:3.7 0.0006659999999999999 1.28 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:23.81
IV.CSGE1.HHE. ML:3.4 0.0000997 1.26 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:27.11
IV.CSLB.HNN. ML:3.2 0.0001215 0.92 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:28.05
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:3.2 0.0001205 0.92 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:28.08
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:3.8 0.0005565 0.56 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:28.30
IV.EPZF.HNE. ML:3.6 0.0002965 0.78 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:30.24
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:3.6 0.000304 0.8 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:30.26
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:3.5 0.00011449999999999999 0.36 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:31.29
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:3.6 0.00013700000000000002 0.46 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:31.83
IV.GIB.HHE. ML:3.7 0.00036650000000000007 0.9 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:33.57
IV.EPZF.HNN. ML:3.7 0.00041049999999999995 0.54 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:34.70
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:3.6 0.00035999999999999997 0.56 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:34.72
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:3.0 0.00007719999999999999 0.98 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:35.80
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:3.6 0.00022849999999999997 0.62 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:38.15
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:3.2 0.00011999999999999999 1.02 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:38.75
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:3.4 0.0001905 0.58 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:39.96
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:3.5 0.00017199999999999998 0.58 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:43.51
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:3.4 0.00017749999999999998 1.18 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:43.62
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:3.7 0.000327 0.7 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:43.68
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:3.5 0.0000717 1.36 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:49.28
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:3.5 0.00007630000000000001 1.06 AML other m 2024-05-20T23:59:52.83
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