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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 30-11-2018 and time 11:35:40 (Italy) in region 3 km NW Raccuja (ME)

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

  • 30-11-2018 10:35:40 (UTC)
  • 30-11-2018 11:35:40 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0810, 14.8960 at 6 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.

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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
Raccuja ME 3 1041 1041
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 4 3090 4131
Sinagra ME 4 2705 6836
Ucria ME 4 1058 7894
Librizzi ME 6 1660 9554
Ficarra ME 7 1469 11023
San Piero Patti ME 7 2915 13938
Montagnareale ME 8 1615 15553
Castell'Umberto ME 8 3128 18681
Tortorici ME 8 6435 25116
Patti ME 9 13431 38547
Piraino ME 10 3962 42509
Floresta ME 10 485 42994
Gioiosa Marea ME 10 7074 50068
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 10 1319 51387
Brolo ME 10 5783 57170
Naso ME 11 3813 60983
Galati Mamertino ME 12 2627 63610
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 65897
Mirto ME 13 974 66871
Frazzanò ME 13 711 67582
Longi ME 14 1473 69055
Basicò ME 15 612 69667
Oliveri ME 15 2181 71848
Capo d'Orlando ME 16 13254 85102
Capri Leone ME 17 4515 89617
Falcone ME 17 2808 92425
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 17 1996 94421
Tripi ME 18 873 95294
Alcara li Fusi ME 18 1980 97274
Torrenova ME 19 4386 101660
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 102640
Roccella Valdemone ME 19 666 103306
Militello Rosmarino ME 20 1324 104630

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2018-11-30
10:35:40		 38.0807 14.8958 6 2019-06-04
09:16:02		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 63857251
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.1 2018-11-30
10:35:40		 38.0733 14.8928 8 2018-11-30
10:44:50		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 63495171
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-11-30 10:35:40 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.0807 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.8958 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 63857251

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 701
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 556
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 302
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 55
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 28
Number of defining phases 28
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04137
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.26535
Number of stations at which the event was observed 21
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 21
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 63857251
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-12 08:20:23

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 63495171
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-11-30 10:44:50
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:36:12.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 56 104.0181 50 0.58 37
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2018-11-30T10:36:05.08 0.6 undecidable manual P 73 140.4483 50 0.79 32
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:36:00.04 0.6 undecidable manual P 206 106.116 50 1.04 31
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:58.68 0.6 undecidable manual P 56 104.0181 50 0 43
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:58.44 0.6 undecidable manual P 171 103.5186 50 -0.17 41
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:57.48 0.6 undecidable manual P 90 101.121 50 -0.76 35
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:53.12 0.6 undecidable manual P 97 70.7736 50 -0.44 42
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:53.74 0.6 undecidable manual P 258 74.9694 50 -0.46 41
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:53.42 0.6 undecidable manual S 13 33.6441 100 1 36
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:52.80 0.6 undecidable manual P 317 68.7756 50 -0.45 42
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:52.16 0.6 undecidable manual S 112 31.8459 101 0.33 46
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:52.94 0.6 undecidable manual P 262 66.4779 50 0.05 46
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:50.84 0.6 undecidable manual P 215 50.1165 50 0.46 43
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:50.21 0.6 undecidable manual S 187 28.6491 102 -0.53 44
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:50.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 69 57.1983 50 -0.48 64
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:49.13 0.6 undecidable manual S 105 21.867 105 0.69 42
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:49.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 227 24.1536 104 0.11 49
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:48.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 79 40.5261 98 -0.66 61
IV.EMCN.HNN. 2018-11-30T10:35:48.62 0.6 undecidable manual P 159 34.3434 100 1.07 35
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:47.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 13 33.6441 100 0.15 71
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2018-11-30T10:35:47.62 0.6 undecidable manual P 9 35.5422 100 -0.18 47
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:47.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 171 29.2485 102 0.57 65
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:46.59 0.1 positive manual P 112 31.8459 101 -0.49 89
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:46.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 187 28.6491 102 0.2 71
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:45.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 227 24.1536 104 -0.08 73
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-11-30T10:35:44.90 0.1 positive manual P 105 21.867 105 -0.22 96
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2018-11-30T10:35:43.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 205 4.5954 143 -0.15 50
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2018-11-30T10:35:41.95 0.1 positive manual P 205 4.5954 143 -0.14 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.00094653225 0.2432 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:49.85
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00040494740000000004 0.4 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:50.24
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0027249999999999996 0.2 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:50.51
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00025589365 0 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:50.64
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0026 0.24 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:51.48
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0006208792 0.1792 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:52.59
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00043386645000000003 0.3008 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:54.15
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0007294102500000001 0.1984 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:57.69
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0006911631 0.1792 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:55.88
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00036731599999999996 0.2624 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:57.63
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0004715647 0.384 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:58.61
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00011465000000000001 1.4 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:36:01.14
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000116 0.78 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:36:02.98
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00024321255000000003 0.48 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:36:02.60
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00019698605 0.2752 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:36:02.21
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0000386 1.16 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:36:05.06
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0003197338 0.1792 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:36:05.27
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00037158935000000003 0.2624 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:36:05.29
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000051695095 0.2368 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:36:13.23
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000048085285 0.224 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:36:15.11
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0005855 0.34 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:36:18.54
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.00122507835 0.1984 AML other m 2018-11-30T10:35:50.37
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