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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 11-12-2016 and time 21:24:51 (Italy) in region 7 km S Acri (CS)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 7 km S Acri (CS), on

  • 11-12-2016 20:24:51 (UTC)
  • 11-12-2016 21:24:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.4270, 16.3970 at 16 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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
Acri CS 7 20858 20858
Rose CS 9 4373 25231
Luzzi CS 10 9396 34627
San Pietro in Guarano CS 12 3663 38290
Castiglione Cosentino CS 12 2896 41186
Bisignano CS 14 10203 51389
Celico CS 14 2802 54191
Lappano CS 14 941 55132
Rovito CS 14 3158 58290
Santa Sofia d'Epiro CS 15 2628 60918
Spezzano della Sila CS 15 4541 65459
Zumpano CS 16 2570 68029
Spezzano Piccolo CS 16 2079 70108
San Demetrio Corone CS 16 3559 73667
Casole Bruzio CS 17 2578 76245
Serra Pedace CS 17 986 77231
Trenta CS 17 2633 79864
Pedace CS 18 1907 81771
San Cosmo Albanese CS 18 591 82362
San Giorgio Albanese CS 18 1432 83794
Vaccarizzo Albanese CS 18 1125 84919
Longobucco CS 19 3183 88102
Pietrafitta CS 19 1310 89412
Cosenza CS 19 67546 156958

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NE of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
74 Km NW of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.6 2016-12-11
20:24:51		 39.427 16.3968 16 2017-04-11
00:44:16		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 41839671
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2016-12-11
20:24:51		 39.4217 16.3972 13 2016-12-11
20:31:46		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 36397521
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-12-11 20:24:51 ± 0.11
Latitude 39.4270 ± 0.0036
Longitude 16.3968 ± 0.0047
Depth (km) 16 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 41839671

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 420
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 334
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 60
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 420.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 111
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08993
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.91101
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 41839671
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-04-11 00:44:20

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 36397521
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-12-11 20:31:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:25:08.50 0.6 undecidable manual P 206 101.121 93 0.48 39
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:25:06.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 355 50.1165 97 0.04 47
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:25:05.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 80.0643 94 0.46 61
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:25:04.23 0.3 undecidable manual S 287 39.5271 100 0.11 70
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:25:04.68 0.3 undecidable manual S 131 41.4252 99 0.06 71
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:25:00.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 150 50.1165 97 0.02 71
IV.LADO.EHZ. 2016-12-11T20:25:00.21 0.6 undecidable manual P 107 52.4031 97 -0.34 44
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:25:00.39 0.6 undecidable manual S 349 26.3514 107 -0.3 46
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:25:00.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 355 50.1165 97 -0.12 69
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:25:00.17 0.3 undecidable manual S 220 24.9528 109 -0.17 72
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:24:58.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 198 15.873 124 -0.15 73
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:24:58.88 0.1 positive manual P 131 41.4252 99 0.02 96
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:24:58.57 0.1 undecidable manual P 287 39.5271 100 0 96
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:24:57.04 0.3 undecidable manual S 106 9.9789 140 0.06 75
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:24:56.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 349 26.3514 107 -0.28 70
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:24:56.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 220 24.9528 109 -0.01 99
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:24:55.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 198 15.873 124 -0.02 100
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2016-12-11T20:24:54.57 0.1 undecidable manual P 106 9.9789 140 0.12 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000213 0.5 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:25:00.95
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00032299999999999994 0.82 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:25:01.46
IV.CELI.HNE. ML:1.9 0.0007030000000000001 0.74 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:24:57.17
IV.CELI.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0017850000000000001 0.74 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:24:57.17
IV.CELI.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0005700000000000001 0.1 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:24:57.37
IV.CELI.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00022449999999999998 0.32 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:24:57.37
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00019700000000000002 1.38 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:25:04.04
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00021349999999999999 0.58 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:25:05.26
MN.CUC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0000407 0.32 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:25:18.23
MN.CUC.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0000283 0.54 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:25:18.91
IV.SALB.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000033 0.24 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:25:07.57
IV.SALB.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000028199999999999994 0.26 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:25:08.80
IV.SPS2.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0003925 0.12 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:24:58.11
IV.SPS2.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000287 0.88 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:24:58.31
IV.TDS.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000356 0.42 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:25:01.27
IV.TDS.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000458 1.54 AML other m 2016-12-11T20:25:01.00
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