Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 28-09-2018 and time 06:18:15 (UTC) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 28-09-2018 06:18:15 (UTC)
  • 28-09-2018 08:18:15 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3820, 15.7340 at 11 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Palmi RC 11 18930 18930
Bagnara Calabra RC 12 10255 29185
Seminara RC 13 2811 31996
Scilla RC 14 4964 36960
Gioia Tauro RC 15 19864 56824
MelicuccĂ  RC 16 930 57754
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 17 4120 61874
San Procopio RC 18 534 62408
Sinopoli RC 18 2089 64497
San Roberto RC 19 1750 66247
Fiumara RC 19 1018 67265
San Ferdinando RC 20 4490 71755
Campo Calabro RC 20 4536 76291
Villa San Giovanni RC 20 13784 90075
Rizziconi RC 20 7829 97904

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
31 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Acireale (52622 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 1.2 2018-09-28
06:18:15
38.3822 15.7343 11 2019-06-04
09:16:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 67983861
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.2 2018-09-28
06:18:15
38.3822 15.7357 11 2018-09-28
06:27:02
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 61396071
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-09-28 06:18:15 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.3822 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.7343 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 11 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 67983861

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 550
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 440
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 296
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 550.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 152
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17447
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39750
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 61396071
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-09-28 06:27:02

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 67983861
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-04-26 14:21:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-09-28T06:18:30.26 0.6 undecidable manual S 141 44.1225 50 0.24 47
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-09-28T06:18:29.31 0.6 undecidable manual S 184 42.1245 50 -0.17 47
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-09-28T06:18:25.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 28 28.1496 50 -0.18 73
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-09-28T06:18:24.58 0.3 undecidable manual S 236 23.6541 50 0.04 76
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-09-28T06:18:23.47 0.3 undecidable manual S 134 19.3695 50 0.07 76
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-09-28T06:18:23.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 184 42.1245 50 -0.13 72
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-09-28T06:18:23.68 0.1 undecidable manual P 141 44.1225 50 -0.32 92
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-09-28T06:18:21.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 28 28.1496 50 0.17 97
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-09-28T06:18:20.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 134 19.3695 50 0.17 99
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-09-28T06:18:20.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 236 23.6541 50 0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.0 0.00007681223 1.6992 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:25.87
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00008778803 0.3808 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:26.01
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000123616245 0.24 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:26.36
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00007166447 0.4992 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:26.58
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.1 0.00008670817 0.5408 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:26.59
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000114877 0.2176 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:26.80
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0001083943 1.1008 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:27.71
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000049196275 0.2784 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:28.43
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00008124842500000001 0.7008 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:30.57
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.3 0.00006038275 0.5024 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:32.68
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00008044970499999999 0.64 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:35.32
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.5 0.00009247063999999999 0.48 AML other m 2018-09-28T06:18:44.44
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