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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 16-10-2018 and time 19:54:47 (Italy) in region 5 km N Morano Calabro (CS)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 5 km N Morano Calabro (CS), on

  • 16-10-2018 17:54:47 (UTC)
  • 16-10-2018 19:54:47 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.8850, 16.1530 at 9 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
Morano Calabro CS 5 4576 4576
San Basile CS 8 1055 5631
Castrovillari CS 9 22240 27871
Frascineto CS 11 2154 30025
Viggianello PZ 11 3025 33050
Saracena CS 12 3828 36878
Rotonda PZ 12 3494 40372
Mormanno CS 14 3027 43399
San Severino Lucano PZ 15 1563 44962
San Lorenzo Bellizzi CS 15 644 45606
Civita CS 15 902 46508
Lungro CS 16 2592 49100
Terranova di Pollino PZ 16 1208 50308
Laino Castello CS 16 848 51156
Laino Borgo CS 17 1921 53077
Firmo CS 18 2115 55192
Cassano all'Ionio CS 18 18495 73687
Acquaformosa CS 19 1106 74793
Cerchiara di Calabria CS 20 2385 77178

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
66 Km N of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
89 Km SE of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Matera (60436 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 1.2 2018-10-16
17:54:47		 39.8853 16.1532 9 2019-06-04
09:16:00		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 62829831
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2018-10-16
17:54:47		 39.8815 16.1548 9 2018-10-16
18:00:51		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 62020571
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-10-16 17:54:47 ± 0.11
Latitude 39.8853 ± 0.0081
Longitude 16.1532 ± 0.0082
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 62829831

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 872
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 602
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 29
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 870.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 129
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) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12501
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.38761
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 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 62829831
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-03-18 13:21:57

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 62020571
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-10-16 18:00:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2018-10-16T17:55:01.47 0.3 undecidable manual S 203 43.0236 50 -0.13 70
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2018-10-16T17:55:01.31 0.6 undecidable manual S 324 40.9257 50 0.28 45
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2018-10-16T17:54:58.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 293 31.1466 50 0.52 44
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2018-10-16T17:54:55.73 0.1 undecidable manual P 203 43.0236 50 0.19 92
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2018-10-16T17:54:54.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 324 40.9257 50 -0.32 68
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2018-10-16T17:54:53.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 293 31.1466 50 -0.41 90
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2018-10-16T17:54:53.68 0.3 undecidable manual S 93 16.4724 120 -0.13 73
IV.MMN.HHZ. 2018-10-16T17:54:53.01 0.6 undecidable manual S 273 13.875 124 -0.05 50
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2018-10-16T17:54:51.26 0.1 undecidable manual P 93 16.4724 120 0.22 96
IV.MMN.HHZ. 2018-10-16T17:54:50.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 273 13.875 124 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SALB.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001305 1.76 AML other m 2018-10-16T17:54:54.96
IV.MMN.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0003795 0.18 AML other m 2018-10-16T17:54:54.33
IV.MMN.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000256 1.14 AML other m 2018-10-16T17:54:55.29
IV.SALB.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002135 0.22 AML other m 2018-10-16T17:54:56.85
MN.CUC.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00003855 1.62 AML other m 2018-10-16T17:55:00.18
MN.CUC.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0000537 0.58 AML other m 2018-10-16T17:55:00.14
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00006570000000000001 0.22 AML other m 2018-10-16T17:55:01.64
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00008774999999999999 0.2 AML other m 2018-10-16T17:55:01.96
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000037449999999999995 0.32 AML other m 2018-10-16T17:55:05.59
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000037199999999999996 0.28 AML other m 2018-10-16T17:55:07.49
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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