Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 16-11-2009 and time 15:08:10 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud orientale (Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud orientale (Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 16-11-2009 14:08:10 (UTC)
  • 16-11-2009 15:08:10 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0560, 16.4470 at 10 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
71 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
96 Km S of Catanzaro (90612 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 2009-11-16
14:08:10
38.056 16.447 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 990719
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-11-16 14:08:10 ± 0.16
Latitude 38.0560 ± 0.0072
Longitude 16.4470 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 990719

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1053
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 368
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 311
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1131.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 255
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.48024
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 990719
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:58:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SBPO.HHE. 2009-11-16T14:08:35.58 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ERC.SHZ. 2009-11-16T14:08:33.13 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2009-11-16T14:08:27.67 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 295 53.3022 0.089 49
IV.PLAC.HHN. 2009-11-16T14:08:25.03 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 359 43.7229 0.022 75
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2009-11-16T14:08:24.18 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 254 40.1265 0.118 74
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-11-16T14:08:22.24 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 273 34.3434 -0.283 48
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2009-11-16T14:08:20.40 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 295 53.3022 -0.046 49
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2009-11-16T14:08:18.32 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 254 40.1265 -0.09 99
IV.PLAC.HHN. 2009-11-16T14:08:18.93 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 359 43.7229 -0.028 100
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-11-16T14:08:17.69 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 273 34.3434 0.17 74
IV.MEU.SHN. 2009-11-16T14:08:12.93 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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