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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 02-08-2019 and time 23:16:23 (Italy) in region 6 km S Reggio di Calabria (RC)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 6 km S Reggio di Calabria (RC), on

  • 02-08-2019 21:16:23 (UTC)
  • 02-08-2019 23:16:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0570, 15.6640 at 13 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
Reggio di Calabria RC 6 183035 183035
Motta San Giovanni RC 7 6208 189243
Cardeto RC 10 1641 190884
Montebello Ionico RC 12 6214 197098
Bagaladi RC 14 1039 198137
Laganadi RC 15 413 198550
Calanna RC 15 934 199484
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 15 343 199827
San Lorenzo RC 16 2640 202467
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 17 1263 203730
Roghudi RC 17 1104 204834
Fiumara RC 17 1018 205852
Campo Calabro RC 18 4536 210388
Scaletta Zanclea ME 18 2140 212528
Messina ME 18 238439 450967
Condofuri RC 18 5113 456080
Villa San Giovanni RC 18 13784 469864
San Roberto RC 18 1750 471614
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 18 11355 482969
Itala ME 20 1640 484609

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km S of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
18 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.3 2019-08-02
21:16:23		 38.0568 15.6637 13 2019-11-13
14:30:57		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 71296261
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.3 2019-08-02
21:16:23		 38.0525 15.6638 12 2019-08-02
21:24:33		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 71123911
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-08-02 21:16:23 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.0568 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.6637 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 13 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 71296261

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 620
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 217
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 337
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 620.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 65
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 33
Number of defining phases 33
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.32470
Number of stations at which the event was observed 23
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 23
Magnitudes information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 38
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71296261
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-09 07:23:01

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 38
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71123911
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-02 21:24:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:47.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 231 147.0417 91 0.18 56
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:46.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 265 141.0477 91 0.62 50
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:44.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 301 69.2751 92 0.75 56
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:41.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 208 112.3986 91 -0.07 62
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:40.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 222 104.9172 91 0.22 60
IV.HAGA.HHE. 2019-08-02T21:16:39.69 0.6 undecidable manual P 208 96.6255 91 0.29 40
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:38.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 269 93.7395 91 -0.06 85
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:37.25 0.3 undecidable manual S 302 44.622 93 -0.21 67
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:36.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 250 75.1692 91 0.83 53
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:36.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 57 80.2641 91 -0.26 84
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:36.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 305 75.7686 91 0.42 61
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:35.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 247 67.6767 92 1.02 49
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:35.65 0.3 undecidable manual S 256 38.8278 93 -0.28 67
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:34.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 269 68.9754 92 -0.27 85
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:34.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 301 69.2751 92 -0.22 86
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:33.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 290 28.9488 95 0.04 73
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:33.74 0.3 undecidable manual S 42 30.2475 95 0.11 71
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:32.54 0.6 undecidable manual S 329 26.6511 96 -0.15 47
IV.ECTS.EHE. 2019-08-02T21:16:32.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 248 51.3153 92 -0.08 92
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:31.68 0.6 undecidable manual S 11 22.5552 99 0.08 49
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:30.07 0.1 positive manual P 256 38.8278 93 -0.43 87
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:30.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 302 44.622 93 -0.45 85
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:30.89 0.1 undecidable manual S 0.21 93
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:29.19 0.1 positive manual P 42 30.2475 95 0.01 97
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:29.34 0.1 positive manual P 87 34.1436 94 -0.44 88
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:28.60 0.1 positive manual P 290 28.9488 95 -0.38 89
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:28.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 11 22.5552 99 0.03 98
IT.RCU.HGZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:28.19 0.1 undecidable manual S 0.25 96
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:28.55 0.1 positive manual P 329 26.6511 96 -0.09 95
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:27.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 0.26 93
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:27.71 0.3 undecidable manual S 152 6.7932 144 -0.19 74
IT.RCU.HGZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:25.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 0.07 99
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-08-02T21:16:25.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 152 6.7932 144 -0.18 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0041 1.66 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:27.87
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:2.6 0.004775000000000001 0.4 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:27.78
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:2.9 0.005849999999999999 0.4 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:31.16
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:3.0 0.00836 0.16 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:31.74
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:2.1 0.0008534999999999999 0.36 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:32.01
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:2.3 0.0012200000000000002 0.34 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:32.03
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000905 0.7 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:33.35
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.4 0.001215 0.52 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:33.70
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.9 0.0037400000000000003 0.2 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:33.72
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.9 0.00381 1.52 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:35.08
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.8 0.000258 0.96 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:35.43
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00024349999999999998 0.96 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:35.91
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000306 0.74 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:35.59
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.8 0.0003175 0.74 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:35.60
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.8 0.0002875 0.54 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:36.11
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.4 0.000858 0.28 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:36.42
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.3 0.000763 1.62 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:37.88
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.8 0.000256 0.3 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:37.05
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0010195 0.2 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:38.51
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.8 0.00173 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:39.33
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0005775 0.52 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:48.48
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0006154999999999999 0.3 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:49.50
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00016849999999999998 0.38 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:49.96
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0004055 0.76 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:52.70
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00011979999999999998 0.6 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:52.82
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0001665 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:53.03
IV.ILLI.HHE. ML:3.2 0.00253 0.34 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:53.89
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0003635 0.46 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:54.82
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000219 0.5 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:54.38
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000055599999999999996 0.56 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:56.05
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0001035 0.74 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:56.08
IV.ILLI.HHN. ML:3.4 0.004035 1.64 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:57.83
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0000465 1.28 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:57.85
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00021550000000000003 0.98 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:57.60
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0000592 0.38 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:57.78
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.7 0.0003735 1.32 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:58.16
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00006594999999999999 0.54 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:58.42
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0002265 1.64 AML other m 2019-08-02T21:16:59.17
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