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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 15-08-2019 and time 11:54:43 (UTC) in region 4 km NE Palmi (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Palmi (RC), on

  • 15-08-2019 11:54:43 (UTC)
  • 15-08-2019 13:54:43 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3940, 15.8700 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.

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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
Palmi RC 4 18930 18930
Gioia Tauro RC 5 19864 38794
Seminara RC 6 2811 41605
Rizziconi RC 8 7829 49434
Melicuccà RC 10 930 50364
San Ferdinando RC 11 4490 54854
San Procopio RC 13 534 55388
Varapodio RC 13 2160 57548
Taurianova RC 13 15636 73184
Bagnara Calabra RC 14 10255 83439
Cosoleto RC 14 859 84298
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 14 523 84821
Rosarno RC 14 14841 99662
Sinopoli RC 15 2089 101751
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 15 4120 105871
Oppido Mamertina RC 15 5332 111203
Molochio RC 17 2564 113767
Melicucco RC 17 5101 118868
Scido RC 18 931 119799
Delianuova RC 18 3352 123151
Nicotera VV 18 6290 129441
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 18 929 130370
Polistena RC 18 10496 140866
Cittanova RC 19 10410 151276
Anoia RC 19 2212 153488
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 19 1695 155183
Cinquefrondi RC 20 6539 161722

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
37 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 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 1.6 2019-08-15
11:54:43		 38.3945 15.8703 10 2019-11-13
14:31:06		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 73249281
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.7 2019-08-15
11:54:43		 38.3882 15.8662 11 2019-08-15
11:59:54		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 71515661
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-08-15 11:54:43 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.3945 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.8703 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 10 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73249281

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 521
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 127
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 157
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 178
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13580
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.51621
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73249281
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-14 12:02:41

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71515661
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-15 11:59:54
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-08-15T11:55:01.61 0.3 undecidable manual S 256 57.2982 50 0.08 71
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:59.71 0.6 undecidable manual S 83 49.7169 50 0.19 48
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:56.72 0.3 undecidable manual S 156 39.0276 50 0.05 72
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:55.14 0.3 undecidable manual S 245 34.6431 50 -0.36 68
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:54.22 0.6 undecidable manual P 256 57.2982 50 0.26 46
IV.FERC.HNZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:52.22 0.6 undecidable manual S 74 23.3544 50 -0.25 47
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:52.66 0.1 positive manual P 83 49.7169 50 -0.14 90
IV.GMB.BHE. 2019-08-15T11:54:52.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 188 25.3524 50 -0.19 71
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:51.48 0.3 undecidable manual S 222 20.4684 117 -0.11 75
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:51.18 0.3 positive manual P 156 39.0276 50 0.02 72
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:50.04 0.3 undecidable manual S 172 15.0738 125 0.08 76
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:50.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 245 34.6431 50 0.06 99
IV.GMB.BHE. 2019-08-15T11:54:49.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 188 25.3524 50 0.08 100
IV.FERC.HNZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:48.67 0.3 undecidable manual P 74 23.3544 50 -0.06 73
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:48.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 222 20.4684 117 0.13 100
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-08-15T11:54:47.57 0.1 negative manual P 172 15.0738 125 0.28 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00033857000000000006 0.0832 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:54:50.80
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.5 0.0003206079 0.1024 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:54:50.80
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0003005452 0.16 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:54:50.14
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00027387529999999997 0.1792 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:54:50.14
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.7 0.00033499515000000004 0.16 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:54:51.87
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00031524215 0.1152 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:54:51.85
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00021595129999999997 0.2368 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:54:55.38
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00021127224999999998 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:54:59.35
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00013666334 0.2176 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:54:57.64
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.7 0.00016670725 0.4416 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:54:56.93
IV.PLAC.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00008835186500000001 0.5568 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:55:04.00
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000086596885 0.256 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:55:03.20
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000084040645 0.5568 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:55:04.28
IV.PLAC.HNN. ML:1.6 0.000097266545 0.256 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:55:03.33
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0008870227 0.9408 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:55:06.56
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00058998885 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-15T11:55:03.36
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