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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 16-08-2019 and time 06:44:01 (UTC) in region Costa Calabra nord occidentale (Cosenza)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra nord occidentale (Cosenza), on

  • 16-08-2019 06:44:01 (UTC)
  • 16-08-2019 08:44:01 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.2640, 16.0300 at 55 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
Fiumefreddo Bruzio CS 4 2994 2994
Falconara Albanese CS 5 1427 4421
San Lucido CS 5 6047 10468
Longobardi CS 7 2312 12780
Paola CS 11 16013 28793
Belmonte Calabro CS 12 2003 30796
San Fili CS 13 2719 33515
Cerisano CS 13 3196 36711
Marano Principato CS 13 3180 39891
Marano Marchesato CS 14 3553 43444
Mendicino CS 14 9450 52894
Lago CS 15 2624 55518
Amantea CS 15 13975 69493
Rende CS 15 35338 104831
Castrolibero CS 15 9894 114725
San Vincenzo La Costa CS 15 2195 116920
San Pietro in Amantea CS 16 505 117425
Domanico CS 16 943 118368
Carolei CS 16 3330 121698
Fuscaldo CS 17 8140 129838
Montalto Uffugo CS 19 19669 149507
Dipignano CS 19 4376 153883
Cosenza CS 20 67546 221429
San Benedetto Ullano CS 20 1555 222984

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km W of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
41 Km NW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.5 2019-08-16
06:44:01		 39.2638 16.0302 55 2019-11-13
14:30:58		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 71643691
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2019-08-16
06:44:00		 39.2455 16.0252 55 2019-08-16
06:54:28		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 71538421
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-08-16 06:44:01 ± 0.32
Latitude 39.2638 ± 0.0243
Longitude 16.0302 ± 0.0325
Depth (km) 55 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 71643691

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3619
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 578
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 47
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3620.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 185
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.42
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14029
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.87324
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71538421
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-16 06:54:28

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 13
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71643691
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-15 23:03:58
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:26.36 0.6 undecidable manual S 347 83.0502 111 -0.66 39
MN.TIP.HHE. 2019-08-16T06:44:23.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 98 63.2922 120 -0.18 68
IV.GRIS.EHE. 2019-08-16T06:44:21.64 0.3 undecidable manual S 344 55.0005 125 -0.03 72
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:20.42 0.6 undecidable manual S 69 43.8228 133 0.62 43
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:18.08 0.3 undecidable manual S 348 30.0477 145 0.22 72
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2019-08-16T06:44:18.78 0.3 undecidable manual P 159 96.9252 107 1.05 48
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:17.51 0.3 undecidable manual S 83 26.6511 149 0.06 76
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:16.02 0.1 undecidable manual P 22 73.1712 115 1.06 66
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:16.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 94 15.5733 161 -0.39 47
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:15.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 347 83.0502 111 -0.37 85
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:14.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 70 71.6727 116 -0.44 64
IV.GRIS.EHE. 2019-08-16T06:44:13.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 344 55.0005 125 0.1 94
MN.TIP.HHE. 2019-08-16T06:44:13.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 98 63.2922 120 -0.59 82
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:11.90 0.1 undecidable manual P 69 43.8228 133 -0.01 98
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:11.10 0.1 negative manual P 348 30.0477 145 0.31 94
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:10.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 83 26.6511 149 -0.31 71
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2019-08-16T06:44:09.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 94 15.5733 161 -0.14 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CAR1.HNE. ML:1.9 0.00016224100000000003 1.2896 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:15.65
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000065738435 0.1408 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:16.78
IV.CAR1.HNN. ML:2.0 0.0002038551 1.3504 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:16.79
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00007122210499999999 0.1792 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:16.80
IV.SPS2.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00002418904 0.24 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:17.88
IV.SPS2.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000025702154999999996 0.2592 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:18.19
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00018107869999999998 0.0992 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:18.69
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000076841995 0.1184 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:18.97
IV.SALB.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00002440312 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:28.92
IV.SALB.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000017128759999999998 0.2816 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:29.54
MN.CUC.HNN. ML:1.8 0.00005982489545 0.5184 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:29.58
MN.CUC.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0000216073635 0.1792 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:31.86
MN.CUC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000017272898000000003 0.3808 AML other m 2019-08-16T06:44:34.57
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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