Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 23-08-2019 and time 11:58:36 (Italy) in region 4 km NE Cortale (CZ)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Cortale (CZ), on

  • 23-08-2019 09:58:36 (UTC)
  • 23-08-2019 11:58:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.8690, 16.4370 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Cortale CZ 4 2117 2117
Caraffa di Catanzaro CZ 5 1866 3983
Girifalco CZ 5 5945 9928
Jacurso CZ 6 624 10552
Maida CZ 6 4566 15118
San Floro CZ 8 716 15834
San Pietro a Maida CZ 8 4200 20034
Borgia CZ 8 7611 27645
Amaroni CZ 8 1855 29500
Settingiano CZ 8 3124 32624
Amato CZ 9 835 33459
Marcellinara CZ 9 2285 35744
Miglierina CZ 9 767 36511
Vallefiorita CZ 10 1771 38282
Pianopoli CZ 11 2589 40871
Tiriolo CZ 11 3870 44741
Curinga CZ 11 6779 51520
Feroleto Antico CZ 11 2171 53691
Squillace CZ 12 3608 57299
Palermiti CZ 13 1213 58512
Catanzaro CZ 14 90612 149124
Gimigliano CZ 14 3381 152505
Stalettì CZ 15 2433 154938
Montauro CZ 15 1732 156670
Centrache CZ 15 401 157071
San Pietro Apostolo CZ 16 1691 158762
Filadelfia VV 16 5384 164146
Gasperina CZ 16 2160 166306
Lamezia Terme CZ 16 70714 237020
Olivadi CZ 16 529 237549
Serrastretta CZ 16 3176 240725
Polia VV 17 1023 241748
Cenadi CZ 17 563 242311
Montepaone CZ 17 5282 247593
Francavilla Angitola VV 18 1939 249532
San Vito sullo Ionio CZ 18 1811 251343
Cicala CZ 18 968 252311
Pentone CZ 18 2113 254424
Platania CZ 18 2172 256596
Petrizzi CZ 19 1131 257727
Fossato Serralta CZ 19 594 258321

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km W of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
16 Km SE of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
50 Km SE of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Crotone (62178 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 1.7 2019-08-23
09:58:36
38.8687 16.4373 9 2019-11-13
14:31:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 73109681
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.8 2019-08-23
09:58:36
38.8687 16.4562 9 2019-08-23
10:04:13
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 71735761
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-08-23 09:58:36 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.8687 ± 0.0045
Longitude 16.4373 ± 0.0116
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 73109681

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1019
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 376
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 97
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1020.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 135
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 32
Number of defining phases 20
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.94429
Number of stations at which the event was observed 26
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 19
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73109681
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-07 13:44:30

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71735761
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-23 10:04:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ZCCA.HHZ. 2019-08-23T10:00:36.10 3.0 negative manual Pg 16.42 0
IV.NDIM.HHZ. 2019-08-23T10:00:22.19 3.0 negative manual Pn -3.74 0
IV.FIU.EHZ. 2019-08-23T10:00:20.02 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.28 0
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2019-08-23T10:00:18.80 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 5.36 0
IT.FIE.HGZ. 2019-08-23T10:00:15.45 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 3.51 0
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2019-08-23T10:00:13.00 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.74 0
IV.DGI.HHZ. 2019-08-23T10:00:12.38 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 11.18 0
IV.PE3.EHZ. 2019-08-23T10:00:02.34 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -1.07 0
IV.COR1.EHZ. 2019-08-23T09:59:57.51 3.0 positive manual Pn -2.43 0
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:59:42.06 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -4.63 0
IV.LAV9.HNZ. 2019-08-23T09:59:37.42 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -3.58 0
IT.PLTA.HNZ. 2019-08-23T09:59:30.07 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.16 0
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:59:01.78 0.1 undecidable manual S 331 84.1491 50 -0.07 87
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:54.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 231 104.8173 50 0.31 80
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:52.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 350 47.619 50 0.63 61
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:52.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 201 94.3389 50 -0.05 86
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:52.06 0.1 undecidable manual S 180 46.5201 50 0.26 90
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:51.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 331 84.1491 50 -0.02 88
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:51.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 354 88.245 50 0.16 85
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:51.58 0.1 undecidable manual S 336 46.9197 50 -0.33 89
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:50.71 0.1 undecidable manual S 39 44.2224 50 -0.47 86
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:50.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 25 75.7686 50 0.47 81
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:50.82 0.1 undecidable manual P 215 82.3509 50 -0.02 88
IV.LADO.EHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:48.90 0.1 undecidable manual P 45 65.5899 50 0.64 78
IV.CELI.HNZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:47.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 6 59.5959 50 -0.11 91
IV.FERC.HNZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:46.05 0.1 undecidable manual P 210 53.4021 50 -0.33 88
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:45.16 0.3 positive manual P 336 46.9197 50 -0.22 68
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:45.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 350 47.619 50 0.19 68
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:45.05 0.1 undecidable manual P 180 46.5201 50 -0.27 90
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:44.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 39 44.2224 50 -0.45 87
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:40.01 0.1 undecidable manual S 196 5.3946 149 -0.1 100
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2019-08-23T09:58:38.68 0.1 positive manual P 196 5.3946 149 0.1 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GRI.EHN. ML:2.3 0.0034950000000000003 0.28 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:40.28
IV.GRI.EHE. ML:2.0 0.0018 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:40.42
MN.TIP.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00012184999999999998 1.22 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:51.62
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00023349999999999998 0.44 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:52.27
IV.PIPA.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00008724999999999999 1.58 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:59:05.91
MN.TIP.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00007546439 0.3968 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:53.37
MN.TIP.HNE. ML:1.5 0.000092626955 0.4224 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:54.75
MN.TIP.HNN. ML:1.5 0.00009727251000000001 0.6016 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:54.74
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00012346415 0.5824 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:55.80
IV.PLAC.HNE. ML:1.6 0.000103688015 0.48 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:56.03
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00009795743500000001 0.5568 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:53.18
IV.PLAC.HNN. ML:1.6 0.00011408884999999999 0.5568 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:55.27
IV.CAR1.HNN. ML:1.9 0.00023848269999999998 0.2752 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:54.09
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0002223966 0.3008 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:54.10
IV.CAR1.HNE. ML:2.0 0.0002563452 0.4416 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:52.49
IV.SPS2.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00009394023 0.2816 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:53.79
IV.SPS2.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00003840045 0.2944 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:58:56.16
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0002247809 0.256 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:59:03.77
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000129251325 0.2816 AML other m 2019-08-23T09:59:03.89
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