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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 14-10-2019 and time 11:16:46 (Italy) in region 1 km N Montebello Ionico (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 1 km N Montebello Ionico (RC), on

  • 14-10-2019 09:16:46 (UTC)
  • 14-10-2019 11:16:46 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9890, 15.7580 at 14 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
Montebello Ionico RC 1 6214 6214
Motta San Giovanni RC 5 6208 12422
Bagaladi RC 7 1039 13461
Roghudi RC 7 1104 14565
San Lorenzo RC 7 2640 17205
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 8 11355 28560
Condofuri RC 9 5113 33673
Cardeto RC 11 1641 35314
Roccaforte del Greco RC 14 476 35790
Bova RC 15 448 36238
Bova Marina RC 16 4235 40473
Reggio di Calabria RC 17 183035 223508

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km SE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
29 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 1.6 2019-10-14
09:16:46		 37.9893 15.7578 14 2020-02-28
16:41:59		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 73510981
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2019-10-14
09:16:46		 37.9898 15.758 14 2019-10-14
09:26:39		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73246981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-14 09:16:46 ± 0.12
Latitude 37.9893 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.7578 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 14 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73510981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 573
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 306
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 172
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 570.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 217
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) 0.04766
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35523
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 13
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73510981
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-29 10:15:44

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73246981
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-14 09:26:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:59.19 0.3 undecidable manual S 296 39.4272 97 -0.19 69
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:58.85 0.3 undecidable manual S 324 37.4292 97 0 72
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:57.07 0.1 undecidable manual S 353 29.8479 100 0.22 92
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:57.40 0.1 undecidable manual S 22 32.3454 99 -0.1 95
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:55.77 0.6 undecidable manual S 70 27.5502 102 -0.47 45
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:54.46 0.1 undecidable manual S 17 20.7681 109 -0.04 98
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:53.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 324 37.4292 97 -0.03 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:53.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 296 39.4272 97 -0.1 94
IT.RCU.HGE. 2019-10-14T09:16:53.29 0.3 undecidable manual S 331 16.6722 117 -0.2 71
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:52.93 0.1 positive manual P 22 32.3454 99 0.15 93
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:52.47 0.1 positive manual P 353 29.8479 100 0.06 95
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:51.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 17 20.7681 109 0.22 94
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:51.28 0.1 undecidable manual S 287 5.2947 155 -0.05 100
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:51.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 70 27.5502 102 -0.07 97
IT.RCU.HGE. 2019-10-14T09:16:50.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 331 16.6722 117 0.06 98
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-10-14T09:16:49.38 0.1 negative manual P 287 5.2947 155 0.15 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0010869999999999999 0.48 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:16:51.49
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.0 0.0000546 0.26 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:16:56.89
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00019250000000000002 0.28 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:16:57.26
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000177 0.48 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:16:57.73
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00016481479999999997 1.8016 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:16:57.07
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.6 0.00016999999999999999 1.72 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:16:59.00
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000129 1.74 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:16:59.01
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.5 0.00013463525 1.7376 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:16:59.01
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00010795 0.34 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:16:59.49
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000107 0.98 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:16:59.85
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00020950000000000002 0.4 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:17:00.28
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00023999999999999998 0.42 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:17:00.35
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:0.8 0.0000334 0.46 AML other m 2019-10-14T09:17:00.92
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