Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 15-02-2020 and time 16:07:42 (UTC) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 15-02-2020 16:07:42 (UTC)
  • 15-02-2020 17:07:42 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4440, 15.8380 at 9 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Gioia Tauro RC 6 19864 19864
San Ferdinando RC 8 4490 24354
Palmi RC 10 18930 43284
Rizziconi RC 11 7829 51113
Seminara RC 12 2811 53924
Rosarno RC 14 14841 68765
Nicotera VV 14 6290 75055
MelicuccĂ  RC 16 930 75985
Joppolo VV 17 1926 77911
Limbadi VV 17 3695 81606
Bagnara Calabra RC 18 10255 91861
Taurianova RC 18 15636 107497
San Procopio RC 19 534 108031
Varapodio RC 19 2160 110191
Melicucco RC 19 5101 115292

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
41 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 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 1.4 2020-02-15
16:07:42
38.4443 15.8377 9 2020-07-18
21:08:34
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 78664251
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-15 16:07:42 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.4443 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.8377 ± 0.0057
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 78664251

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 485
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 357
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 327
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 490.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16637
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.68798
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78664251
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-29 10:11:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HNE. 2020-02-15T16:08:04.47 0.3 undecidable manual S 264 74.8695 50 -0.38 64
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-02-15T16:07:59.11 0.3 undecidable manual S 89 52.2033 50 0.32 67
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2020-02-15T16:07:59.03 0.3 undecidable manual S 232 53.6019 50 -0.13 70
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:56.90 0.1 undecidable manual S 155 45.3213 50 -0.04 96
IV.IVPL.HNE. 2020-02-15T16:07:55.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 264 74.8695 50 0.31 64
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-02-15T16:07:55.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 266 76.368 50 0.49 62
IV.IST3.HHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:54.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 307 65.6898 50 0.75 57
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:54.36 0.1 undecidable manual S 235 34.9428 50 0.18 95
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:52.63 0.1 undecidable manual S 181 30.6471 50 -0.41 91
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2020-02-15T16:07:52.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 232 53.6019 50 0.14 70
IV.FERC.HNZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:51.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 88 25.2525 110 0.36 70
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-02-15T16:07:51.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 89 52.2033 50 -0.18 69
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:50.85 0.3 undecidable manual S 207 23.4543 112 0.06 75
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:50.23 0.1 undecidable manual P 155 45.3213 50 -0.41 89
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:49.93 0.1 undecidable manual S 166 20.9679 114 -0.07 100
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:48.82 0.1 undecidable manual S 13 18.4704 117 -0.4 93
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:48.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 181 30.6471 50 0.14 97
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:48.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 235 34.9428 50 -0.28 93
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:47.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 207 23.4543 112 0.04 100
IV.FERC.HNZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:47.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 88 25.2525 110 0.07 74
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:46.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 166 20.9679 114 0.23 97
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-02-15T16:07:45.97 0.1 negative manual P 13 18.4704 117 -0.21 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00018222447 0.1536 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:49.11
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00019086530000000002 0.1792 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:48.96
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.1 0.000096497765 0.1792 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:51.80
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00009220643000000001 0.1792 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:51.88
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.3 0.00012172752 0.576 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:51.26
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.4 0.00015178449999999998 1.1008 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:51.57
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:1.8 0.0003359078 0.1536 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:53.00
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:2.0 0.0005303206 0.1664 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:52.86
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00016814585000000002 1.2416 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:08:06.10
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00011147455000000001 0.5376 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:54.50
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.2 0.00004350068 0.2688 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:57.47
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.1 0.000040890959999999996 0.384 AML other m 2020-02-15T16:07:57.77
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