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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 16-02-2020 and time 08:18:54 (Italy) in region 1 km W San Pietro di Caridà (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W San Pietro di Caridà (RC), on

  • 16-02-2020 07:18:54 (UTC)
  • 16-02-2020 08:18:54 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5240, 16.1200 at 17 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
San Pietro di Caridà RC 1 1195 1195
Serrata RC 2 845 2040
Dinami VV 3 2168 4208
Candidoni RC 4 416 4624
Laureana di Borrello RC 5 5174 9798
Galatro RC 7 1709 11507
Acquaro VV 7 2484 13991
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 8 1695 15686
Dasà VV 8 1208 16894
Arena VV 9 1456 18350
Maropati RC 9 1524 19874
Giffone RC 10 1907 21781
Anoia RC 10 2212 23993
Mileto VV 10 6763 30756
San Calogero VV 11 4315 35071
Francica VV 11 1651 36722
Melicucco RC 11 5101 41823
Gerocarne VV 11 2248 44071
Cinquefrondi RC 12 6539 50610
Sorianello VV 13 1176 51786
Rosarno RC 13 14841 66627
Soriano Calabro VV 13 2421 69048
Filandari VV 13 1853 70901
Ionadi VV 13 4238 75139
San Costantino Calabro VV 13 2239 77378
Rombiolo VV 13 4569 81947
Polistena RC 13 10496 92443
San Gregorio d'Ippona VV 14 2527 94970
Limbadi VV 14 3695 98665
San Giorgio Morgeto RC 15 3058 101723
Pizzoni VV 16 1143 102866
Nicotera VV 17 6290 109156
Vazzano VV 17 1067 110223
Fabrizia VV 17 2195 112418
Vibo Valentia VV 17 33941 146359
Stefanaconi VV 17 2494 148853
Mongiana VV 17 740 149593
Cessaniti VV 18 3290 152883
San Ferdinando RC 18 4490 157373
Rizziconi RC 19 7829 165202
Cittanova RC 19 10410 175612
Serra San Bruno VV 19 6734 182346
Zungri VV 19 1976 184322
Sant'Onofrio VV 19 3067 187389

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
53 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
62 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
87 Km S of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
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 2020-02-16
07:18:54		 38.5237 16.1203 17 2020-07-18
21:08:31		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 77949571
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2020-02-16
07:18:55		 38.5105 16.1117 14 2020-02-16
07:25:33		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76560391
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-16 07:18:54 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.5237 ± 0.0045
Longitude 16.1203 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 17 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77949571

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 498
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 188
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 158
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 72
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.73295
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77949571
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-06 09:46:08

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76560391
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-16 07:25:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:20.96 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.18 0
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:13.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 242 60.495 97 -0.2 67
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:08.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 6 81.3519 95 0.08 67
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:08.44 0.3 undecidable manual S 38 42.0246 102 -0.3 67
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:07.56 0.6 undecidable manual P 213 68.376 96 0.67 39
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:06.61 0.3 undecidable manual S 214 35.2425 105 -0.35 68
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:05.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 242 60.495 97 0.19 90
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:05.25 0.3 undecidable manual S 107 28.8489 110 -0.08 72
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:04.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 187 50.3163 99 -0.13 91
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:03.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 230 46.1205 100 0.1 94
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:03.60 0.1 undecidable manual S 294 22.3554 117 -0.14 97
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:02.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 38 42.0246 102 -0.01 94
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:01.04 0.1 positive manual P 107 28.8489 110 0.13 97
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:01.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 214 35.2425 105 -0.12 94
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-02-16T07:19:00.20 0.1 positive manual P 294 22.3554 117 0.2 96
IV.FERC.HNZ. 2020-02-16T07:18:58.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 175 7.881 151 0.09 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001915 1.56 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:03.96
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000187 0.78 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:04.27
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000105 0.2 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:05.66
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000177 1.08 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:05.75
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00007489999999999999 1.5 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:07.17
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00006335000000000001 0.86 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:07.89
IV.GRI.EHN. ML:1.5 0.00008965000000000001 0.92 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:10.39
IV.GRI.EHE. ML:1.4 0.00008345 0.48 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:10.41
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.6 0.0000984 1.34 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:12.24
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.8 0.0001525 0.72 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:13.44
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00007230000000000001 1.24 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:14.08
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0001094 0.9 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:16.51
IV.SPS2.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0000249 1.42 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:26.82
IV.SPS2.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00002615 0.2 AML other m 2020-02-16T07:19:26.26
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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