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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 16-02-2020 and time 11:15:36 (Italy) in region Costa Ionica Crotonese (Crotone)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ionica Crotonese (Crotone), on

  • 16-02-2020 10:15:36 (UTC)
  • 16-02-2020 11:15:36 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.4010, 17.1660 at 27 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
Cirò Marina KR 5 14902 14902
Cirò KR 9 2936 17838
Crucoli KR 14 3115 20953
Melissa KR 16 3549 24502
Strongoli KR 18 6571 31073
Carfizzi KR 19 661 31734

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km N of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Lamezia Terme (70714 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 1.4 2020-02-16
10:15:36		 39.4007 17.1665 27 2020-07-18
21:08:32		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 78191971
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2020-02-16
10:15:36		 39.4208 17.2267 11 2020-02-16
10:22:03		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76563321
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-16 10:15:36 ± 0.34
Latitude 39.4007 ± 0.0135
Longitude 17.1665 ± 0.0221
Depth (km) 27 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78191971

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1916
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1053
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 267
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1920.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 256
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.37
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.12955
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78191971
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-14 09:48:51

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76563321
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-16 10:22:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VIVA.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:17:29.89 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 5.24 0
IV.PE3.EHZ. 2020-02-16T10:17:13.14 3.0 negative manual Pg 16.66 0
MN.PDG.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:17:04.34 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.09 0
IV.NARO.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:17:00.61 3.0 negative manual Pn 5.57 0
IV.TOLF.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:16:51.44 3.0 negative manual Pn 5.61 0
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:16:45.47 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 3.46 0
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:16:36.84 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 9.28 0
IV.IFOR.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:16:25.73 3.0 positive manual Pn 5.65 0
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:16:18.64 3.0 negative manual Pg 5.76 0
IV.VULT.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:16:08.96 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 1.72 0
IV.CRAC.EHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:56.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 330 125.3745 54 -0.96 46
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:55.15 0.3 undecidable manual S 270 56.3991 109 0.22 67
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:55.28 0.3 undecidable manual S 226 57.6978 109 0.03 71
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:51.78 0.3 undecidable manual P 307 87.8454 102 -0.12 66
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:51.08 0.1 undecidable manual S 235 42.8238 116 -0.49 88
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:48.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 287 31.4463 125 -0.12 49
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:47.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 270 56.3991 109 0.33 88
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:47.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 226 57.6978 109 0.46 86
IV.LADO.EHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:46.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 231 20.6682 138 -0.45 46
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:45.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 235 42.8238 116 0.23 93
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:43.97 0.1 negative manual P 287 31.4463 125 0.19 95
IV.LADO.EHZ. 2020-02-16T10:15:42.46 0.1 positive manual P 231 20.6682 138 -0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.TIP.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00005205 0.48 AML other m 2020-02-16T10:15:52.26
MN.TIP.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000040300000000000004 0.8 AML other m 2020-02-16T10:15:52.24
IV.SERS.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000050299999999999996 0.22 AML other m 2020-02-16T10:15:56.00
IV.CELI.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0000484 0.42 AML other m 2020-02-16T10:15:56.25
IV.CELI.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00004775 0.38 AML other m 2020-02-16T10:15:56.68
IV.SERS.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00005355 0.74 AML other m 2020-02-16T10:15:56.84
IV.SALB.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00006295000000000001 0.26 AML other m 2020-02-16T10:16:11.16
IV.SALB.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00004835 0.24 AML other m 2020-02-16T10:16:12.99
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