Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 16-03-2020 and time 06:31:54 (Italy) in region 1 km E San Giorgio Morgeto (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E San Giorgio Morgeto (RC), on

  • 16-03-2020 05:31:54 (UTC)
  • 16-03-2020 06:31:54 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3890, 16.1170 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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 Giorgio Morgeto RC 1 3058 3058
Cinquefrondi RC 4 6539 9597
Polistena RC 4 10496 20093
Cittanova RC 5 10410 30503
Anoia RC 6 2212 32715
Maropati RC 6 1524 34239
Giffone RC 6 1907 36146
Melicucco RC 7 5101 41247
Galatro RC 8 1709 42956
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 10 1695 44651
Taurianova RC 10 15636 60287
Canolo RC 11 746 61033
Mammola RC 11 2847 63880
Laureana di Borrello RC 12 5174 69054
Molochio RC 12 2564 71618
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 12 523 72141
Antonimina RC 13 1317 73458
Grotteria RC 13 3154 76612
Candidoni RC 13 416 77028
Agnana Calabra RC 14 562 77590
Serrata RC 14 845 78435
Rizziconi RC 14 7829 86264
Varapodio RC 14 2160 88424
San Giovanni di Gerace RC 14 481 88905
San Pietro di Caridà RC 15 1195 90100
Martone RC 15 530 90630
Oppido Mamertina RC 16 5332 95962
Gerace RC 16 2652 98614
Ciminà RC 16 568 99182
Rosarno RC 16 14841 114023
Dinami VV 16 2168 116191
Gioiosa Ionica RC 17 7181 123372
Fabrizia VV 19 2195 125567
Portigliola RC 19 1201 126768
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 20 929 127697
Gioia Tauro RC 20 19864 147561
Acquaro VV 20 2484 150045
Platì RC 20 3812 153857
Sant'Ilario dello Ionio RC 20 1377 155234

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
52 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
54 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
68 Km S of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2020-03-16
05:31:54		 38.3893 16.1168 10 2020-03-16
05:37:48		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77296151
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-16 05:31:54 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.3893 ± 0.0063
Longitude 16.1168 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77296151

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 799
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 402
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 317
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 113
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) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06385
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.50632
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77296151
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-16 05:37:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-03-16T05:32:06.27 0.3 undecidable manual S 189 35.5422 50 -0.25 70
IV.SICLA.EHE. 2020-03-16T05:32:06.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 247 38.0286 50 -0.35 45
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2020-03-16T05:32:05.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 220 56.1993 50 0.61 61
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-03-16T05:32:05.16 0.6 undecidable manual S 320 31.3464 50 -0.26 47
IV.GRI.EHE. 2020-03-16T05:32:04.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 29 54.7008 50 0.43 65
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2020-03-16T05:32:04.36 0.3 undecidable manual S 76 28.749 50 -0.35 69
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-16T05:32:04.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 255 54.8007 50 0.35 66
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-03-16T05:32:02.92 0.6 undecidable manual S 234 24.1536 112 -0.43 45
IV.SICLA.EHE. 2020-03-16T05:32:02.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 247 38.0286 50 0.32 68
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-03-16T05:32:01.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 189 35.5422 50 0 98
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-03-16T05:32:01.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 226 35.1426 50 -0.13 71
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2020-03-16T05:32:00.36 0.1 positive manual P 76 28.749 50 0.05 98
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-03-16T05:32:00.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 320 31.3464 50 -0.21 94
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-03-16T05:31:59.58 0.1 undecidable manual P 234 24.1536 112 0.05 99
IV.FERC.HNE. 2020-03-16T05:31:58.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 8 7.0929 144 -0.19 74
IV.FERC.HNE. 2020-03-16T05:31:56.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 8 7.0929 144 0.12 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001175 0.22 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:03.16
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00014150000000000002 0.5 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:03.24
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00004635 0.66 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:05.61
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000118 0.44 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:05.70
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00010389999999999999 0.8 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:06.60
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.3 0.00013323015 0.24 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:03.25
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.3 0.00011268295 0.2208 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:03.27
IV.PLAC.HNE. ML:1.4 0.000114510635 0.7008 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:06.55
IV.PLAC.HNN. ML:1.4 0.0001131342 0.4576 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:05.70
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000039700075 0.16 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:06.01
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.1 0.00005700687 1.4016 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:07.48
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.0 0.000041636435 0.5184 AML other m 2020-03-16T05:32:07.99
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