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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 04-05-2020 and time 06:45:39 (UTC) in region 6 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 6 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC), on

  • 04-05-2020 06:45:39 (UTC)
  • 04-05-2020 08:45:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1810, 15.8580 at 12 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
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 6 1263 1263
Delianuova RC 9 3352 4615
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 9 343 4958
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 9 4120 9078
Sinopoli RC 10 2089 11167
Scido RC 10 931 12098
Laganadi RC 10 413 12511
San Roberto RC 11 1750 14261
San Procopio RC 12 534 14795
Calanna RC 12 934 15729
Cosoleto RC 12 859 16588
Bagnara Calabra RC 13 10255 26843
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 13 929 27772
Cardeto RC 13 1641 29413
Melicuccà RC 14 930 30343
Fiumara RC 15 1018 31361
Scilla RC 15 4964 36325
Roccaforte del Greco RC 15 476 36801
Oppido Mamertina RC 17 5332 42133
Platì RC 17 3812 45945
Seminara RC 17 2811 48756
Bagaladi RC 18 1039 49795
Campo Calabro RC 18 4536 54331
Varapodio RC 19 2160 56491
San Luca RC 19 3881 60372
San Lorenzo RC 19 2640 63012
Condofuri RC 20 5113 68125
Palmi RC 20 18930 87055
Villa San Giovanni RC 20 13784 100839

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
26 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2020-05-04
06:45:39		 38.1808 15.8583 12 2020-05-04
06:54:19		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78828941
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-04 06:45:39 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.1808 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.8583 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 12 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78828941

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 530
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 417
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 20
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 530.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 116
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.28688
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78828941
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-04 06:54:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:50.44 0.3 undecidable manual S 287 31.8459 94 0 72
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:47.35 0.1 undecidable manual S 125 20.868 99 -0.16 95
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:45.75 0.3 undecidable manual S 304 15.0738 109 -0.26 71
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:45.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 287 31.8459 94 0.05 71
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:44.62 0.1 undecidable manual S 19 9.3795 131 -0.07 99
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:44.93 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.16 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:44.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 125 20.868 99 0.05 98
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:43.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 304 15.0738 109 0.04 98
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:43.66 0.1 undecidable manual S 241 2.8971 163 -0.09 100
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:42.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 241 2.8971 163 0.2 97
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-05-04T06:45:42.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 19 9.3795 131 0.16 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:1.7 0.0007723295500000001 0.16 AML other m 2020-05-04T06:45:43.93
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:1.5 0.0005465004 0.16 AML other m 2020-05-04T06:45:43.87
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.4 0.0002909447 0.16 AML other m 2020-05-04T06:45:50.53
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.0 0.00012726779999999997 0.3008 AML other m 2020-05-04T06:45:50.57
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00028013659999999994 0.1408 AML other m 2020-05-04T06:45:50.53
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00010281932500000001 0.1216 AML other m 2020-05-04T06:45:48.56
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.4 0.00021969317500000003 0.3392 AML other m 2020-05-04T06:45:51.81
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.1 0.000113157405 0.24 AML other m 2020-05-04T06:45:51.70
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:0.9 0.00005654357 0.48 AML other m 2020-05-04T06:45:53.68
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:0.8 0.0000417924125 0.24 AML other m 2020-05-04T06:45:53.28
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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