Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 13-07-2020 and time 19:57:05 (UTC) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 13-07-2020 19:57:05 (UTC)
  • 13-07-2020 21:57:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0790, 15.6240 at 11 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Reggio di Calabria RC 4 183035 183035
Motta San Giovanni RC 11 6208 189243
Cardeto RC 13 1641 190884
Messina ME 14 238439 429323
Calanna RC 15 934 430257
Scaletta Zanclea ME 15 2140 432397
Laganadi RC 15 413 432810
Campo Calabro RC 16 4536 437346
Villa San Giovanni RC 16 13784 451130
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 16 343 451473
Montebello Ionico RC 16 6214 457687
Fiumara RC 16 1018 458705
Itala ME 17 1640 460345
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 18 1263 461608
San Roberto RC 18 1750 463358
Bagaladi RC 18 1039 464397
Alì ME 19 768 465165
Alì Terme ME 19 2539 467704
San Lorenzo RC 20 2640 470344

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
14 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 0.7 2020-07-13
19:57:05
38.0787 15.6237 11 2020-07-13
20:02:10
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 81011081
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-07-13 19:57:05 ± 0.04
Latitude 38.0787 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.6237 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 11 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 81011081

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 490
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 258
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 154
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) 146
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) 0.11
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.27969
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:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81011081
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-07-13 20:02:10
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
XK.GIZZ.HHZ. 2020-07-13T19:57:37.65 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.52 0
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-07-13T19:57:16.08 0.1 undecidable manual S 49 31.0467 50 -0.05 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-07-13T19:57:14.40 0.1 undecidable manual S 288 24.753 50 -0.07 98
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-07-13T19:57:13.93 0.1 undecidable manual S 334 22.8549 50 -0.02 99
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-07-13T19:57:13.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 61 20.4684 117 -0.03 75
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-07-13T19:57:11.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 49 31.0467 50 0.06 97
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-07-13T19:57:10.46 0.6 positive manual P 334 22.8549 50 0.17 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-07-13T19:57:10.58 0.3 positive manual P 288 24.753 50 -0.01 74
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-07-13T19:57:10.36 0.3 undecidable manual S 142 10.6782 135 -0.17 74
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-07-13T19:57:09.90 0.1 undecidable manual P 61 20.4684 117 -0.01 100
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-07-13T19:57:08.47 0.1 positive manual P 142 10.6782 135 0.16 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00012955 0.32 AML other m 2020-07-13T19:57:10.64
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00008460000000000001 0.92 AML other m 2020-07-13T19:57:10.27
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:0.5 0.0000203770215 0.2304 AML other m 2020-07-13T19:57:14.68
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000024925799999999998 0.4096 AML other m 2020-07-13T19:57:15.00
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00004045226 0.3584 AML other m 2020-07-13T19:57:16.25
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000047927595000000005 0.2048 AML other m 2020-07-13T19:57:14.81
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000019576335 0.1792 AML other m 2020-07-13T19:57:17.02
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.3 0.0000077274085 0.192 AML other m 2020-07-13T19:57:17.13
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