Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 28-08-2020 and time 01:30:20 (Italy) in region 7 km E Cardeto (RC)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Cardeto (RC), on

  • 27-08-2020 23:30:20 (UTC)
  • 28-08-2020 01:30:20 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1140, 15.8440 at 13 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
Cardeto RC 8 1641 1641
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 8 1263 2904
Roccaforte del Greco RC 9 476 3380
Bagaladi RC 10 1039 4419
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 10 343 4762
Laganadi RC 11 413 5175
San Lorenzo RC 11 2640 7815
Condofuri RC 12 5113 12928
Calanna RC 13 934 13862
San Roberto RC 15 1750 15612
Bova RC 15 448 16060
Delianuova RC 16 3352 19412
Montebello Ionico RC 16 6214 25626
Scido RC 17 931 26557
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 17 4120 30677
Fiumara RC 17 1018 31695
Sinopoli RC 17 2089 33784
Reggio di Calabria RC 18 183035 216819
Motta San Giovanni RC 18 6208 223027
Samo RC 19 809 223836
Scilla RC 19 4964 228800
San Procopio RC 19 534 229334
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 19 929 230263
Bagnara Calabra RC 20 10255 240518
Cosoleto RC 20 859 241377
Campo Calabro RC 20 4536 245913
San Luca RC 20 3881 249794

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
27 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
95 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 2020-08-27
23:30:20
38.1135 15.844 13 2020-08-27
23:36:35
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 82393371
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-27 23:30:20 ± 0.12
Latitude 38.1135 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.8440 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 13 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 82393371

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 543
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 484
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 147
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 540.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 122
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05576
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.16997
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82393371
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-27 23:36:35
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-08-27T23:30:27.46 0.3 undecidable manual S 15 16.872 112 -0.16 72
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-08-27T23:30:27.54 0.3 undecidable manual S 226 17.5713 110 -0.26 73
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-08-27T23:30:27.98 0.3 undecidable manual S 104 18.87 108 -0.16 74
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-08-27T23:30:25.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 348 6.1938 149 -0.03 76
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-08-27T23:30:25.06 0.3 negative manual P 104 18.87 108 0.14 73
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-08-27T23:30:24.84 0.1 positive manual P 226 17.5713 110 0.12 98
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-08-27T23:30:24.64 0.1 positive manual P 15 16.872 112 0.01 100
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-08-27T23:30:23.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 348 6.1938 149 0.19 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000060049999999999996 0.16 AML other m 2020-08-27T23:30:27.79
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.7 0.0000346 0.48 AML other m 2020-08-27T23:30:27.63
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.0 0.00007100325 0.1664 AML other m 2020-08-27T23:30:27.71
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.2 0.000131934785 2.2144 AML other m 2020-08-27T23:30:28.52
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00003366244 0.6016 AML other m 2020-08-27T23:30:29.53
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:0.3 0.000015596595000000002 4.4032 AML other m 2020-08-27T23:30:25.55
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:0.2 0.00001107616 0.32 AML other m 2020-08-27T23:30:28.87
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:0.8 0.00003976697 5.6704 AML other m 2020-08-27T23:30:30.01
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