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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 30-08-2020 and time 06:57:39 (Italy) in region Costa Ionica Cosentina (Cosenza)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ionica Cosentina (Cosenza), on

  • 30-08-2020 04:57:39 (UTC)
  • 30-08-2020 06:57:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.6290, 16.5960 at 25 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
Rossano CS 7 36842 36842
Corigliano Calabro CS 7 40427 77269
Paludi CS 13 1062 78331
San Giorgio Albanese CS 13 1432 79763
Vaccarizzo Albanese CS 15 1125 80888
San Cosmo Albanese CS 16 591 81479
Crosia CS 16 9762 91241
Cropalati CS 17 1084 92325
Caloveto CS 19 1263 93588
Calopezzati CS 19 1369 94957
Longobucco CS 20 3183 98140

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km NE of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.0 2020-08-30
04:57:39		 39.6288 16.5957 25 2020-08-30
05:07:57		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 82456631
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-30 04:57:39 ± 0.33
Latitude 39.6288 ± 0.0117
Longitude 16.5957 ± 0.0222
Depth (km) 25 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 82456631

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1768
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 802
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 80
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1770.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 179
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.20145
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.47844
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82456631
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-30 05:07:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2020-08-30T04:57:57.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 218 53.1024 109 0.24 46
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2020-08-30T04:57:54.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 210 43.4232 114 -0.07 71
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2020-08-30T04:57:50.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 197 26.1516 128 0.12 74
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2020-08-30T04:57:49.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 279 22.3554 134 -0.31 71
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2020-08-30T04:57:49.68 0.1 undecidable manual P 218 53.1024 109 -0.19 92
MN.TIP.HHE. 2020-08-30T04:57:49.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 164 51.8037 109 0.09 71
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2020-08-30T04:57:48.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 210 43.4232 114 -0.25 69
IV.SALB.HHE. 2020-08-30T04:57:48.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 34.8429 120 0.98 54
IV.ORI.HHE. 2020-08-30T04:57:48.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 345 48.4182 111 -0.98 54
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2020-08-30T04:57:46.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 279 22.3554 134 0.4 93
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2020-08-30T04:57:46.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 197 26.1516 128 0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.TDS.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000022711311 0.3584 AML other m 2020-08-30T04:57:53.52
IV.TDS.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000026490595 0.2784 AML other m 2020-08-30T04:57:52.00
IV.CELI.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00003322489 0.2208 AML other m 2020-08-30T04:57:51.21
IV.CELI.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000028229925 0.32 AML other m 2020-08-30T04:57:52.96
IV.SPS2.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000025915775000000002 0.3008 AML other m 2020-08-30T04:57:54.96
IV.SPS2.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000026967265 0.24 AML other m 2020-08-30T04:57:55.12
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000049786794999999995 0.4192 AML other m 2020-08-30T04:57:58.57
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00003982256 0.5408 AML other m 2020-08-30T04:57:57.61
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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