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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 17-09-2020 and time 22:38:30 (UTC) in region 1 km E Scigliano (CS)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Scigliano (CS), on

  • 17-09-2020 22:38:30 (UTC)
  • 18-09-2020 00:38:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.1310, 16.3230 at 14 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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
Scigliano CS 1 1226 1226
Carpanzano CS 3 255 1481
Pedivigliano CS 3 831 2312
Marzi CS 5 989 3301
Motta Santa Lucia CZ 5 845 4146
Rogliano CS 6 5637 9783
Belsito CS 6 923 10706
Altilia CS 6 711 11417
Soveria Mannelli CZ 7 3076 14493
Colosimi CS 7 1247 15740
Santo Stefano di Rogliano CS 7 1725 17465
Conflenti CZ 7 1392 18857
Malito CS 7 783 19640
Grimaldi CS 8 1680 21320
Martirano CZ 8 884 22204
Bianchi CS 8 1305 23509
Mangone CS 8 1891 25400
Parenti CS 9 2188 27588
Decollatura CZ 10 3159 30747
Martirano Lombardo CZ 10 1112 31859
Cellara CS 10 504 32363
Figline Vegliaturo CS 11 1137 33500
Piane Crati CS 12 1423 34923
Paterno Calabro CS 12 1398 36321
Aprigliano CS 12 2890 39211
Aiello Calabro CS 13 1729 40940
Dipignano CS 13 4376 45316
Cleto CS 14 1301 46617
Domanico CS 14 943 47560
San Mango d'Aquino CZ 14 1564 49124
Panettieri CS 14 351 49475
Platania CZ 14 2172 51647
Carlopoli CZ 14 1516 53163
Pietrafitta CS 15 1310 54473
Serrastretta CZ 15 3176 57649
Lago CS 16 2624 60273
Pedace CS 16 1907 62180
Carolei CS 16 3330 65510
Serra Pedace CS 17 986 66496
Casole Bruzio CS 17 2578 69074
Nocera Terinese CZ 17 4731 73805
Lamezia Terme CZ 17 70714 144519
Trenta CS 17 2633 147152
Serra d'Aiello CS 18 458 147610
Spezzano Piccolo CS 18 2079 149689
San Pietro in Amantea CS 18 505 150194
Mendicino CS 19 9450 159644
Cicala CZ 19 968 160612
Spezzano della Sila CS 19 4541 165153
San Pietro Apostolo CZ 19 1691 166844
Cosenza CS 19 67546 234390
Falerna CZ 19 4028 238418
Gizzeria CZ 19 4982 243400
Feroleto Antico CZ 20 2171 245571
Rovito CS 20 3158 248729

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km N of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
19 Km S of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
34 Km NW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Crotone (62178 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.2 2020-09-17
22:38:30		 39.1307 16.3227 14 2021-02-26
14:56:10		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 85341511
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2020-09-17
22:38:30		 39.1318 16.3263 17 2020-09-17
22:43:26		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 82993451
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-17 22:38:30 ± 0.09
Latitude 39.1307 ± 0.0036
Longitude 16.3227 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 14 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 85341511

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 400
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 182
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 35
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 112
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.15019
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.62413
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85341511
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-10 15:42:16

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82993451
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-17 22:43:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HNN. 2020-09-17T22:38:52.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 213 69.2751 93 0.48 41
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:38:47.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 325 54.3012 94 0 47
MN.TIP.HHE. 2020-09-17T22:38:43.66 0.6 undecidable manual S 82 37.8288 96 0.18 48
IV.JOPP.HNN. 2020-09-17T22:38:43.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 213 69.2751 93 0.05 68
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:38:42.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 28 34.1436 97 0.15 49
XK.ALB1.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:38:40.34 0.6 undecidable manual S 117 26.4513 101 -0.12 48
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:38:40.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 325 54.3012 94 -0.24 67
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:38:38.16 0.6 undecidable manual S 325 16.6722 114 0.21 49
MN.TIP.HHE. 2020-09-17T22:38:38.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 82 37.8288 96 -0.09 70
XK.GIZZ.HHN. 2020-09-17T22:38:38.34 0.6 undecidable manual S 211 19.4694 109 -0.3 48
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:38:37.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 28 34.1436 97 -0.18 93
XK.ALB1.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:38:36.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 117 26.4513 101 0.03 74
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:38:35.05 0.1 positive manual P 325 16.6722 114 0.09 100
XK.GIZZ.HHN. 2020-09-17T22:38:35.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 211 19.4694 109 -0.01 75
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CAR1.HNE. ML:1.2 0.00011389279999999999 0.6016 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:38:36.15
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000049379489999999996 0.2688 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:38:38.34
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00003581195 1.5392 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:38:39.04
IV.CAR1.HNN. ML:1.2 0.00011160796500000002 0.6784 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:38:42.68
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00006182344499999999 0.6784 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:38:43.50
IV.CELI.HNE. ML:1.4 0.000105341605 0.0672 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:38:45.63
IV.CELI.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000043858805 1.3376 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:38:45.75
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00004744497 0.64 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:38:47.18
IV.CELI.HNN. ML:1.3 0.00008054481999999998 0.832 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:38:48.60
IV.CELI.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00005533648500000001 0.176 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:38:49.16
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