Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 20-09-2020 and time 20:45:17 (UTC) in region 6 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 6 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC), on

  • 20-09-2020 20:45:17 (UTC)
  • 20-09-2020 22:45:17 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1850, 15.8550 at 7 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
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 6 1263 1263
Delianuova RC 8 3352 4615
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 9 343 4958
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 9 4120 9078
Sinopoli RC 9 2089 11167
Scido RC 10 931 12098
Laganadi RC 10 413 12511
San Roberto RC 11 1750 14261
San Procopio RC 11 534 14795
Calanna RC 12 934 15729
Cosoleto RC 12 859 16588
Bagnara Calabra RC 12 10255 26843
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 13 929 27772
MelicuccĂ  RC 13 930 28702
Cardeto RC 14 1641 30343
Scilla RC 14 4964 35307
Fiumara RC 15 1018 36325
Roccaforte del Greco RC 16 476 36801
Oppido Mamertina RC 17 5332 42133
Platì RC 17 3812 45945
Seminara RC 17 2811 48756
Campo Calabro RC 18 4536 53292
Bagaladi RC 18 1039 54331
Varapodio RC 18 2160 56491
San Luca RC 19 3881 60372
Palmi RC 19 18930 79302
San Lorenzo RC 19 2640 81942
Villa San Giovanni RC 19 13784 95726
Condofuri RC 20 5113 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)
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 0.6 2020-09-20
20:45:17
38.1848 15.8553 7 2020-09-20
21:14:24
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83079881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-20 20:45:17 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.1848 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.8553 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 83079881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 529
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 47
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 116
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) 103
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.02698
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.42268
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83079881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-20 21:14:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-09-20T20:45:26.76 0.6 positive manual P 3 46.9197 50 -0.19 45
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-09-20T20:45:26.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 214 24.3534 107 -0.16 71
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-09-20T20:45:25.44 0.3 undecidable manual S 125 21.3675 109 -0.24 70
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-09-20T20:45:24.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 286 31.4463 103 -0.15 71
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-09-20T20:45:23.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 214 24.3534 107 0.21 94
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-09-20T20:45:22.59 0.3 positive manual P 125 21.3675 109 0.22 71
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-09-20T20:45:21.81 0.1 undecidable manual S 22 8.9799 130 -0.08 99
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-09-20T20:45:20.36 0.1 positive manual P 22 8.9799 130 0.17 97
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-09-20T20:45:20.55 0.3 undecidable manual S 231 2.997 158 -0.07 75
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-09-20T20:45:19.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 231 2.997 158 0.09 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000052449999999999994 1.32 AML other m 2020-09-20T20:45:21.88
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00006884999999999999 0.58 AML other m 2020-09-20T20:45:22.02
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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