Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 23-09-2020 and time 12:08:59 (UTC) in region 5 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 5 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC), on

  • 23-09-2020 12:08:59 (UTC)
  • 23-09-2020 14:08:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1810, 15.8470 at 6 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.

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 5 1263 1263
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 8 343 1606
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 9 4120 5726
Laganadi RC 9 413 6139
Delianuova RC 9 3352 9491
Sinopoli RC 10 2089 11580
San Roberto RC 10 1750 13330
Scido RC 10 931 14261
Calanna RC 11 934 15195
San Procopio RC 12 534 15729
Bagnara Calabra RC 12 10255 25984
Cosoleto RC 13 859 26843
Cardeto RC 13 1641 28484
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 14 929 29413
Fiumara RC 14 1018 30431
MelicuccĂ  RC 14 930 31361
Scilla RC 14 4964 36325
Roccaforte del Greco RC 16 476 36801
Campo Calabro RC 17 4536 41337
Bagaladi RC 17 1039 42376
Oppido Mamertina RC 17 5332 47708
Seminara RC 18 2811 50519
Platì RC 18 3812 54331
Villa San Giovanni RC 19 13784 68115
San Lorenzo RC 19 2640 70755
Varapodio RC 19 2160 72915
Reggio di Calabria RC 19 183035 255950
Condofuri RC 20 5113 261063
Palmi RC 20 18930 279993
San Luca RC 20 3881 283874

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
26 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 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 0.7 2020-09-23
12:08:59
38.1812 15.8472 7 2021-02-26
14:56:17
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86700791
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.8 2020-09-23
12:08:59
38.1785 15.8573 7 2020-09-23
12:14:16
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83156981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-23 12:08:59 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1812 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.8472 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 86700791

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 449
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 133
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 162
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 450.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
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) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.01979
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.53510
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83156981
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-23 12:14:16

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86700791
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-30 00:37:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-09-23T12:09:11.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 60 59.3961 50 0.1 67
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-09-23T12:09:10.39 0.6 undecidable manual S 287 30.9468 102 -0.34 45
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-09-23T12:09:08.17 0.6 undecidable manual S 213 23.5542 105 -0.08 48
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-09-23T12:09:07.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 123 21.6672 107 -0.36 68
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-09-23T12:09:05.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 287 30.9468 102 -0.12 70
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-09-23T12:09:04.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 123 21.6672 107 0.07 96
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-09-23T12:09:04.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 213 23.5542 105 0.22 69
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-09-23T12:09:03.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 25 9.6792 124 -0.08 73
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-09-23T12:09:02.22 0.1 negative manual P 25 9.6792 124 0.12 97
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2020-09-23T12:09:02.16 0.1 undecidable manual S 228 2.1978 162 0.03 100
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2020-09-23T12:09:01.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 228 2.1978 162 0.16 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0001018357 0.16 AML other m 2020-09-23T12:09:03.88
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:0.8 0.00009752599 0.1408 AML other m 2020-09-23T12:09:03.89
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:0.6 0.000060169634999999996 0.3456 AML other m 2020-09-23T12:09:04.50
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000041282855 0.8384 AML other m 2020-09-23T12:09:05.88
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000045933675 0.2624 AML other m 2020-09-23T12:09:06.67
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:0.5 0.000023633540000000003 0.4352 AML other m 2020-09-23T12:09:07.57
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000029080814 1.7568 AML other m 2020-09-23T12:09:11.07
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:0.3 0.0000152942875 0.6016 AML other m 2020-09-23T12:09:13.24
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000042334985 0.8608 AML other m 2020-09-23T12:09:14.26
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000047710035 1.0464 AML other m 2020-09-23T12:09:15.83
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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