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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 24-10-2020 and time 23:07:53 (UTC) in region 5 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 5 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC), on

  • 24-10-2020 23:07:53 (UTC)
  • 25-10-2020 01:07:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1850, 15.8480 at 8 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
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 5 1263 1263
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 8 343 1606
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 9 4120 5726
Delianuova RC 9 3352 9078
Sinopoli RC 9 2089 11167
Laganadi RC 9 413 11580
Scido RC 10 931 12511
San Roberto RC 10 1750 14261
Calanna RC 11 934 15195
San Procopio RC 12 534 15729
Bagnara Calabra RC 12 10255 25984
Cosoleto RC 12 859 26843
Cardeto RC 13 1641 28484
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 13 929 29413
Melicuccà RC 14 930 30343
Scilla RC 14 4964 35307
Fiumara RC 14 1018 36325
Roccaforte del Greco RC 16 476 36801
Campo Calabro RC 17 4536 41337
Seminara RC 17 2811 44148
Oppido Mamertina RC 17 5332 49480
Platì RC 18 3812 53292
Bagaladi RC 18 1039 54331
Villa San Giovanni RC 19 13784 68115
Varapodio RC 19 2160 70275
San Lorenzo RC 19 2640 72915
Palmi RC 19 18930 91845
Reggio di Calabria RC 20 183035 274880
San Luca RC 20 3881 278761
Condofuri RC 20 5113 283874

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)
87 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
97 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 1.6 2020-10-24
23:07:53		 38.185 15.8482 9 2021-02-26
14:56:20		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 87476981
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2020-10-24
23:07:53		 38.1823 15.8512 9 2020-10-24
23:13:16		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 84103101
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-24 23:07:53 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1850 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.8482 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 87476981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 563
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 209
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 1
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 560.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 88
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08364
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.53330
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84103101
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-24 23:13:16

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87476981
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-25 12:26:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:08:08.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 4 46.9197 50 -0.79 40
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:08:07.93 0.3 undecidable manual S 265 43.4232 50 -0.03 74
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-10-24T23:08:04.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 60 59.1963 50 0.38 67
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-10-24T23:08:04.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 246 58.6968 50 0.08 71
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:08:03.91 0.3 undecidable manual S 287 30.8469 105 -0.54 67
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:08:02.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 4 46.9197 50 -0.06 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:08:01.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 265 43.4232 50 0.07 98
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:08:01.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 213 23.9538 109 -0.26 73
IV.FERC.HNN. 2020-10-24T23:08:00.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 39 38.4282 50 -0.03 75
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:08:00.85 0.3 undecidable manual S 125 21.867 111 -0.62 66
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:07:59.84 0.1 positive manual P 287 30.8469 105 0.09 100
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:07:58.99 0.3 undecidable manual S 304 14.0748 121 -0.05 78
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:07:58.19 0.1 positive manual P 125 21.867 111 0.16 100
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:07:58.70 0.1 positive manual P 213 23.9538 109 0.27 97
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:07:57.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 26 9.2796 133 -0.13 77
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:07:56.10 0.1 positive manual P 26 9.2796 133 0.25 100
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:07:56.97 0.1 positive manual P 304 14.0748 121 0.34 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.8 0.0009874999999999999 1.42 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:07:58.00
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0010130000000000002 1.42 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:07:58.00
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0006305000000000001 0.48 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:07:58.67
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.6 0.0006454999999999999 0.46 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:07:58.67
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.6 0.00039 1.48 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:07:59.19
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001785 1.34 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:08:00.82
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00047349999999999996 0.78 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:08:00.88
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.1 0.0000908 0.34 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:08:01.00
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.0 0.00006934999999999999 0.78 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:08:02.58
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000222 0.42 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:08:05.14
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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