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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 25-10-2020 and time 01:14:01 (Italy) in region 5 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 5 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC), on

  • 24-10-2020 23:14:01 (UTC)
  • 25-10-2020 01:14:01 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1810, 15.8450 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
Laganadi RC 9 413 2019
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 9 4120 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
Cardeto RC 13 1641 27625
Cosoleto RC 13 859 28484
Fiumara RC 14 1018 29502
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 14 929 30431
Scilla RC 14 4964 35395
Melicuccà RC 14 930 36325
Roccaforte del Greco RC 16 476 36801
Campo Calabro RC 17 4536 41337
Bagaladi RC 17 1039 42376
Seminara RC 18 2811 45187
Oppido Mamertina RC 18 5332 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)
25 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
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.2 2020-10-24
23:14:01		 38.181 15.8453 8 2021-02-26
14:56:20		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 87477011
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.3 2020-10-24
23:14:01		 38.1802 15.8495 9 2020-10-24
23:18:33		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 84103521
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-24 23:14:01 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1810 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.8453 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 87477011

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 567
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 89
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) 570.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90
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) 0.08813
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.53690
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87477011
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-25 12:29:27

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84103521
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-24 23:18:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:16.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 4 47.4192 50 -0.94 37
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:16.28 0.6 undecidable manual S 265 43.1235 50 0.13 48
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-10-24T23:14:12.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 60 59.5959 50 0.26 68
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:12.07 0.3 undecidable manual S 288 30.747 104 -0.45 69
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-10-24T23:14:12.28 0.3 undecidable manual P 247 58.2972 50 -0.02 71
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:10.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 4 47.4192 50 -0.14 71
IV.FERC.HNN. 2020-10-24T23:14:09.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 39 38.9277 50 0.43 68
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:09.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 265 43.1235 50 -0.09 72
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:09.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 213 23.4543 109 -0.19 73
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:08.99 0.3 undecidable manual S 123 21.7671 110 -0.55 68
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:07.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 288 30.747 104 0.05 100
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:07.18 0.3 undecidable manual S 306 14.1747 119 0.06 77
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:06.28 0.1 positive manual P 123 21.7671 110 0.14 99
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:06.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 213 23.4543 109 0.26 96
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:05.03 0.1 positive manual P 306 14.1747 119 0.29 97
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:05.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 26 9.7791 129 -0.16 76
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:14:04.22 0.1 positive manual P 26 9.7791 129 0.2 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:0.8 0.000039404405000000005 1.04 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:05.84
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.1 0.00019918635000000002 0.1152 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:06.04
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0002079896 0.1024 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:06.04
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0006694733500000001 1.8336 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:06.07
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.6 0.0006411655 0.1536 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:06.08
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.3 0.00023594859 0.3072 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:07.48
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.0 0.000069302855 0.2944 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:09.09
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000097046935 0.7168 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:10.59
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000045239073499999996 1.7568 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:10.00
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.4 0.00027165344999999995 1.0368 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:11.30
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000049883959999999996 0.4352 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:12.06
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00010293263 0.896 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:12.97
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00011459255 1.1936 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:18.64
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00006859971000000001 0.8192 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:23.42
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000044684085 0.6656 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:23.99
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000047306055 1.2416 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:14:31.30
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