Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 24-10-2020 and time 23:59:54 (UTC) in region 6 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 6 km E Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC), on

  • 24-10-2020 23:59:54 (UTC)
  • 25-10-2020 01:59:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1870, 15.8500 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.

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
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 8 343 1606
Delianuova RC 9 3352 4958
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 9 4120 9078
Sinopoli RC 9 2089 11167
Laganadi RC 10 413 11580
Scido RC 10 931 12511
San Roberto RC 10 1750 14261
Calanna RC 11 934 15195
San Procopio RC 11 534 15729
Bagnara Calabra RC 12 10255 25984
Cosoleto RC 12 859 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 14 1018 36325
Roccaforte del Greco RC 16 476 36801
Seminara RC 17 2811 39612
Oppido Mamertina RC 17 5332 44944
Campo Calabro RC 17 4536 49480
Platì RC 17 3812 53292
Bagaladi RC 18 1039 54331
Varapodio RC 18 2160 56491
Villa San Giovanni RC 19 13784 70275
Palmi RC 19 18930 89205
San Luca RC 20 3881 93086
San Lorenzo RC 20 2640 95726
Reggio di Calabria RC 20 183035 278761

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
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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 1.5 2020-10-24
23:59:54
38.1872 15.8505 8 2021-02-26
14:56:20
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 87477321
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2020-10-24
23:59:54
38.1798 15.849 6 2020-10-25
00:05:54
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 84104921
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-24 23:59:54 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1872 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.8505 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 8 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 87477321

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 510
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 460
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 233
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 510.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 100
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08094
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.21854
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84104921
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-25 00:05:54

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87477321
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-25 12:50:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:59:59.68 0.1 positive manual P 213 24.2535 108 -0.01 100
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:59:59.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 125 21.867 110 -0.04 99
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:59:59.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 303 14.0748 119 -0.21 49
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:59:58.57 0.6 undecidable manual S 25 8.9799 132 -0.16 50
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-10-24T23:59:57.09 0.1 positive manual P 25 8.9799 132 0.12 100
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-10-24T23:59:57.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 303 14.0748 119 0.13 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.001175 1.44 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:59:59.00
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.9 0.001155 1.44 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:59:59.00
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.7 0.0007005 0.48 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:59:59.68
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0006995 0.48 AML other m 2020-10-24T23:59:59.68
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.1 0.0000913 0.78 AML other m 2020-10-25T00:00:02.56
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.0 0.00007374999999999999 0.42 AML other m 2020-10-25T00:00:03.59
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001595 1.02 AML other m 2020-10-25T00:00:04.12
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0001245 1.58 AML other m 2020-10-25T00:00:04.00
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