Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 21-11-2020 and time 00:17:21 (UTC) in region 5 km SW Cardeto (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Cardeto (RC), on

  • 21-11-2020 00:17:21 (UTC)
  • 21-11-2020 01:17:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0480, 15.7270 at 14 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
Cardeto RC 5 1641 1641
Motta San Giovanni RC 6 6208 7849
Montebello Ionico RC 8 6214 14063
Bagaladi RC 9 1039 15102
Reggio di Calabria RC 10 183035 198137
San Lorenzo RC 10 2640 200777
Condofuri RC 13 5113 205890
Roghudi RC 14 1104 206994
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 14 343 207337
Laganadi RC 14 413 207750
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 14 1263 209013
Calanna RC 15 934 209947
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 15 11355 221302
Roccaforte del Greco RC 15 476 221778
San Roberto RC 18 1750 223528
Fiumara RC 18 1018 224546
Bova RC 19 448 224994
Campo Calabro RC 20 4536 229530

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
10 Km SE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
22 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 1.6 2020-11-21
00:17:21
38.0485 15.727 14 2021-02-26
14:56:15
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86296911
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.6 2020-11-21
00:17:21
38.0368 15.7248 13 2020-11-21
00:22:01
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 84894271
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-11-21 00:17:21 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.0485 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.7270 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 14 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 86296911

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 520
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 401
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 341
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 18
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) 0.05036
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.68708
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
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 86296911
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-30 02:12:43

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84894271
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-11-21 00:22:01
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-11-21T00:17:36.48 0.6 undecidable manual S 259 44.0226 95 0.43 43
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-11-21T00:17:34.98 0.6 undecidable manual P 54 76.2681 93 -0.01 44
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:33.27 0.6 undecidable manual S 289 34.4433 98 -0.23 46
IV.JOPP.HNN. 2020-11-21T00:17:32.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 13 63.492 93 -0.28 64
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:32.56 0.6 undecidable manual S 321 30.5472 99 0.07 47
IV.FERC.HNN. 2020-11-21T00:17:32.81 1.0 undecidable manual P 38 56.7987 94 0.81 18
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:31.93 0.6 undecidable manual S 32 27.6501 101 0.22 46
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:31.18 0.6 undecidable manual P 268 51.6039 94 -0.02 46
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:31.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 84 28.749 100 -0.09 47
IV.AIO.HHE. 2020-11-21T00:17:30.43 0.6 undecidable manual P 259 44.0226 95 0.4 43
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:30.55 0.6 undecidable manual S 357 23.0547 105 0.02 49
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:28.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 289 34.4433 98 -0.29 90
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:27.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 84 28.749 100 -0.2 69
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:27.68 0.1 positive manual P 32 27.6501 101 0.15 94
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:27.89 0.1 positive manual P 321 30.5472 99 -0.08 95
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:26.93 0.1 positive manual P 357 23.0547 105 0.09 96
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:26.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 205 5.5944 153 -0.03 50
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-11-21T00:17:24.61 0.1 negative manual P 205 5.5944 153 -0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000494 1.14 AML other m 2020-11-21T00:17:26.17
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00116 0.34 AML other m 2020-11-21T00:17:26.96
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.7 0.000311153 0.34 AML other m 2020-11-21T00:17:31.36
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.6 0.00020991545000000002 2.38 AML other m 2020-11-21T00:17:32.06
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000192 0.44 AML other m 2020-11-21T00:17:32.24
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.6 0.000187 0.44 AML other m 2020-11-21T00:17:32.24
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.3 0.00009515 1.32 AML other m 2020-11-21T00:17:32.31
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000244 0.52 AML other m 2020-11-21T00:17:32.22
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00021550000000000003 0.52 AML other m 2020-11-21T00:17:32.49
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.2 0.00006755 0.42 AML other m 2020-11-21T00:17:35.34
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