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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 27-11-2020 and time 20:48:27 (Italy) in region 1 km NE Botricello (CZ)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Botricello (CZ), on

  • 27-11-2020 19:48:27 (UTC)
  • 27-11-2020 20:48:27 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.9440, 16.8760 at 20 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
Botricello CZ 1 5220 5220
Cropani CZ 9 4778 9998
Marcedusa CZ 10 448 10446
Belcastro CZ 11 1399 11845
Sellia Marina CZ 12 7513 19358
Andali CZ 12 769 20127
Cutro KR 14 10541 30668
Cerva CZ 14 1223 31891
Petronà CZ 15 2629 34520
Sersale CZ 15 4630 39150
Soveria Simeri CZ 17 1564 40714
Mesoraca KR 17 6523 47237
San Mauro Marchesato KR 18 2157 49394
Isola di Capo Rizzuto KR 19 17643 67037
Zagarise CZ 20 1647 68684
Simeri Crichi CZ 20 4698 73382
Petilia Policastro KR 20 9173 82555

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km E of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
26 Km SW of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
48 Km E of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
66 Km SE of Cosenza (67546 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 0.9 2020-11-27
19:48:27		 38.9445 16.8762 20 2021-02-26
14:56:17		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86659151
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.9 2020-11-27
19:48:27		 38.982 16.8308 29 2020-11-27
19:57:09		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 85055551
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-11-27 19:48:27 ± 0.35
Latitude 38.9445 ± 0.0153
Longitude 16.8762 ± 0.0266
Depth (km) 20 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 86659151

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2020
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1300
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 122
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2020.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 202
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17177
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.60075
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86659151
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-28 17:46:26

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85055551
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-11-27 19:57:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2020-11-27T19:48:46.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 355 60.1953 100 0.5 42
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2020-11-27T19:48:39.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 355 60.1953 100 0.78 56
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-11-27T19:48:39.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 215 66.6777 99 0.23 65
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2020-11-27T19:48:38.25 0.6 undecidable manual S 339 27.9498 116 0.14 48
IV.CELI.HHE. 2020-11-27T19:48:37.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 328 59.8956 100 -0.84 56
XK.SELL.HHZ. 2020-11-27T19:48:37.42 0.6 undecidable manual S 281 21.867 124 0.72 41
XK.ALB1.HHE. 2020-11-27T19:48:37.83 0.6 undecidable manual S 290 25.5522 119 0.28 47
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-11-27T19:48:36.14 0.6 undecidable manual S 302 19.0698 129 0.03 50
IV.LADO.EHZ. 2020-11-27T19:48:35.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 13 38.7279 108 -0.02 73
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2020-11-27T19:48:33.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 339 27.9498 116 -0.52 89
XK.ALB1.HHE. 2020-11-27T19:48:33.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 290 25.5522 119 -0.23 71
XK.SELL.HHZ. 2020-11-27T19:48:32.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 281 21.867 124 -0.03 100
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-11-27T19:48:32.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 302 19.0698 129 -0.16 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SERS.HNE. ML:0.8 0.000040721285 0.4736 AML other m 2020-11-27T19:48:36.65
IV.SERS.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00005184406 0.3968 AML other m 2020-11-27T19:48:37.40
IV.SERS.HNN. ML:1.0 0.00006331333 0.3968 AML other m 2020-11-27T19:48:37.40
IV.SERS.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000519 0.5 AML other m 2020-11-27T19:48:37.37
MN.TIP.HNE. ML:1.0 0.000041800328 0.6784 AML other m 2020-11-27T19:48:38.42
MN.TIP.HNN. ML:0.7 0.00002123657 0.64 AML other m 2020-11-27T19:48:38.43
MN.TIP.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000025549999999999998 1.08 AML other m 2020-11-27T19:48:39.25
MN.TIP.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000027400000000000002 0.64 AML other m 2020-11-27T19:48:39.52
IV.LADO.EHN. ML:1.0 0.000034450000000000004 0.28 AML other m 2020-11-27T19:48:43.45
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