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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 15-12-2020 and time 16:04:57 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Altilia (CS)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Altilia (CS), on

  • 15-12-2020 15:04:57 (UTC)
  • 15-12-2020 16:04:57 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.1200, 16.2780 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
Altilia CS 3 711 711
Pedivigliano CS 3 831 1542
Scigliano CS 3 1226 2768
Motta Santa Lucia CZ 3 845 3613
Carpanzano CS 4 255 3868
Grimaldi CS 4 1680 5548
Martirano CZ 5 884 6432
Conflenti CZ 5 1392 7824
Malito CS 5 783 8607
Belsito CS 6 923 9530
Marzi CS 6 989 10519
Martirano Lombardo CZ 6 1112 11631
Rogliano CS 8 5637 17268
Santo Stefano di Rogliano CS 9 1725 18993
Soveria Mannelli CZ 9 3076 22069
Aiello Calabro CS 10 1729 23798
Cleto CS 10 1301 25099
San Mango d'Aquino CZ 10 1564 26663
Decollatura CZ 11 3159 29822
Colosimi CS 11 1247 31069
Mangone CS 11 1891 32960
Bianchi CS 12 1305 34265
Paterno Calabro CS 12 1398 35663
Cellara CS 12 504 36167
Domanico CS 12 943 37110
Lago CS 12 2624 39734
Parenti CS 13 2188 41922
Figline Vegliaturo CS 13 1137 43059
Dipignano CS 13 4376 47435
Platania CZ 13 2172 49607
Piane Crati CS 13 1423 51030
Nocera Terinese CZ 13 4731 55761
Serra d'Aiello CS 14 458 56219
San Pietro in Amantea CS 14 505 56724
Aprigliano CS 15 2890 59614
Carolei CS 16 3330 62944
Falerna CZ 16 4028 66972
Lamezia Terme CZ 16 70714 137686
Panettieri CS 17 351 138037
Gizzeria CZ 17 4982 143019
Pietrafitta CS 17 1310 144329
Carlopoli CZ 17 1516 145845
Serrastretta CZ 17 3176 149021
Amantea CS 17 13975 162996
Mendicino CS 18 9450 172446
Belmonte Calabro CS 18 2003 174449
Pedace CS 18 1907 176356
Serra Pedace CS 19 986 177342
Trenta CS 19 2633 179975
Casole Bruzio CS 19 2578 182553
Cerisano CS 19 3196 185749
Cosenza CS 19 67546 253295
Spezzano Piccolo CS 20 2079 255374
Longobardi CS 20 2312 257686
Feroleto Antico CZ 20 2171 259857

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km N of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
19 Km S of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
36 Km NW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Crotone (62178 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 0.8 2020-12-15
15:04:57		 39.1203 16.2783 9 2021-02-26
14:56:14		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86099171
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.7 2020-12-15
15:04:57		 39.1368 16.2548 10 2020-12-15
15:19:16		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 85447391
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-12-15 15:04:57 ± 0.11
Latitude 39.1203 ± 0.0045
Longitude 16.2783 ± 0.0081
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 86099171

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 514
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 481
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 271
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) 118
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 28
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.70147
Number of stations at which the event was observed 18
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86099171
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-08 17:09:57

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85447391
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-15 15:19:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.POPM.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:06:38.72 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 19.57 0
IV.AGLI.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:06:17.67 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 8.63 0
IV.RUFI.EHZ. 2020-12-15T15:06:15.32 3.0 negative manual Pn 3.02 0
IV.MFNL.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:06:03.18 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 1.86 0
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:50.58 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 6.26 0
IV.GAVE.EHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:49.90 3.0 positive manual Pn -1.52 0
OT.TAR1.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:39.57 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.65 0
IV.MFNL.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:33.97 3.0 negative manual Pg 3.73 0
IV.GRIS.HNE. 2020-12-15T15:05:21.87 0.6 undecidable manual S 332 77.8665 50 0.97 45
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:17.65 0.6 undecidable manual S 211 66.2781 50 -0.17 60
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:13.63 0.6 undecidable manual S 329 53.1024 50 -0.68 53
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:11.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 81 41.8248 50 -0.08 64
IV.GRIS.HNE. 2020-12-15T15:05:11.12 0.6 undecidable manual P 332 77.8665 50 0.28 57
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-12-15T15:05:11.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 169 75.6687 50 0.82 72
XK.SELL.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:09.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 117 33.744 50 0.17 64
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:09.77 0.6 undecidable manual S 32 37.0296 50 -0.24 62
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:09.56 0.6 undecidable manual S 105 36.5412 50 -0.32 61
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:08.99 0.3 undecidable manual P 211 66.2781 50 -0.07 92
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:06.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 329 53.1024 50 -0.15 92
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:06.32 3.0 undecidable manual Pg -1.37 0
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:05.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 81 41.8248 50 -0.02 97
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:04.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 32 37.0296 50 -0.14 95
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:04.65 0.6 undecidable manual S 15 19.6692 113 0.15 65
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:04.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 105 36.5412 50 0.04 97
XK.SELL.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:04.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 117 33.744 50 0.03 98
XK.GIZZ.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:03.63 0.6 undecidable manual S 201 16.7721 117 0.04 67
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:01.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 15 19.6692 113 0.06 100
XK.GIZZ.HHZ. 2020-12-15T15:05:00.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 201 16.7721 117 -0.38 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SPS2.HHN. ML:0.5 0.00002485 0.58 AML other m 2020-12-15T15:05:05.08
IV.SPS2.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00003105 0.38 AML other m 2020-12-15T15:05:05.32
IV.SERS.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000019799999999999997 1.58 AML other m 2020-12-15T15:05:10.91
IV.SERS.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000029 0.58 AML other m 2020-12-15T15:05:10.48
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000060100000000000004 1.06 AML other m 2020-12-15T15:05:15.72
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0000419 0.62 AML other m 2020-12-15T15:05:15.93
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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