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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 06-05-2021 and time 00:07:50 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Cardeto (RC)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Cardeto (RC), on

  • 05-05-2021 22:07:50 (UTC)
  • 06-05-2021 00:07:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0700, 15.7960 at 10 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
Cardeto RC 3 1641 1641
Bagaladi RC 5 1039 2680
San Lorenzo RC 7 2640 5320
Condofuri RC 9 5113 10433
Roccaforte del Greco RC 10 476 10909
Montebello Ionico RC 10 6214 17123
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 11 1263 18386
Motta San Giovanni RC 11 6208 24594
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 12 343 24937
Laganadi RC 13 413 25350
Reggio di Calabria RC 14 183035 208385
Calanna RC 14 934 209319
Bova RC 15 448 209767
Roghudi RC 16 1104 210871
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 17 11355 222226
San Roberto RC 17 1750 223976
Fiumara RC 18 1018 224994
Bova Marina RC 19 4235 229229

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
25 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
75 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 0.6 2021-05-05
22:07:50		 38.0702 15.7963 10 2021-12-29
11:12:25		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 94964831
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.6 2021-05-05
22:07:50		 38.0657 15.7895 11 2021-05-05
22:19:02		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 89814321
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-05-05 22:07:50 ± 0.13
Latitude 38.0702 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.7963 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 94964831

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 689
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 686
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 129
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 690.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 140
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.35703
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 94964831
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-09-02 16:16:46

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 89814321
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-05-05 22:19:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2021-05-05T22:08:24.01 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.01 0
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-05-05T22:08:03.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 282 39.627 50 -0.33 46
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-05-05T22:08:01.36 0.6 undecidable manual S 311 33.0447 50 -0.46 45
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2021-05-05T22:07:58.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 22 22.755 115 -0.21 49
IV.SICLA.EHE. 2021-05-05T22:07:58.58 0.6 undecidable manual S 341 21.867 115 -0.2 49
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-05-05T22:07:58.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 282 39.627 50 0.18 71
IV.SOI.EHE. 2021-05-05T22:07:58.55 0.3 undecidable manual S 89 22.5552 115 -0.44 70
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2021-05-05T22:07:57.43 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-05-05T22:07:57.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 311 33.0447 50 0.22 72
IV.SICLA.EHE. 2021-05-05T22:07:55.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 341 21.867 115 0.11 100
IV.SOI.EHE. 2021-05-05T22:07:55.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 89 22.5552 115 0.19 73
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2021-05-05T22:07:55.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 229 11.2776 133 -0.38 48
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2021-05-05T22:07:55.73 0.1 undecidable manual P 22 22.755 115 0.33 95
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2021-05-05T22:07:53.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 229 11.2776 133 0.18 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:0.5 0.0000327689 0.1408 AML other m 2021-05-05T22:07:55.46
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00003552337 0.1664 AML other m 2021-05-05T22:07:55.40
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000017225282 0.1408 AML other m 2021-05-05T22:07:59.16
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00002163622 0.256 AML other m 2021-05-05T22:08:03.43
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000021228375 0.3072 AML other m 2021-05-05T22:08:03.78
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000013919185000000001 1.744 AML other m 2021-05-05T22:08:05.06
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:0.9 0.000050510374999999995 0.5632 AML other m 2021-05-05T22:08:05.59
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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