Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 28-12-2021 and time 00:15:50 (UTC) in region 6 km NE Cardeto (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NE Cardeto (RC), on

  • 28-12-2021 00:15:50 (UTC)
  • 28-12-2021 01:15:50 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1150, 15.8230 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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 6 1641 1641
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 7 1263 2904
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 9 343 3247
Bagaladi RC 10 1039 4286
Laganadi RC 10 413 4699
Roccaforte del Greco RC 10 476 5175
San Lorenzo RC 12 2640 7815
Calanna RC 12 934 8749
Condofuri RC 13 5113 13862
San Roberto RC 13 1750 15612
Fiumara RC 16 1018 16630
Montebello Ionico RC 16 6214 22844
Reggio di Calabria RC 16 183035 205879
Bova RC 16 448 206327
Delianuova RC 16 3352 209679
Motta San Giovanni RC 17 6208 215887
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 17 4120 220007
Scido RC 17 931 220938
Sinopoli RC 17 2089 223027
Scilla RC 18 4964 227991
Campo Calabro RC 18 4536 232527
Bagnara Calabra RC 19 10255 242782
San Procopio RC 20 534 243316

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
25 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
94 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2021-12-28
00:15:50		 38.1148 15.8233 9 2021-12-28
00:22:36		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 99068391
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-12-28 00:15:50 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1148 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.8233 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 99068391

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 910
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 536
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 146
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 910.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 83
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14839
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49373
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 99068391
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-12-28 00:22:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.FERC.HHE. 2021-12-28T00:16:05.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 35 45.9207 50 0.24 47
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-12-28T00:16:04.02 0.3 undecidable manual S 275 41.2254 50 -0.32 70
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-12-28T00:16:01.38 0.3 undecidable manual S 301 32.0457 50 -0.52 68
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2021-12-28T00:16:00.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 6 54.8007 50 0.13 94
IV.FERC.HHE. 2021-12-28T00:15:59.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 35 45.9207 50 0.05 97
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2021-12-28T00:15:59.17 0.3 undecidable manual S 138 24.0537 111 -0.29 72
IY.OPPI.HHE. 2021-12-28T00:15:58.86 0.3 undecidable manual S 44 23.4543 112 -0.4 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-12-28T00:15:58.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 275 41.2254 50 0.18 96
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-12-28T00:15:57.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 301 32.0457 50 0.07 100
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2021-12-28T00:15:57.95 0.3 undecidable manual S 103 20.6682 114 -0.43 71
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2021-12-28T00:15:56.75 0.3 undecidable manual S 221 16.4724 120 -0.31 73
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2021-12-28T00:15:55.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 138 24.0537 111 0.19 98
IY.OPPI.HHE. 2021-12-28T00:15:55.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 44 23.4543 112 0.28 97
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2021-12-28T00:15:55.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 103 20.6682 114 0.14 100
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2021-12-28T00:15:54.81 0.1 negative manual P 221 16.4724 120 0.52 93
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPAZ.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001395 0.08 AML other m 2021-12-28T00:15:56.15
IV.MPAZ.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00021100000000000003 0.12 AML other m 2021-12-28T00:15:56.21
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001785 0.3 AML other m 2021-12-28T00:15:57.78
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0001012 0.4 AML other m 2021-12-28T00:15:58.37
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.2 0.00011859999999999998 0.72 AML other m 2021-12-28T00:15:58.58
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.3 0.00013565 0.18 AML other m 2021-12-28T00:15:58.66
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001915 0.4 AML other m 2021-12-28T00:16:02.83
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000188 0.3 AML other m 2021-12-28T00:16:02.82
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0001075 0.14 AML other m 2021-12-28T00:16:05.14
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00011125000000000001 1.54 AML other m 2021-12-28T00:16:06.77
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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