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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 06-03-2023 and time 08:41:28 (UTC) in region 1 km SE Villa San Giovanni (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Villa San Giovanni (RC), on

  • 06-03-2023 08:41:28 (UTC)
  • 06-03-2023 09:41:28 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2150, 15.6420 at 11 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
Villa San Giovanni RC 1 13784 13784
Campo Calabro RC 2 4536 18320
Fiumara RC 5 1018 19338
Messina ME 8 238439 257777
Scilla RC 8 4964 262741
Calanna RC 8 934 263675
San Roberto RC 8 1750 265425
Laganadi RC 10 413 265838
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 11 343 266181
Reggio di Calabria RC 12 183035 449216
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 14 1263 450479
Bagnara Calabra RC 16 10255 460734
Cardeto RC 18 1641 462375
Saponara ME 18 3988 466363
Villafranca Tirrena ME 18 8584 474947
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 20 4120 479067

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
12 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
93 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.0 2023-03-06
08:41:28		 38.2148 15.6415 11 2023-03-06
08:48:50		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 115029001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-06 08:41:28 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.2148 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.6415 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 115029001

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 890
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 439
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 26
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 890.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 119
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07105
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35433
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115029001
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-06 08:48:50
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:37.24 0.1 undecidable manual S 253 26.2515 50 -0.25 94
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:35.45 0.6 positive manual P 113 39.3273 50 -0.03 47
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:33.90 0.1 undecidable manual S 295 12.7761 131 0.03 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:33.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 253 26.2515 50 0.04 99
IT.ARMO.HNZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:32.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 158 16.5723 50 0.3 70
TV.GMB1.HHZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:32.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 107 16.0728 50 0.13 98
IV.MRCB.HHZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:32.42 0.1 undecidable manual S 138 7.9809 144 -0.31 98
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:32.47 0.1 undecidable manual S 54 7.881 145 -0.23 97
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:31.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 295 12.7761 131 0.13 99
IV.MRCB.HHZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:30.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 138 7.9809 144 0.15 98
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2023-03-06T08:41:30.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 54 7.881 145 0.12 75
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MRCB.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0003685 0.18 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:32.63
IV.MRCB.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0001788676 0.1216 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:32.95
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000132598745 0.2368 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:33.99
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00008468751499999999 0.1792 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:34.40
TV.GMB1.HNN. ML:0.9 0.00007291434499999999 0.128 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:32.66
TV.GMB1.HNE. ML:1.0 0.0000945731 0.2752 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:34.76
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00009384999999999999 0.2 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:37.53
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00008192783000000001 0.2432 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:38.75
TV.GMB1.HHE. ML:0.5 0.0000254350685 0.3008 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:34.75
TV.GMB1.HHN. ML:0.4 0.00002221966 0.1216 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:32.66
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:0.6 0.00001399904 0.9408 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:41.69
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:0.8 0.000018581285 0.48 AML other m 2023-03-06T08:41:38.47
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