Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 08-08-2014 and time 15:53:25 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 08-08-2014 13:53:25 (UTC)
  • 08-08-2014 15:53:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4540, 15.8490 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Gioia Tauro RC 5 19864 19864
San Ferdinando RC 7 4490 24354
Rizziconi RC 11 7829 32183
Palmi RC 11 18930 51113
Nicotera VV 12 6290 57403
Rosarno RC 12 14841 72244
Seminara RC 13 2811 75055
Joppolo VV 15 1926 76981
Limbadi VV 15 3695 80676
MelicuccĂ  RC 17 930 81606
Taurianova RC 18 15636 97242
Melicucco RC 19 5101 102343
Ricadi VV 19 4900 107243
Bagnara Calabra RC 19 10255 117498
San Procopio RC 19 534 118032
Varapodio RC 19 2160 120192
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 19 1695 121887
San Calogero VV 19 4315 126202

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
42 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
100 Km SW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
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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 2014-08-08
13:53:25
38.4542 15.8487 10 2015-09-21
09:39:02
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 17219211
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-08-08 13:53:25 ± 0.16
Latitude 38.4542 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.8487 ± 0.0161
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 17219211

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1427
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 335
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 275
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1430.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 136
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.15558
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.46135
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 17219211
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-02-24 10:23:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2014-08-08T13:53:42.04 0.6 undecidable manual S 90 51.2154 50 0.27 46
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2014-08-08T13:53:40.27 1.0 undecidable manual S 157 45.9207 50 -0.08 24
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2014-08-08T13:53:34.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 90 51.2154 50 -0.1 95
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2014-08-08T13:53:33.18 1.0 undecidable manual P 157 45.9207 50 -0.87 19
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2014-08-08T13:53:33.79 0.3 undecidable manual S 170 21.867 115 -0.03 76
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2014-08-08T13:53:32.81 1.0 undecidable manual P 235 36.3414 50 0.23 24
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2014-08-08T13:53:32.26 0.1 undecidable manual S 11 17.2716 121 -0.13 100
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2014-08-08T13:53:30.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 170 21.867 115 0.12 74
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2014-08-08T13:53:29.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 11 17.2716 121 0.15 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00004545 0.24 AML other m 2014-08-08T13:53:34.51
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00004725 0.26 AML other m 2014-08-08T13:53:35.57
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00008845 1.34 AML other m 2014-08-08T13:53:32.99
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000932 0.62 AML other m 2014-08-08T13:53:33.81
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