Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 24-04-2015 and time 19:10:45 (UTC) in region 1 km W Molochio (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Molochio (RC), on

  • 24-04-2015 19:10:45 (UTC)
  • 24-04-2015 21:10:45 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3020, 16.0190 at 11 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
Molochio RC 1 2564 2564
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 3 523 3087
Oppido Mamertina RC 3 5332 8419
Varapodio RC 3 2160 10579
Taurianova RC 6 15636 26215
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 7 929 27144
Cittanova RC 8 10410 37554
Cosoleto RC 8 859 38413
Platì RC 9 3812 42225
Scido RC 10 931 43156
Delianuova RC 11 3352 46508
San Procopio RC 12 534 47042
Antonimina RC 12 1317 48359
Melicuccà RC 12 930 49289
San Giorgio Morgeto RC 12 3058 52347
Ciminà RC 12 568 52915
Polistena RC 13 10496 63411
Sinopoli RC 13 2089 65500
Rizziconi RC 13 7829 73329
Seminara RC 14 2811 76140
Cinquefrondi RC 15 6539 82679
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 15 4120 86799
Melicucco RC 15 5101 91900
Canolo RC 16 746 92646
Careri RC 16 2360 95006
Palmi RC 16 18930 113936
Anoia RC 16 2212 116148
Benestare RC 17 2556 118704
Maropati RC 17 1524 120228
Sant'Ilario dello Ionio RC 18 1377 121605
Gerace RC 18 2652 124257
Gioia Tauro RC 18 19864 144121
San Luca RC 18 3881 148002
Ardore RC 18 5088 153090
Portigliola RC 18 1201 154291
Agnana Calabra RC 18 562 154853
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 19 1695 156548
Bagnara Calabra RC 19 10255 166803
Giffone RC 19 1907 168710
Galatro RC 19 1709 170419

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.5 2015-04-24
19:10:45
38.3017 16.0192 11 2015-10-19
09:28:02
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 20279991
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2015-04-24
19:10:45
38.3015 16.0127 11 2015-04-24
19:17:49
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 18662041
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-04-24 19:10:45 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.3017 ± 0.0027
Longitude 16.0192 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 11 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 20279991

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 420
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 320
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 286
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 420.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 107
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.19245
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35973
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 20279991
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-07-13 13:38:01

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 18662041
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-24 19:17:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2015-04-24T19:10:58.04 0.1 undecidable manual S 182 38.628 50 0.02 97
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2015-04-24T19:10:58.52 0.3 undecidable manual S 66 39.9267 50 0.17 71
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2015-04-24T19:10:57.28 0.1 undecidable manual S 341 35.742 50 0.04 97
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2015-04-24T19:10:54.31 0.1 undecidable manual S 173 25.5522 50 -0.19 96
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2015-04-24T19:10:53.60 0.1 undecidable manual S 249 21.3675 50 0.2 97
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2015-04-24T19:10:53.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 228 22.2555 50 -0.09 99
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2015-04-24T19:10:52.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 66 39.9267 50 0.12 71
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2015-04-24T19:10:52.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 182 38.628 50 0.01 98
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2015-04-24T19:10:51.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 341 35.742 50 -0.4 90
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2015-04-24T19:10:50.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 228 22.2555 50 0.08 99
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2015-04-24T19:10:50.58 0.1 undecidable manual P 173 25.5522 50 0 100
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2015-04-24T19:10:50.00 0.1 positive manual P 249 21.3675 50 0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:1.7 0.000345 0.12 AML other m 2015-04-24T19:10:54.26
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:1.5 0.0001945 1.04 AML other m 2015-04-24T19:10:54.02
IV.MSCL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000186 0.12 AML other m 2015-04-24T19:10:53.67
IV.MSCL.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000128 0.96 AML other m 2015-04-24T19:10:53.67
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