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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 30-01-2016 and time 11:29:40 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Villa San Giovanni (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Villa San Giovanni (RC), on

  • 30-01-2016 11:29:40 (UTC)
  • 30-01-2016 12:29:40 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2340, 15.6490 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
Villa San Giovanni RC 2 13784 13784
Campo Calabro RC 2 4536 18320
Fiumara RC 5 1018 19338
Scilla RC 6 4964 24302
San Roberto RC 8 1750 26052
Calanna RC 9 934 26986
Messina ME 9 238439 265425
Laganadi RC 10 413 265838
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 12 343 266181
Reggio di Calabria RC 14 183035 449216
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 14 1263 450479
Bagnara Calabra RC 14 10255 460734
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 18 4120 464854
Villafranca Tirrena ME 19 8584 473438
Saponara ME 19 3988 477426
Cardeto RC 19 1641 479067

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
14 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 1.8 2016-01-30
11:29:40		 38.234 15.6492 10 2016-05-17
13:16:22		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 23345881
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.8 2016-01-30
11:29:41		 38.2328 15.6565 11 2016-01-30
11:33:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 23302161
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-01-30 11:29:40 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.2340 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.6492 ± 0.0057
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 23345881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 850
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 479
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 12
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 850.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 95
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 29
Number of defining phases 29
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.42
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11062
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.63852
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 23345881
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-02-03 10:07:25

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 23302161
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-01-30 11:33:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2016-01-30T11:30:02.65 0.1 undecidable manual S 253 70.8735 50 0.2 89
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:30:00.63 0.1 undecidable manual S 285 60.2952 50 0.99 69
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:56.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 243 50.2164 50 -0.45 66
IV.AIO.HHE. 2016-01-30T11:29:56.27 0.3 undecidable manual S 231 46.62 50 0.31 68
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:55.10 0.1 undecidable manual S 26 46.2204 50 -0.76 79
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:54.02 0.1 undecidable manual S 243 41.1255 50 -0.48 88
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2016-01-30T11:29:53.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 253 70.8735 50 0.28 66
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:53.26 0.1 undecidable manual P 291 65.3901 50 0.77 76
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:53.60 0.1 undecidable manual S 117 39.627 50 -0.5 88
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:53.44 0.1 undecidable manual S 277 36.6411 50 0.13 96
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:51.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 285 60.2952 50 0.14 92
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2016-01-30T11:29:50.08 0.1 undecidable manual S 250 27.5502 50 -0.82 79
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:50.38 0.1 undecidable manual S 170 25.9518 50 -0.09 99
IV.AIO.HHE. 2016-01-30T11:29:49.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 231 46.62 50 0.17 70
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:49.62 0.1 positive manual P 26 46.2204 50 0.08 95
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:49.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 243 50.2164 50 -0.24 69
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:48.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 243 41.1255 50 -0.28 92
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:48.85 0.1 undecidable manual S 82 21.5673 116 -0.32 95
IV.GMB.BHE. 2016-01-30T11:29:48.20 0.3 undecidable manual S 115 17.2716 121 0.32 72
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:48.70 0.1 positive manual P 277 36.6411 50 0.63 84
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:48.76 0.1 positive manual P 117 39.627 50 0.24 93
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2016-01-30T11:29:46.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 250 27.5502 50 -0.3 94
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:46.75 0.1 positive manual P 170 25.9518 50 0.32 94
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:46.27 0.1 undecidable manual S 91 12.2766 130 -0.19 99
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:45.84 0.1 positive manual P 82 21.5673 116 0.16 98
IV.GMB.BHE. 2016-01-30T11:29:45.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 115 17.2716 121 0.43 70
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:45.87 0.1 undecidable manual S 285 12.6762 129 -0.7 86
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:44.03 0.1 positive manual P 285 12.6762 129 -0.14 100
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2016-01-30T11:29:44.50 0.1 positive manual P 91 12.2766 130 0.39 95
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.7 0.000317 0.28 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:49.37
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00038649999999999996 0.28 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:49.23
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00036650000000000007 0.5 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:49.44
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.7 0.00031499999999999996 0.5 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:49.44
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000106 1.52 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:57.67
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00005705 0.32 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:59.99
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000241 0.3 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:56.17
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0002705 0.38 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:56.19
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00046350000000000004 0.32 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:53.75
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00020600000000000002 0.3 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:54.58
IV.MSCL.HHN. ML:2.3 0.002435 0.08 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:44.90
IV.MSCL.HHE. ML:2.3 0.00216 0.34 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:47.41
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00178 0.38 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:46.11
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0019 0.54 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:46.33
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001645 0.34 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:50.48
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00023799999999999998 0.36 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:51.83
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.2 0.0000572 0.68 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:54.67
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.4 0.00009525 0.88 AML other m 2016-01-30T11:29:56.69
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