Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 16-05-2012 and time 08:42:26 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 16-05-2012 06:42:26 (UTC)
  • 16-05-2012 08:42:26 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.8040, 15.7190 at 6 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km W of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.9 2012-05-16
06:42:26
38.789 15.7173 6 2014-10-21
12:19:34
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 1298681
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.9 2012-05-16
06:42:26
38.8043 15.7193 6 2014-09-19
08:14:18
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 2665631
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-05-16 06:42:26 ± 0.17
Latitude 38.8043 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.7193 ± 0.0104
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 2665631

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 870
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 377
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 101
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 870.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.23652
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.85615
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 2665631
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-18 12:42:01

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 0
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1298681
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2012-05-16 08:49:23
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:51.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 14 82.8504 50 -1.01 33
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:50.01 0.6 undecidable manual S 122 73.6707 50 0.12 45
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:48.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 40 65.3901 50 0.55 41
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:47.11 0.6 undecidable manual S 197 62.6928 50 0.16 45
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:43.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 45 95.0382 50 0.24 63
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:41.73 0.1 undecidable manual P 14 82.8504 50 0.3 85
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:40.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 216 72.7716 50 0.14 89
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:39.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 122 73.6707 50 -0.04 91
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:38.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 40 65.3901 50 -0.28 88
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:37.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 197 62.6928 50 -0.33 88
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:35.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 147 26.2515 102 -0.09 49
IV.STR4.BHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:35.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 266 44.0226 97 0.1 71
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2012-05-16T06:42:31.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 147 26.2515 102 0 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000149 0.5 AML other m 2012-05-16T06:42:49.44
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0001625 0.54 AML other m 2012-05-16T06:42:49.31
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00014399999999999998 1.18 AML other m 2012-05-16T06:42:53.60
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000123 0.74 AML other m 2012-05-16T06:42:55.57
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000188 1.12 AML other m 2012-05-16T06:42:36.37
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0002175 0.44 AML other m 2012-05-16T06:42:36.64
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000183 0.38 AML other m 2012-05-16T06:42:50.47
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00016800000000000002 0.68 AML other m 2012-05-16T06:42:55.58
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000192 0.28 AML other m 2012-05-16T06:42:47.55
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000255 0.94 AML other m 2012-05-16T06:42:48.10
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