Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 21-12-2010 and time 19:14:49 (UTC) in region 6 km NE Morano Calabro (CS)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NE Morano Calabro (CS), on

  • 21-12-2010 19:14:49 (UTC)
  • 21-12-2010 20:14:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.8720, 16.1890 at 5 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
Morano Calabro CS 6 4576 4576
Castrovillari CS 7 22240 26816
San Basile CS 7 1055 27871
Frascineto CS 7 2154 30025
Saracena CS 11 3828 33853
Civita CS 12 902 34755
San Lorenzo Bellizzi CS 12 644 35399
Viggianello PZ 14 3025 38424
Cassano all'Ionio CS 15 18495 56919
Terranova di Pollino PZ 15 1208 58127
Lungro CS 15 2592 60719
Rotonda PZ 16 3494 64213
Firmo CS 17 2115 66328
Cerchiara di Calabria CS 17 2385 68713
San Severino Lucano PZ 17 1563 70276
Mormanno CS 17 3027 73303
Francavilla Marittima CS 18 2910 76213
Acquaformosa CS 19 1106 77319
Alessandria del Carretto CS 19 462 77781
Laino Castello CS 20 848 78629
Altomonte CS 20 4488 83117

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
65 Km N of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Lamezia Terme (70714 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
Md 1.7
ML 1.5
2010-12-21
19:14:49
39.872 16.189 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1153169
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-12-21 19:14:49 ± 0.2
Latitude 39.8720 ± 0.0072
Longitude 16.1890 ± 0.0070
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1153169

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1000
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 421
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 34
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1000.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 257
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
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) 0.12051
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33815
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1153169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 22:26:06

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1153169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 22:26:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SCHR.EHE. 2010-12-21T19:15:02.45 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 345 37.5291 -0.03 73
IV.ORI.HHE. 2010-12-21T19:14:59.88 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 48 29.748 0.056 74
IV.SCHR.EHE. 2010-12-21T19:14:56.85 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 345 37.5291 -0.079 97
IV.ORI.HHE. 2010-12-21T19:14:55.51 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 48 29.748 0.112 97
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2010-12-21T19:14:54.07 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 88 13.3755 -0.226 73
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2010-12-21T19:14:52.32 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 88 13.3755 0.117 100
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