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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 29-10-2019 and time 21:09:47 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud orientale (Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud orientale (Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 29-10-2019 20:09:47 (UTC)
  • 29-10-2019 21:09:47 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8840, 16.0240 at 8 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
Palizzi RC 5 2480 2480
Bova Marina RC 11 4235 6715
Brancaleone RC 12 3584 10299
Staiti RC 13 248 10547
Bova RC 15 448 10995
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 15 1111 12106
Ferruzzano RC 18 772 12878
Condofuri RC 20 5113 17991

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km SE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
54 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.4 2019-10-29
20:09:47		 37.8843 16.0242 8 2020-02-28
16:42:08		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 73964471
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2019-10-29
20:09:47		 37.8513 16.0237 9 2019-10-29
20:29:04		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73521801
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-29 20:09:47 ± 0.28
Latitude 37.8843 ± 0.0144
Longitude 16.0242 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73964471

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1606
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 877
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 163
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1610.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 248
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.18976
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.71406
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73964471
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-13 10:01:39

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73521801
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-29 20:29:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2019-10-29T20:10:11.10 1.0 undecidable manual S 30 72.372 50 0.73 19
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-10-29T20:10:04.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 327 49.3173 50 0.07 47
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-10-29T20:10:03.00 1.0 undecidable manual P 282 79.2651 50 1.05 16
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-10-29T20:10:01.33 1.0 undecidable manual P 278 69.8745 50 0.81 18
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2019-10-29T20:10:00.21 1.0 undecidable manual P 297 65.49 50 0.38 21
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2019-10-29T20:10:00.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 30 72.372 50 -0.15 89
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2019-10-29T20:10:00.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 332 35.8419 50 -0.12 72
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2019-10-29T20:09:59.28 0.6 undecidable manual P 313 61.6938 50 0.04 46
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-10-29T20:09:59.30 1.0 undecidable manual S 295 31.2465 104 0.16 24
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-10-29T20:09:56.38 0.3 undecidable manual P 345 43.2234 50 -0.02 72
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2019-10-29T20:09:56.91 0.6 undecidable manual P 327 49.3173 50 -0.44 44
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-10-29T20:09:56.40 1.0 undecidable manual S 7 21.0678 111 0.62 22
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2019-10-29T20:09:55.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 332 35.8419 50 -0.16 95
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-10-29T20:09:54.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 295 31.2465 104 -0.16 96
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-10-29T20:09:52.43 0.1 positive manual P 7 21.0678 111 -0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.0 0.000080756915 0.3072 AML other m 2019-10-29T20:09:57.37
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.4 0.0001715 0.56 AML other m 2019-10-29T20:09:57.58
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00012004999999999999 0.88 AML other m 2019-10-29T20:10:00.89
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0000787 0.3 AML other m 2019-10-29T20:10:01.30
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:2.0 0.000451 0.2 AML other m 2019-10-29T20:10:01.56
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:2.0 0.0004325 0.48 AML other m 2019-10-29T20:10:02.36
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00006345000000000001 0.68 AML other m 2019-10-29T20:10:03.27
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.5 0.00009115 0.42 AML other m 2019-10-29T20:10:04.74
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00007845 0.22 AML other m 2019-10-29T20:10:04.49
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.5 0.00009125 1.46 AML other m 2019-10-29T20:10:05.11
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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