Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 15-03-2020 and time 07:24:51 (UTC) in region 4 km SW Cotronei (KR)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Cotronei (KR), on

  • 15-03-2020 07:24:51 (UTC)
  • 15-03-2020 08:24:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.1550, 16.6760 at 23 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
Cotronei KR 4 5480 5480
Petilia Policastro KR 11 9173 14653
San Giovanni in Fiore CS 11 17372 32025
Caccuri KR 12 1663 33688
Mesoraca KR 13 6523 40211
Cerenzia KR 14 1152 41363
PetronĂ  CZ 15 2629 43992
Castelsilano KR 15 1015 45007
Albi CZ 16 949 45956
Cerva CZ 16 1223 47179
Magisano CZ 16 1258 48437
Sersale CZ 16 4630 53067
Taverna CZ 17 2703 55770
Roccabernarda KR 17 3393 59163
Zagarise CZ 17 1647 60810
Sorbo San Basile CZ 18 809 61619
Andali CZ 18 769 62388
Belcastro CZ 18 1399 63787
Fossato Serralta CZ 19 594 64381
Belvedere di Spinello KR 19 2297 66678
Sellia CZ 20 530 67208
Marcedusa CZ 20 448 67656
Savelli KR 20 1271 68927

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km N of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
37 Km NE of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
39 Km E of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Crotone (62178 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
Md 1.2
ML 0.9
2020-03-15
07:24:51
39.1552 16.6758 23 2020-07-18
21:08:28
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 77528381
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.9 2020-03-15
07:24:51
39.1552 16.6758 23 2020-03-15
07:31:24
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77266051
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-15 07:24:51 ± 0.19
Latitude 39.1552 ± 0.0054
Longitude 16.6758 ± 0.0162
Depth (km) 23 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77528381

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1295
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 740
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 88
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1290.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 140
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.13
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06835
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.27879
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77266051
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-15 07:31:24

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77528381
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-24 10:15:45

Md:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 77528381
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-24 10:15:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2020-03-15T07:25:03.38 0.3 undecidable manual S 332 30.9468 119 0.16 71
XK.SELL.HHZ. 2020-03-15T07:25:00.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 192 19.5693 134 -0.07 73
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-03-15T07:24:59.69 0.3 undecidable manual S 175 13.2756 146 0 75
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2020-03-15T07:24:58.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 69 7.5813 159 -0.09 75
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2020-03-15T07:24:58.14 0.1 undecidable manual P 332 30.9468 119 -0.17 94
XK.SELL.HHZ. 2020-03-15T07:24:56.90 0.1 undecidable manual P 192 19.5693 134 0 99
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-03-15T07:24:56.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 175 13.2756 146 0.12 98
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2020-03-15T07:24:55.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 69 7.5813 159 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SERS.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00006365 0.26 AML other m 2020-03-15T07:24:59.75
IV.SERS.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000033 0.24 AML other m 2020-03-15T07:24:59.76
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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