Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 21-12-2020 and time 19:27:08 (UTC) in region 8 km NE Roccaforte del Greco (RC)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 8 km NE Roccaforte del Greco (RC), on

  • 21-12-2020 19:27:08 (UTC)
  • 21-12-2020 20:27:08 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1080, 15.9380 at 12 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Roccaforte del Greco RC 8 476 476
Samo RC 11 809 1285
San Luca RC 12 3881 5166
Bova RC 13 448 5614
Sant'Agata del Bianco RC 13 592 6206
Caraffa del Bianco RC 13 539 6745
Condofuri RC 13 5113 11858
Casignana RC 13 759 12617
Bagaladi RC 14 1039 13656
San Lorenzo RC 14 2640 16296
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 15 1263 17559
Staiti RC 15 248 17807
Delianuova RC 15 3352 21159
Ferruzzano RC 15 772 21931
Cardeto RC 15 1641 23572
Scido RC 15 931 24503
Platì RC 16 3812 28315
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 16 1111 29426
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 17 929 30355
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 17 343 30698
Careri RC 18 2360 33058
Africo RC 18 3075 36133
Sinopoli RC 18 2089 38222
Bianco RC 19 4273 42495
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 19 4120 46615
Cosoleto RC 19 859 47474
Laganadi RC 19 413 47887
Bova Marina RC 20 4235 52122
Benestare RC 20 2556 54678
San Procopio RC 20 534 55212

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
35 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Acireale (52622 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.8 2020-12-21
19:27:08
38.108 15.9383 12 2020-12-21
19:43:58
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 85609431
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-12-21 19:27:08 ± 0.19
Latitude 38.1080 ± 0.0135
Longitude 15.9383 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 12 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 85609431

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1121
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1108
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) 1120.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 164
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.51981
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85609431
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-21 19:43:58
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:37.83 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.03 0
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-12-21T19:27:27.58 0.6 undecidable manual S 49 57.6978 91 0.95 33
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:25.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 355 55.5 91 -0.22 68
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2020-12-21T19:27:25.01 0.6 undecidable manual S 275 51.3153 91 0.09 47
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:22.46 0.3 undecidable manual S 295 41.3253 91 0.21 69
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:18.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 355 55.5 91 -0.46 64
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2020-12-21T19:27:18.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 275 51.3153 91 0.12 69
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-12-21T19:27:18.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 49 57.6978 91 -0.24 67
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:17.79 0.3 undecidable manual S 310 25.5522 92 -0.26 71
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:16.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 295 41.3253 91 0.01 72
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:16.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 347 17.3715 97 0.39 68
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:14.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 310 25.5522 92 0 74
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:14.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 111 10.7781 120 -0.11 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:13.03 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:12.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 347 17.3715 97 -0.05 100
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-12-21T19:27:11.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 111 10.7781 120 -0.04 76
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:0.6 0.000038222370000000007 0.3584 AML other m 2020-12-21T19:27:15.35
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:0.8 0.00007287654000000001 0.192 AML other m 2020-12-21T19:27:14.41
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:0.8 0.000051588640000000006 0.1792 AML other m 2020-12-21T19:27:17.26
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:0.5 0.000026926577 0.1664 AML other m 2020-12-21T19:27:16.41
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000040331192499999994 0.192 AML other m 2020-12-21T19:27:17.25
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00004123088 0.256 AML other m 2020-12-21T19:27:16.52
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.3 0.00010400211 0.32 AML other m 2020-12-21T19:27:19.21
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.2 0.000080732085 0.2688 AML other m 2020-12-21T19:27:18.87
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000018769675 0.3072 AML other m 2020-12-21T19:27:26.09
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00002145926 0.32 AML other m 2020-12-21T19:27:29.15
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