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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 19-12-2023 and time 18:29:53 (UTC) in region 4 km E Bova (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Bova (RC), on

  • 19-12-2023 18:29:53 (UTC)
  • 19-12-2023 19:29:53 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9960, 15.9810 at 10 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.

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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
Bova RC 4 448 448
Staiti RC 5 248 696
Palizzi RC 9 2480 3176
Bova Marina RC 9 4235 7411
Roccaforte del Greco RC 9 476 7887
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 9 1111 8998
Ferruzzano RC 11 772 9770
Condofuri RC 11 5113 14883
Samo RC 11 809 15692
Brancaleone RC 11 3584 19276
San Lorenzo RC 13 2640 21916
Sant'Agata del Bianco RC 14 592 22508
Caraffa del Bianco RC 14 539 23047
Bagaladi RC 14 1039 24086
Africo RC 15 3075 27161
Casignana RC 15 759 27920
Bianco RC 18 4273 32193
San Luca RC 18 3881 36074
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 19 11355 47429
Montebello Ionico RC 20 6214 53643

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
43 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 1.3 2023-12-19
18:29:53		 37.9963 15.9807 10 2023-12-19
18:36:15		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124147671
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-19 18:29:53 ± 0.1
Latitude 37.9963 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.9807 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 10 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124147671

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 609
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 496
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 167
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 610.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 119
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04766
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.57826
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124147671
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-19 18:36:15
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2023-12-19T18:30:05.96 1.0 undecidable manual P 38 64.1913 50 0.47 21
IY.OPPI.HHZ. 2023-12-19T18:30:04.54 0.6 undecidable manual S 5 30.1476 50 -0.3 46
IV.MRCB.HHZ. 2023-12-19T18:30:04.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 307 30.4473 50 -0.35 68
IV.GMB1.HHZ. 2023-12-19T18:30:03.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 324 24.1536 111 0.03 49
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2023-12-19T18:30:01.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 321 37.0296 50 -0.04 71
IY.OPPI.HHZ. 2023-12-19T18:30:00.37 0.1 positive manual P 5 30.1476 50 0.12 95
IV.MRCB.HHZ. 2023-12-19T18:30:00.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 307 30.4473 50 0.09 95
IV.GMB1.HHZ. 2023-12-19T18:29:59.52 0.3 negative manual P 324 24.1536 111 0.35 68
IV.SOI.EHE. 2023-12-19T18:29:58.75 0.3 undecidable manual S 37 10.6782 132 -0.17 73
IY.CNDF.HHE.00 2023-12-19T18:29:58.86 0.3 undecidable manual S 274 10.7781 131 -0.11 74
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2023-12-19T18:29:57.51 0.3 undecidable manual S 155 5.2947 151 -0.23 72
IY.CNDF.HHE.00 2023-12-19T18:29:56.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 274 10.7781 131 0.1 98
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2023-12-19T18:29:56.21 0.1 undecidable manual P 155 5.2947 151 0.06 100
IV.SOI.EHE. 2023-12-19T18:29:56.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 37 10.6782 132 0.05 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GMB1.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00014500000000000003 0.48 AML other m 2023-12-19T18:30:03.44
IV.GMB1.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0000968 0.46 AML other m 2023-12-19T18:30:03.35
IV.MRCB.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000552 1.44 AML other m 2023-12-19T18:30:04.74
IV.MRCB.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000057249999999999996 1.6 AML other m 2023-12-19T18:30:04.11
IY.OPPI.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00015550000000000004 1 AML other m 2023-12-19T18:30:05.81
IY.OPPI.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000155 0.72 AML other m 2023-12-19T18:30:05.23
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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