Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 19-03-2024 and time 12:52:19 (UTC) in region 4 km S Cittanova (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Cittanova (RC), on

  • 19-03-2024 12:52:19 (UTC)
  • 19-03-2024 13:52:19 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3220, 16.0780 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
Cittanova RC 4 10410 10410
Molochio RC 4 2564 12974
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 6 523 13497
Taurianova RC 7 15636 29133
San Giorgio Morgeto RC 8 3058 32191
Antonimina RC 8 1317 33508
Varapodio RC 8 2160 35668
Oppido Mamertina RC 9 5332 41000
Polistena RC 10 10496 51496
Ciminà RC 10 568 52064
Cinquefrondi RC 11 6539 58603
Canolo RC 11 746 59349
Platì RC 12 3812 63161
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 12 929 64090
Melicucco RC 13 5101 69191
Anoia RC 13 2212 71403
Agnana Calabra RC 13 562 71965
Gerace RC 14 2652 74617
Maropati RC 14 1524 76141
Cosoleto RC 14 859 77000
Rizziconi RC 15 7829 84829
Giffone RC 15 1907 86736
Mammola RC 15 2847 89583
Sant'Ilario dello Ionio RC 15 1377 90960
Portigliola RC 15 1201 92161
Scido RC 15 931 93092
Galatro RC 16 1709 94801
Benestare RC 16 2556 97357
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 16 1695 99052
Careri RC 16 2360 101412
Ardore RC 16 5088 106500
Delianuova RC 17 3352 109852
San Procopio RC 17 534 110386
Melicuccà RC 17 930 111316
Grotteria RC 17 3154 114470
Seminara RC 18 2811 117281
San Giovanni di Gerace RC 18 481 117762
Sinopoli RC 19 2089 119851
Martone RC 19 530 120381
Locri RC 19 12504 132885
Laureana di Borrello RC 19 5174 138059
San Luca RC 20 3881 141940
Gioiosa Ionica RC 20 7181 149121
Gioia Tauro RC 20 19864 168985

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
48 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
76 Km S of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.8 2024-03-19
12:52:19		 38.3218 16.0778 10 2024-03-19
13:27:34		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125989721
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-03-19 12:52:19 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.3218 ± 0.0054
Longitude 16.0778 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125989721

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 517
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 466
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 360
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 118
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 16
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.59535
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125989721
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-03-19 13:27:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:55.47 3.0 undecidable manual S -3.71 0
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:40.25 0.6 undecidable manual S 253 66.0894 50 0.47 42
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:35.29 0.6 undecidable manual S 263 50.0166 50 -0.19 46
IV.MPAZ.HHN. 2024-03-19T12:52:33.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 189 41.4252 50 0.14 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:31.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 253 66.0894 50 0.35 87
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:31.28 0.6 undecidable manual S 66 34.3434 50 -0.03 49
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:30.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 257 32.4453 50 -0.02 74
IV.SOI.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:29.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 184 27.6501 50 -0.28 47
IV.GMB1.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:29.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 234 28.0497 50 -0.12 49
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:28.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 263 50.0166 50 -0.29 91
IY.SPDC.HHE. 2024-03-19T12:52:28.22 0.6 undecidable manual S 12 23.1546 113 0.06 50
IV.MPAZ.HHN. 2024-03-19T12:52:27.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 189 41.4252 50 0.01 98
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:26.34 0.1 positive manual P 66 34.3434 50 0.06 98
IV.SOI.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:25.33 0.6 undecidable manual P 184 27.6501 50 0.08 49
IV.GMB1.HHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:25.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 234 28.0497 50 0.05 99
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2024-03-19T12:52:25.83 0.3 positive manual P 257 32.4453 50 -0.16 72
IY.SPDC.HHE. 2024-03-19T12:52:24.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 12 23.1546 113 -0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GMB1.HNE. ML:2.0 0.0005455 1.22 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:31.99
IV.GMB1.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00044799999999999994 0.6 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:31.69
IV.GMB1.HNN. ML:2.0 0.0005415 0.16 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:31.69
IV.GMB1.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000512 0.3 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:31.82
IV.SOI.HNE. ML:1.6 0.000201 1.42 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:32.84
IV.SOI.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000202 1.4 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:32.14
IV.SOI.HNN. ML:1.6 0.000202 0.84 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:32.00
IV.SOI.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00017449999999999999 0.82 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:32.01
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00022250000000000001 1.5 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:33.90
IV.PLAC.HNE. ML:1.7 0.0002075 1.5 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:33.91
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00010109999999999999 1.3 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:34.27
IV.PLAC.HNN. ML:1.6 0.00016099999999999998 1.28 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:34.29
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0001595 0.98 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:40.04
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001235 0.2 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:40.66
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00018099999999999998 1.74 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:42.05
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000183 1.46 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:44.13
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.8 0.00029668459999999995 0.34 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:32.88
IV.SICLA.EHN. ML:1.7 0.00023574175 0.16 AML other m 2024-03-19T12:52:33.57
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