Earthquake with magnitude of mb 4.5 on date 12-12-2015 and time 09:34:48 (Italy) in region Costa Greca Ionica (GRECIA)

A magnitude mb 4.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Greca Ionica (GRECIA), on

  • 12-12-2015 08:34:48 (UTC)
  • 12-12-2015 09:34:48 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 12-12-2015 10:34:48 (UTC +02:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Europe/Athens)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9100, 21.0500 at 2 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 inhabitants.

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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
mb 4.5 2015-12-12
08:34:48
37.91 21.05 2 2015-12-12
09:02:21
European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) 22663491
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-12-12 08:34:48 ± 0
Latitude 37.9100
Longitude 21.0500
Depth (km) 2 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CSEM
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 22663491

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 0.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec)
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

mb:4.5

Field Value
Value 4.5
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude mb
Reference to an origin 22663491
Agency INGV
Autore European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-12-12 09:02:21
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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