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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 23-04-2016 and time 08:42:11 (Italy) in region 2 km E Cardeto (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E Cardeto (RC), on

  • 23-04-2016 06:42:11 (UTC)
  • 23-04-2016 08:42:11 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0920, 15.7830 at 12 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.

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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
Cardeto RC 2 1641 1641
Bagaladi RC 8 1039 2680
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 9 1263 3943
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 9 343 4286
Laganadi RC 10 413 4699
San Lorenzo RC 10 2640 7339
Roccaforte del Greco RC 11 476 7815
Calanna RC 11 934 8749
Condofuri RC 12 5113 13862
Reggio di Calabria RC 12 183035 196897
Motta San Giovanni RC 12 6208 203105
Montebello Ionico RC 12 6214 209319
San Roberto RC 14 1750 211069
Fiumara RC 16 1018 212087
Bova RC 17 448 212535
Campo Calabro RC 18 4536 217071
Roghudi RC 19 1104 218175
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 19 11355 229530
Scilla RC 19 4964 234494
Villa San Giovanni RC 19 13784 248278
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 20 4120 252398

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
23 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Catania (314555 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.5 2016-04-23
06:42:11		 38.0923 15.7833 12 2016-05-17
13:18:32		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 24688091
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2016-04-23
06:42:11		 38.0922 15.7853 13 2016-04-23
06:54:10		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 24569281
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-04-23 06:42:11 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.0923 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.7833 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 12 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 24688091

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 645
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 265
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 133
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 650.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08364
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.62593
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 24569281
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-04-23 06:54:10

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 24688091
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-04-28 08:28:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:28.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 9 57.7977 91 -0.1 45
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:23.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 279 38.0286 92 -0.55 43
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2016-04-23T06:42:23.83 0.6 undecidable manual P 55 69.4749 91 0.58 40
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:21.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 9 57.7977 91 0.1 68
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:21.52 0.6 undecidable manual P 263 56.8986 91 0.2 44
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:21.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 309 30.6471 93 -0.16 47
IV.AIO.HHE. 2016-04-23T06:42:20.52 0.6 undecidable manual P 255 49.9167 91 0.28 44
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:19.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 95 23.754 95 -0.63 63
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:19.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 27 20.9679 97 -0.2 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:18.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 279 38.0286 92 -0.11 71
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:17.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 2 15.4734 106 -0.16 72
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:17.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 309 30.6471 93 -0.07 96
IV.GMB.BHE. 2016-04-23T06:42:16.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 25 9.2796 129 0.01 75
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:16.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 95 23.754 95 0.07 97
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:16.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 27 20.9679 97 0.22 71
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:15.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 2 15.4734 106 0.22 95
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2016-04-23T06:42:14.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 216 12.2766 117 0.03 100
IV.GMB.BHE. 2016-04-23T06:42:14.34 0.6 undecidable manual P 25 9.2796 129 0.23 48
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000251 0.58 AML other m 2016-04-23T06:42:16.90
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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