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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 12-07-2016 and time 06:51:06 (UTC) in region Costa Ionica Cosentina (Cosenza)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ionica Cosentina (Cosenza), on

  • 12-07-2016 06:51:06 (UTC)
  • 12-07-2016 08:51:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.5840, 16.8320 at 37 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
Calopezzati CS 4 1369 1369
Crosia CS 5 9762 11131
Caloveto CS 11 1263 12394
Pietrapaola CS 11 1141 13535
Cropalati CS 12 1084 14619
Mandatoriccio CS 13 2872 17491
Cariati CS 14 8355 25846
Paludi CS 14 1062 26908
Scala Coeli CS 16 1014 27922
Terravecchia CS 17 823 28745
Rossano CS 17 36842 65587
Campana CS 19 1813 67400
Bocchigliero CS 19 1298 68698

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
59 Km NE of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
61 Km NW of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Lamezia Terme (70714 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.5 2016-07-12
06:51:06		 39.5837 16.832 37 2016-11-08
11:51:01		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 26480781
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2016-07-12
06:51:06		 39.5837 16.832 37 2016-07-12
07:16:58		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 26388201
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-07-12 06:51:06 ± 0.38
Latitude 39.5837 ± 0.0171
Longitude 16.8320 ± 0.0315
Depth (km) 37 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 26480781

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2749
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1847
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 77
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2750.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 265
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09893
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.58186
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 26480781
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-07-19 08:25:39

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 26388201
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-07-12 07:16:58
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:28.04 0.6 undecidable manual S 236 64.5909 54 0.37 43
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:23.03 0.6 undecidable manual S 282 43.1235 127 0.23 47
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:23.52 0.6 undecidable manual S 188 45.3213 126 0.25 46
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:20.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 234 34.1436 134 -0.59 43
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:18.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 191 61.9935 117 -0.03 70
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:18.28 0.3 undecidable manual P 236 64.5909 54 -0.39 65
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:17.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 187 10.9779 162 0.08 51
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:16.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 188 45.3213 126 0.16 70
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:16.36 0.6 undecidable manual P 282 43.1235 127 0.5 44
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:14.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 234 34.1436 134 -0.4 91
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2016-07-12T06:51:13.04 0.1 negative manual P 187 10.9779 162 0.15 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000041700000000000004 0.9 AML other m 2016-07-12T06:51:28.73
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0000532 0.76 AML other m 2016-07-12T06:51:28.86
IV.CELI.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00008895000000000001 0.48 AML other m 2016-07-12T06:51:20.53
IV.CELI.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0000891 0.44 AML other m 2016-07-12T06:51:20.43
IV.PIPA.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00020800000000000001 0.36 AML other m 2016-07-12T06:51:17.82
IV.PIPA.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00020150000000000002 1.14 AML other m 2016-07-12T06:51:18.00
IV.SERS.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00001755 0.58 AML other m 2016-07-12T06:51:32.81
IV.SERS.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000009565 0.52 AML other m 2016-07-12T06:51:35.98
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