Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 22-02-2017 and time 11:06:35 (Italy) in region 4 km S Statte (TA)

A magnitude ML 1.3 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Statte (TA), on

  • 22-02-2017 10:06:35 (UTC)
  • 22-02-2017 11:06:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5260, 17.1890 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: quarry blast.

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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Statte TA 5 13983 13983
Taranto TA 7 201100 215083
Massafra TA 10 33003 248086
Crispiano TA 10 13802 261888
Montemesola TA 13 3949 265837
Palagiano TA 14 16067 281904
Monteiasi TA 16 5623 287527
Mottola TA 18 15997 303524
San Giorgio Ionico TA 18 15344 318868
Carosino TA 19 7010 325878
Roccaforzata TA 20 1827 327705
Leporano TA 20 8068 335773

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
7 Km NW of Taranto (201100 inhabitants)
52 Km E of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
63 Km SE of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Brindisi (88302 inhabitants)
72 Km SE of Bari (326344 inhabitants)
77 Km SE of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Lecce (94773 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Bisceglie (55422 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 1.3 2017-02-22
10:06:35
40.5257 17.1887 0 2018-01-10
09:51:16
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 48774131
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2017-02-22
10:06:34
40.4905 17.2793 11 2017-02-22
10:11:47
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 41475511
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-02-22 10:06:35 ± 0.17
Latitude 40.5257 ± 0.0162
Longitude 17.1887 ± 0.0106
Depth (km) 0 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 48774131

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1810
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 910
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 7
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1810.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 166
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07285
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.59085
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 48774131
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-09-08 10:42:47

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 41475511
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-02-22 10:11:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CRAC.EHZ. 2017-02-22T10:06:48.79 0.3 undecidable manual P 256 65.5899 50 0.39 63
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2017-02-22T10:06:47.59 0.6 undecidable manual P 278 63.5919 50 -0.5 41
GE.MATE.HHE. 2017-02-22T10:06:43.84 0.6 undecidable manual P 289 43.0236 90 -0.24 45
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2017-02-22T10:06:41.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 340 31.0467 90 0.12 95
IV.LTRZ.EHZ. 2017-02-22T10:06:41.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 286 32.3454 90 -0.01 72
OT.TAR1.HHZ. 2017-02-22T10:06:37.04 0.1 positive manual P 90 8.0808 91 -0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CRAC.EHE. ML:1.6 0.00008163173 0.256 AML other m 2017-02-22T10:06:56.27
IV.CRAC.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00007903361 0.0768 AML other m 2017-02-22T10:06:56.95
IV.LTRZ.HNE. ML:1.5 0.000143237285 0.6784 AML other m 2017-02-22T10:06:49.86
IV.LTRZ.EHE. ML:0.7 0.000024852915 0.32 AML other m 2017-02-22T10:06:48.49
IV.LTRZ.EHN. ML:1.3 0.00009722077000000001 1.44 AML other m 2017-02-22T10:06:49.63
IV.NOCI.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00004928648 0.1792 AML other m 2017-02-22T10:06:47.79
IV.NOCI.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000546764 0.16 AML other m 2017-02-22T10:06:46.74
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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