Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 11-10-2017 and time 11:09:52 (Italy) in region 4 km SE Dego (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.5 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Dego (SV), on

  • 11-10-2017 09:09:52 (UTC)
  • 11-10-2017 11:09:52 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4210, 8.3320 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
Dego SV 4 1985 1985
Cairo Montenotte SV 5 13269 15254
Giusvalla SV 6 441 15695
Piana Crixia SV 8 788 16483
Carcare SV 8 5587 22070
Pontinvrea SV 9 847 22917
Altare SV 10 2108 25025
Cosseria SV 10 1105 26130
Plodio SV 10 650 26780
Mioglia SV 10 526 27306
Cengio SV 10 3563 30869
Merana AL 11 189 31058
Pallare SV 11 923 31981
Pareto AL 11 554 32535
Millesimo SV 12 3383 35918
Roccavignale SV 13 752 36670
Saliceto CN 13 1323 37993
Stella SV 13 3009 41002
Spigno Monferrato AL 14 1050 42052
Gottasecca CN 14 148 42200
Castelletto Uzzone CN 14 331 42531
Sassello SV 14 1777 44308
Mallare SV 15 1146 45454
Camerana CN 15 631 46085
Quiliano SV 16 7232 53317
Montezemolo CN 16 259 53576
Serole AT 16 123 53699
Mombaldone AT 17 209 53908
Prunetto CN 17 451 54359
Malvicino AL 17 85 54444
Albisola Superiore SV 17 10163 64607
Pezzolo Valle Uzzone CN 17 344 64951
Albissola Marina SV 17 5487 70438
Savona SV 17 61345 131783
Castelnuovo di Ceva CN 18 110 131893
Bormida SV 18 387 132280
Monesiglio CN 18 645 132925
Murialdo SV 18 841 133766
Bergolo CN 18 71 133837
Gorzegno CN 19 304 134141
Osiglia SV 19 444 134585
Vado Ligure SV 19 8336 142921
Levice CN 19 231 143152
Celle Ligure SV 19 5237 148389
Priero CN 20 529 148918
Olmo Gentile AT 20 80 148998
Roccaverano AT 20 399 149397
Sale delle Langhe CN 20 486 149883
Denice AL 20 176 150059
Montechiaro d'Acqui AL 20 560 150619

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km NW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
54 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
82 Km SE of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
89 Km SE of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 0.5 2017-10-11
09:09:52
44.4213 8.3317 1 2018-09-04
09:08:02
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 59033041
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.6 2017-10-11
09:09:51
44.3703 8.4378 9 2017-10-11
09:17:19
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 50878291
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-10-11 09:09:52 ± 0.28
Latitude 44.4213 ± 0.0198
Longitude 8.3317 ± 0.0302
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 59033041

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2980
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1300
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 310
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2980.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 169
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.42
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09713
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39480
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 59033041
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-07-24 14:30:30

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 50878291
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-10-11 09:17:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.GBOS.HHN. 2017-10-11T09:10:01.38 0.3 undecidable manual P 243 43.8228 91 0.38 67
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2017-10-11T09:09:59.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 212 40.2264 91 -0.43 89
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2017-10-11T09:09:57.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 198 24.8529 91 -0.11 98
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2017-10-11T09:09:56.48 0.1 undecidable manual P 52 21.4674 91 -0.05 100
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2017-10-11T09:09:54.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 174 10.7781 93 0.3 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.QLNO.HHN. ML:0.4 0.0000414 1.28 AML other m 2017-10-11T09:09:56.64
IV.QLNO.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00004915 0.62 AML other m 2017-10-11T09:09:57.60
GU.PCP.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00002855 0.98 AML other m 2017-10-11T09:10:01.61
GU.PCP.HHN. ML:0.4 0.00002025 1.06 AML other m 2017-10-11T09:10:01.38
GU.RORO.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00001565 0.6 AML other m 2017-10-11T09:10:05.63
GU.RORO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00001815 0.46 AML other m 2017-10-11T09:10:06.38
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