Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 29-01-2018 and time 13:46:23 (Italy) in region 2 km S Dego (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.7 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Dego (SV), on

  • 29-01-2018 12:46:23 (UTC)
  • 29-01-2018 13:46:23 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4300, 8.3190 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 2 1985 1985
Cairo Montenotte SV 5 13269 15254
Piana Crixia SV 6 788 16042
Giusvalla SV 7 441 16483
Carcare SV 8 5587 22070
Cosseria SV 9 1105 23175
Pontinvrea SV 10 847 24022
Cengio SV 10 3563 27585
Plodio SV 10 650 28235
Merana AL 10 189 28424
Mioglia SV 10 526 28950
Altare SV 11 2108 31058
Pareto AL 11 554 31612
Millesimo SV 11 3383 34995
Pallare SV 12 923 35918
Saliceto CN 12 1323 37241
Roccavignale SV 12 752 37993
Gottasecca CN 13 148 38141
Castelletto Uzzone CN 13 331 38472
Spigno Monferrato AL 13 1050 39522
Camerana CN 14 631 40153
Stella SV 14 3009 43162
Serole AT 15 123 43285
Sassello SV 15 1777 45062
Montezemolo CN 15 259 45321
Mallare SV 15 1146 46467
Prunetto CN 15 451 46918
Pezzolo Valle Uzzone CN 16 344 47262
Mombaldone AT 16 209 47471
Malvicino AL 16 85 47556
Monesiglio CN 17 645 48201
Quiliano SV 17 7232 55433
Bergolo CN 17 71 55504
Castelnuovo di Ceva CN 17 110 55614
Gorzegno CN 17 304 55918
Murialdo SV 18 841 56759
Levice CN 18 231 56990
Bormida SV 18 387 57377
Albisola Superiore SV 18 10163 67540
Olmo Gentile AT 18 80 67620
Roccaverano AT 19 399 68019
Albissola Marina SV 19 5487 73506
Savona SV 19 61345 134851
Priero CN 19 529 135380
Osiglia SV 19 444 135824
Sale delle Langhe CN 19 486 136310
Denice AL 19 176 136486
Mombarcaro CN 19 268 136754
Montechiaro d'Acqui AL 19 560 137314
Sale San Giovanni CN 19 183 137497
Paroldo CN 20 211 137708
Cortemilia CN 20 2331 140039
Torre Bormida CN 20 200 140239
Cartosio AL 20 747 140986

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
53 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
81 Km SE of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
88 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 0.7 2018-01-29
12:46:23
44.4297 8.3187 1 2019-04-24
14:49:45
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 65033291
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.8 2018-01-29
12:46:23
44.3722 8.436 9 2018-01-29
13:03:12
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 53532741
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-01-29 12:46:23 ± 0.28
Latitude 44.4297 ± 0.0180
Longitude 8.3187 ± 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 65033291

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2960
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1030
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 307
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2960.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 174
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39031
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 65033291
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-01-28 22:51:52

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 53532741
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-01-29 13:03:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2018-01-29T12:48:07.93 3.0 positive manual Pn 6.01 0
IV.T1299.EHZ. 2018-01-29T12:48:00.17 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.35 0
IV.GAG1.HNZ. 2018-01-29T12:47:57.47 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 6.98 0
CR.STON.BHZ. 2018-01-29T12:47:53.80 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -1.89 0
SL.LJU.BHZ. 2018-01-29T12:47:29.42 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 4.95 0
IV.CSNT.HHZ. 2018-01-29T12:47:19.95 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 0.61 0
MN.TRI.HHZ. 2018-01-29T12:47:17.54 3.0 negative manual Pg 1.53 0
IV.IMOL.EHZ. 2018-01-29T12:46:49.88 3.0 positive manual Pg -3.52 0
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2018-01-29T12:46:32.82 1.0 undecidable manual P 241 43.3233 91 0.74 20
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2018-01-29T12:46:31.20 0.3 negative manual P 210 40.5261 91 -0.32 68
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2018-01-29T12:46:28.45 0.1 negative manual P 195 25.4523 91 -0.06 99
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2018-01-29T12:46:27.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 55 21.7671 91 -0.03 100
IV.MSSA.HHZ. 2018-01-29T12:46:25.51 3.0 undecidable manual P -2.71 0
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2018-01-29T12:46:25.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 170 11.877 92 0.16 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.QLNO.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00007035 1.24 AML other m 2018-01-29T12:46:29.85
GU.PCP.HHE. ML:0.5 0.000027145125 0.8192 AML other m 2018-01-29T12:46:31.49
GU.PCP.HHN. ML:0.3 0.000014020435000000001 0.6592 AML other m 2018-01-29T12:46:31.78
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00004485 1.08 AML other m 2018-01-29T12:46:34.44
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0000949 0.8 AML other m 2018-01-29T12:46:36.20
GU.RORO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000022567435 1.6384 AML other m 2018-01-29T12:46:36.83
GU.RORO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000019387885 0.976 AML other m 2018-01-29T12:46:36.91
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