Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 16-02-2018 and time 17:24:02 (Italy) in region 1 km NE Arnasco (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.6 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Arnasco (SV), on

  • 16-02-2018 16:24:02 (UTC)
  • 16-02-2018 17:24:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0880, 8.1150 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
Arnasco SV 1 645 645
Cisano sul Neva SV 3 2085 2730
Zuccarello SV 3 309 3039
Vendone SV 4 388 3427
Castelbianco SV 4 330 3757
Ortovero SV 4 1586 5343
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena SV 5 145 5488
Villanova d'Albenga SV 5 2657 8145
Onzo SV 5 219 8364
Erli SV 6 245 8609
Garlenda SV 6 1254 9863
Balestrino SV 6 595 10458
Nasino SV 8 207 10665
Casanova Lerrone SV 8 749 11414
Ranzo IM 9 557 11971
Toirano SV 9 2644 14615
Aquila d'Arroscia IM 9 166 14781
Albenga SV 9 24213 38994
Alto CN 9 128 39122
Ceriale SV 10 5561 44683
Boissano SV 10 2492 47175
Alassio SV 10 10934 58109
Stellanello SV 11 808 58917
Borghetto Santo Spirito SV 11 4948 63865
Borghetto d'Arroscia IM 11 456 64321
Testico SV 11 196 64517
Bardineto SV 12 756 65273
Loano SV 13 11407 76680
Vessalico IM 13 282 76962
Laigueglia SV 13 1810 78772
Caprauna CN 13 104 78876
Villa Faraldi IM 14 444 79320
Garessio CN 14 3244 82564
Giustenice SV 14 977 83541
Cesio IM 14 283 83824
Andora SV 15 7552 91376
Pietra Ligure SV 15 8992 100368
Tovo San Giacomo SV 16 2582 102950
Magliolo SV 16 974 103924
Chiusanico IM 16 607 104531
Armo IM 16 111 104642
Caravonica IM 16 282 104924
Calizzano SV 16 1475 106399
Pieve di Teco IM 17 1338 107737
Diano Arentino IM 17 722 108459
Chiusavecchia IM 17 577 109036
Borgio Verezzi SV 17 2205 111241
Ormea CN 18 1617 112858
San Bartolomeo al Mare IM 18 3129 115987
Diano San Pietro IM 18 1145 117132
Lucinasco IM 18 272 117404
Cervo IM 18 1187 118591
Pontedassio IM 18 2323 120914
Borgomaro IM 18 865 121779
Diano Castello IM 19 2214 123993
Priola CN 19 701 124694
Aurigo IM 19 347 125041
Calice Ligure SV 19 1730 126771
Pornassio IM 20 685 127456
Rialto SV 20 564 128020
Diano Marina IM 20 5977 133997

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km SW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
40 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
56 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
91 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
100 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 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 0.6 2018-02-16
16:24:02
44.0885 8.115 1 2019-04-24
14:49:47
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 65534021
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.7 2018-02-16
16:24:02
44.1022 8.0975 7 2018-02-16
16:33:39
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 53946761
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-02-16 16:24:02 ± 0.27
Latitude 44.0885 ± 0.0162
Longitude 8.1150 ± 0.0200
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 65534021

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2110
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1140
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 320
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2110.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 186
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) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04227
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41639
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:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 65534021
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-02-14 09:47:39

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 53946761
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-02-16 16:33:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
FR.SAOF.HHN.00 2018-02-16T16:24:11.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 256 46.2204 91 -0.55 65
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2018-02-16T16:24:08.47 0.3 undecidable manual P 35 31.9458 91 -0.34 71
IV.IMI.HHZ. 2018-02-16T16:24:07.93 0.1 undecidable manual P 222 26.5512 91 0.2 98
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2018-02-16T16:24:07.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 308 27.75 91 -0.13 99
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2018-02-16T16:24:05.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 36 16.3725 92 0.18 100
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2018-02-16T16:24:03.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 304 4.6953 96 0.36 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000066672815 0.3072 AML other m 2018-02-16T16:24:08.24
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000053197715 0.3584 AML other m 2018-02-16T16:24:09.09
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.2 0.000008081684 1.2 AML other m 2018-02-16T16:24:11.77
GU.GBOS.HHN. ML:0.4 0.0000125001205 1.2544 AML other m 2018-02-16T16:24:11.33
IV.IMI.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00002844087 0.6048 AML other m 2018-02-16T16:24:12.64
IV.IMI.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00003798348 0.1792 AML other m 2018-02-16T16:24:12.69
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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