Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 20-02-2009 and time 14:32:09 (Italy) in region 4 km N Viggianello (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 4 km N Viggianello (PZ), on

  • 20-02-2009 13:32:09 (UTC)
  • 20-02-2009 14:32:09 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.0140, 16.0830 at 2 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Viggianello PZ 5 3025 3025
San Severino Lucano PZ 5 1563 4588
Episcopia PZ 7 1434 6022
Rotonda PZ 8 3494 9516
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 9 824 10340
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 9 2131 12471
Latronico PZ 11 4556 17027
Laino Borgo CS 11 1921 18948
Laino Castello CS 13 848 19796
Francavilla in Sinni PZ 13 4215 24011
Fardella PZ 13 627 24638
Teana PZ 14 613 25251
Carbone PZ 14 638 25889
Mormanno CS 16 3027 28916
Calvera PZ 16 387 29303
Chiaromonte PZ 17 1965 31268
Castelsaraceno PZ 19 1384 32652
Terranova di Pollino PZ 19 1208 33860
San Costantino Albanese PZ 19 729 34589
Morano Calabro CS 20 4576 39165
San Chirico Raparo PZ 20 1084 40249

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
74 Km SE of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.8
ML 1.7
2009-02-20
13:32:09
40.014 16.083 2 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 745389
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-02-20 13:32:09 ± 0.54
Latitude 40.0140 ± 0.0162
Longitude 16.0830 ± 0.0247
Depth (km) 2 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 745389

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2786
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1158
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 130
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2765.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 266
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.41
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.23562
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 745389
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:05:45

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 745389
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:05:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AOI.HHE. 2009-02-20T13:32:48.43 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CIGN.HHN. 2009-02-20T13:32:47.81 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2009-02-20T13:32:23.35 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2009-02-20T13:32:18.72 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 316 26.1516 0.364 48
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2009-02-20T13:32:17.13 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 264 22.8549 -0.091 51
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2009-02-20T13:32:16.25 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 358 20.5683 -0.172 76
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2009-02-20T13:32:14.20 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 316 26.1516 -0.314 97
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2009-02-20T13:32:13.62 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 358 20.5683 0.224 100
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2009-02-20T13:32:13.96 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 264 22.8549 0.103 77
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