Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 16-07-2018 and time 14:02:34 (Italy) in region 4 km SW Atena Lucana (SA)

A magnitude ML 1.3 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Atena Lucana (SA), on

  • 16-07-2018 12:02:34 (UTC)
  • 16-07-2018 14:02:34 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.4240, 15.5460 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
Atena Lucana SA 4 2336 2336
Sala Consilina SA 5 12664 15000
Teggiano SA 5 7976 22976
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 6 1695 24671
San Rufo SA 7 1754 26425
Sant'Arsenio SA 7 2815 29240
Monte San Giacomo SA 9 1572 30812
Sassano SA 9 5013 35825
Brienza PZ 9 4078 39903
Polla SA 11 5279 45182
Sasso di Castalda PZ 13 835 46017
Padula SA 13 5368 51385
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 14 1429 52814
Corleto Monforte SA 14 592 53406
Sacco SA 15 492 53898
Satriano di Lucania PZ 16 2374 56272
Pertosa SA 16 690 56962
Marsico Nuovo PZ 16 4098 61060
Savoia di Lucania PZ 16 1127 62187
Caggiano SA 17 2765 64952
Paterno PZ 17 3368 68320
Piaggine SA 17 1311 69631
Roscigno SA 17 817 70448
Valle dell'Angelo SA 17 248 70696
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella SA 18 635 71331
Auletta SA 18 2336 73667
Buonabitacolo SA 18 2549 76216
Petina SA 19 1159 77375
Sanza SA 20 2608 79983
Vietri di Potenza PZ 20 2832 82815
Bellosguardo SA 20 794 83609
Ottati SA 20 618 84227
Salvitelle SA 20 560 84787

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
52 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 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 2018-07-16
12:02:34
40.4243 15.546 1 2019-04-24
14:51:11
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 66518701
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.3 2018-07-16
12:02:34
40.4193 15.572 6 2018-07-16
12:26:52
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 58808791
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-07-16 12:02:34 ± 0.23
Latitude 40.4243 ± 0.0126
Longitude 15.5460 ± 0.0236
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 66518701

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2120
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1280
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 246
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2120.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 133
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07464
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.56208
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66518701
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-03-13 23:52:26

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 58808791
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-07-16 12:26:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SNAL.HNE. 2018-07-16T12:02:46.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 333 62.3931 50 -0.5 64
MN.CUC.HNZ. 2018-07-16T12:02:44.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 154 52.9026 91 -0.66 61
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2018-07-16T12:02:42.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 200 40.9257 91 0.38 68
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2018-07-16T12:02:41.95 0.3 undecidable manual P 353 37.1295 91 0.32 69
IV.MGR.HNZ. 2018-07-16T12:02:40.63 0.3 undecidable manual P 179 31.8459 91 0.07 74
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2018-07-16T12:02:39.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 135 24.6531 91 -0.06 100
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2018-07-16T12:02:39.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 117 24.2535 91 0.78 61
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2018-07-16T12:02:35.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 117 8.2806 93 -0.23 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTSN.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001250657 0.256 AML other m 2018-07-16T12:02:46.04
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:1.3 0.00013126055 1.744 AML other m 2018-07-16T12:02:47.09
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00013350000000000002 0.26 AML other m 2018-07-16T12:02:49.36
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:1.4 0.0001695884 0.3392 AML other m 2018-07-16T12:02:49.54
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000123 0.42 AML other m 2018-07-16T12:02:50.43
IV.MTSN.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00010191401999999999 0.3968 AML other m 2018-07-16T12:02:51.29
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