Earthquake (explosion) with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 19-09-2018 and time 12:14:36 (Italy) in region Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa)

A magnitude ML 1.0 (explosion) earthquake occured in region: Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa), on

  • 19-09-2018 10:14:36 (UTC)
  • 19-09-2018 12:14:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.9520, 9.9270 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

Event type: explosion.

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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
Ameglia SP 13 4365 4365
Portovenere SP 14 3630 7995
Lerici SP 14 10228 18223
Ortonovo SP 18 8277 26500
Castelnuovo Magra SP 18 8415 34915
Arcola SP 18 10607 45522
Sarzana SP 18 21976 67498
La Spezia SP 19 93959 161457
Forte dei Marmi LU 19 7510 168967
Carrara MS 20 63133 232100
Massa MS 20 69479 301579

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km SE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
20 Km SW of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
20 Km W of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
28 Km W of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
46 Km NW of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
54 Km NW of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
100 Km SW of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
100 Km SW of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.0 2018-09-19
10:14:36
43.9523 9.927 0 2018-09-19
10:32:54
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 61102001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-09-19 10:14:36 ± 0.78
Latitude 43.9523 ± 0.0468
Longitude 9.9270 ± 0.0362
Depth (km) 0 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type explosion
Origin ID 61102001

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5710
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1860
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 25
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5710.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 226
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.48
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.46765
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 61102001
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-09-19 10:32:54
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.TRI.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:16:16.83 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 5.92 0
IV.CRJA.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:16:11.92 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -5.34 0
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:15:52.84 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 6.08 0
MN.TRI.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:15:43.27 3.0 positive manual Pg 12.52 0
ST.DOSS.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:15:40.83 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.87 0
IV.GUMA.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:15:23.06 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.41 0
IV.NDIM.HNZ. 2018-09-19T10:15:17.96 3.0 undecidable manual S -2.1 0
IV.ZONE.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:15:14.25 3.0 positive manual Pg 2.9 0
IV.VOBA.HNZ. 2018-09-19T10:15:09.17 3.0 undecidable manual Pg -1.06 0
IV.RIBO.EHZ.01 2018-09-19T10:15:05.65 3.0 undecidable manual P 1.06 0
IV.MSSA.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:14:46.57 0.6 undecidable manual P 321 51.9036 90 -0.78 40
GU.MAIM.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:14:46.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 95 45.3213 90 0.14 74
MN.VLC.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:14:45.14 0.6 undecidable manual P 58 43.2234 90 -0.48 46
GU.EQUI.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:14:43.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 37 29.748 90 0.11 77
IV.PLMA.HHZ. 2018-09-19T10:14:39.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 332 12.2766 90 0.35 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.PLMA.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00014319999999999998 0.78 AML other m 2018-09-19T10:14:41.65
IV.PLMA.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00013550000000000001 0.78 AML other m 2018-09-19T10:14:41.80
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