Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 12-10-2018 and time 09:43:35 (Italy) in region 5 km E Pozzuoli (NA)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 5 km E Pozzuoli (NA), on

  • 12-10-2018 07:43:35 (UTC)
  • 12-10-2018 09:43:35 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8360, 14.1450 at 2 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli).

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
Pozzuoli NA 5 81661 81661
Quarto NA 5 40930 122591
Bacoli NA 7 26560 149151
Marano di Napoli NA 8 59874 209025
Monte di Procida NA 9 12886 221911
Calvizzano NA 9 12329 234240
Napoli NA 9 974074 1208314
Qualiano NA 10 25702 1234016
Mugnano di Napoli NA 10 34828 1268844
Villaricca NA 11 31122 1299966
Giugliano in Campania NA 11 122974 1422940
Melito di Napoli NA 12 37826 1460766
Procida NA 13 10530 1471296
Casavatore NA 13 18661 1489957
Sant'Antimo NA 13 33905 1523862
Arzano NA 14 34886 1558748
Parete CE 14 11442 1570190
Casandrino NA 14 14336 1584526
Casoria NA 15 77642 1662168
Grumo Nevano NA 15 18061 1680229
Lusciano CE 16 15362 1695591
Cesa CE 16 8841 1704432
Trentola-Ducenta CE 16 19429 1723861
Frattamaggiore NA 16 30329 1754190
San Giorgio a Cremano NA 16 45557 1799747
Aversa CE 16 53047 1852794
Sant'Arpino CE 16 14307 1867101
Afragola NA 17 65057 1932158
Frattaminore NA 17 16208 1948366
San Marcellino CE 17 14155 1962521
Casapesenna CE 17 6987 1969508
Succivo CE 17 8457 1977965
Ercolano NA 17 53709 2031674
Crispano NA 18 12354 2044028
Volla NA 18 23755 2067783
Portici NA 18 55274 2123057
Cardito NA 18 22755 2145812
Gricignano di Aversa CE 18 11881 2157693
Frignano CE 18 9008 2166701
Orta di Atella CE 18 27191 2193892
Carinaro CE 18 7181 2201073
San Cipriano d'Aversa CE 18 13653 2214726
Villa di Briano CE 18 7087 2221813
Cercola NA 18 18267 2240080
Teverola CE 18 14291 2254371
Caivano NA 19 37879 2292250
Casaluce CE 19 10078 2302328
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio NA 19 9196 2311524
Casal di Principe CE 19 21389 2332913
Torre del Greco NA 19 86275 2419188
Casalnuovo di Napoli NA 20 49855 2469043
Massa di Somma NA 20 5444 2474487
Pollena Trocchia NA 20 13562 2488049

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
8 Km SW of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
9 Km W of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
11 Km SW of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
15 Km SW of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
16 Km SW of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
17 Km SW of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
17 Km W of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
18 Km W of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
19 Km W of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
23 Km SW of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
31 Km SW of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
32 Km NW of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
34 Km W of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
Md 2.0 2018-10-12
07:43:35
40.836 14.145 2 2018-10-12
08:25:16
Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli) 61869441
Reviewed
Rev200
Md 1.8 2018-10-12
07:43:35
40.845 14.133 1 2018-10-12
07:52:06
Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli) 61868251
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-10-12 07:43:35 ± 0
Latitude 40.8360
Longitude 14.1450
Depth (km) 2 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-OV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 61869441

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 0.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 208
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.09
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitudes information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 61869441
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-10-12 08:25:16

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 61868251
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-10-12 07:52:06
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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