Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.2 on date 18-03-2010 and time 03:34:00 (Italy) in region 1 km NW Sarconi (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Sarconi (PZ), on

  • 18-03-2010 02:34:00 (UTC)
  • 18-03-2010 03:34:00 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2560, 15.8800 at 8 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
Sarconi PZ 1 1404 1404
Moliterno PZ 2 4062 5466
Grumento Nova PZ 3 1700 7166
Spinoso PZ 8 1462 8628
Viggiano PZ 10 3329 11957
Tramutola PZ 11 3089 15046
Montemurro PZ 11 1235 16281
Castelsaraceno PZ 14 1384 17665
Marsicovetere PZ 14 5546 23211
San Martino d'Agri PZ 15 801 24012
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 15 6704 30716
Armento PZ 17 631 31347
Casalbuono SA 17 1194 32541
Lagonegro PZ 18 5584 38125
San Chirico Raparo PZ 18 1084 39209
Paterno PZ 19 3368 42577
Corleto Perticara PZ 20 2511 45088

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Altamura (70396 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
Md 1.3
ML 0.2
2010-03-18
02:34:00
40.256 15.88 8 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1020539
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-03-18 02:34:00 ± 0.17
Latitude 40.2560 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.8800 ± 0.0094
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1020539

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 639
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 632
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 243
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 894.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 229
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.12
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.09893
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:0.2

Field Value
Value 0.2
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1020539
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:35:36

Md:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1020539
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:35:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.LPEL.HHN. 2010-03-18T02:34:17.70 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.LPEL.HHN. 2010-03-18T02:34:09.25 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MTSN.HHN. 2010-03-18T02:34:04.83 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 276 10.9779 -0.085 49
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2010-03-18T02:34:04.19 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 188 8.2806 -0.006 75
IV.MCEL.HHN. 2010-03-18T02:34:04.74 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 319 10.1787 0.063 74
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2010-03-18T02:34:02.48 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 188 8.2806 0.008 100
IV.MCEL.HHN. 2010-03-18T02:34:02.67 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 319 10.1787 -0.081 98
IV.MTSN.HHN. 2010-03-18T02:34:02.98 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 276 10.9779 0.099 73
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