Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 27-05-2019 and time 14:53:34 (Italy) in region 2 km E Montezemolo (CN)

A magnitude ML 1.0 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km E Montezemolo (CN), on

  • 27-05-2019 12:53:34 (UTC)
  • 27-05-2019 14:53:34 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.3720, 8.1620 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
Montezemolo CN 2 259 259
Roccavignale SV 3 752 1011
Castelnuovo di Ceva CN 3 110 1121
Millesimo SV 4 3383 4504
Cengio SV 4 3563 8067
Saliceto CN 5 1323 9390
Priero CN 6 529 9919
Cosseria SV 6 1105 11024
Camerana CN 6 631 11655
Murialdo SV 6 841 12496
Sale delle Langhe CN 7 486 12982
Plodio SV 7 650 13632
Sale San Giovanni CN 7 183 13815
Perlo CN 7 116 13931
Nucetto CN 9 430 14361
Cairo Montenotte SV 10 13269 27630
Paroldo CN 10 211 27841
Gottasecca CN 10 148 27989
Ceva CN 10 5782 33771
Pallare SV 10 923 34694
Carcare SV 10 5587 40281
Osiglia SV 11 444 40725
Massimino SV 11 113 40838
Monesiglio CN 11 645 41483
Bormida SV 12 387 41870
Bagnasco CN 12 1035 42905
Torresina CN 12 52 42957
Roascio CN 12 97 43054
Mombarcaro CN 12 268 43322
Battifollo CN 13 219 43541
Prunetto CN 13 451 43992
Castelletto Uzzone CN 14 331 44323
Mallare SV 14 1146 45469
Igliano CN 14 74 45543
Scagnello CN 15 194 45737
Dego SV 15 1985 47722
Altare SV 15 2108 49830
Mombasiglio CN 15 609 50439
Castellino Tanaro CN 16 312 50751
Calizzano SV 16 1475 52226
San Benedetto Belbo CN 16 179 52405
Gorzegno CN 16 304 52709
Lesegno CN 16 794 53503
Murazzano CN 16 834 54337
Lisio CN 16 201 54538
Marsaglia CN 17 245 54783
Niella Belbo CN 17 372 55155
Piana Crixia SV 17 788 55943
Priola CN 18 701 56644
Viola CN 18 391 57035
Monasterolo Casotto CN 18 89 57124
Rocca Cigliè CN 19 142 57266
Levice CN 19 231 57497
Bonvicino CN 19 92 57589
Pezzolo Valle Uzzone CN 19 344 57933
Rialto SV 19 564 58497
Bossolasco CN 19 679 59176
Merana AL 20 189 59365
Niella Tanaro CN 20 1046 60411
Feisoglio CN 20 316 60727
Bergolo CN 20 71 60798
Cigliè CN 20 190 60988
Bardineto SV 20 756 61744

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km W of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
49 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
59 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
80 Km SE of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.0 2019-05-27
12:53:34
44.3718 8.1617 1 2019-11-13
14:31:03
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 72735841
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.0 2019-05-27
12:53:34
44.3528 8.1747 9 2019-05-27
13:00:38
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 68947541
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-05-27 12:53:34 ± 0.09
Latitude 44.3718 ± 0.0036
Longitude 8.1617 ± 0.0050
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 72735841

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 540
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 250
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 310
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 540.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 223
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
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) 0.14029
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.32196
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72735841
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-24 22:39:29

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 68947541
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-05-27 13:00:38
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2019-05-27T12:53:46.55 0.6 undecidable manual S 58 35.742 91 0.06 48
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2019-05-27T12:53:41.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 58 35.742 91 -0.06 97
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2019-05-27T12:53:40.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 195 29.748 91 -0.05 98
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2019-05-27T12:53:39.36 0.6 undecidable manual S 110 15.5733 92 -0.13 50
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2019-05-27T12:53:38.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 162 19.1697 91 0.06 100
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2019-05-27T12:53:37.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 110 15.5733 92 0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.QLNO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00007005 1.14 AML other m 2019-05-27T12:53:39.39
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001575 0.16 AML other m 2019-05-27T12:53:40.89
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0001225 1.28 AML other m 2019-05-27T12:53:41.97
IV.QLNO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00006950000000000001 0.74 AML other m 2019-05-27T12:53:41.50
GU.RORO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000356 0.14 AML other m 2019-05-27T12:53:44.59
GU.RORO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00006465 0.14 AML other m 2019-05-27T12:53:44.83
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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