Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 08-09-2019 and time 18:01:42 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Romagnano al Monte (SA)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Romagnano al Monte (SA), on

  • 08-09-2019 16:01:42 (UTC)
  • 08-09-2019 18:01:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6220, 15.4450 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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
Romagnano al Monte SA 1 368 368
Salvitelle SA 4 560 928
San Gregorio Magno SA 5 4286 5214
Vietri di Potenza PZ 6 2832 8046
Ricigliano SA 6 1144 9190
Buccino SA 7 5047 14237
Balvano PZ 7 1830 16067
Auletta SA 7 2336 18403
Caggiano SA 8 2765 21168
Pertosa SA 9 690 21858
Savoia di Lucania PZ 11 1127 22985
Petina SA 12 1159 24144
Polla SA 13 5279 29423
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 13 1429 30852
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 14 3519 34371
Palomonte SA 14 3985 38356
Baragiano PZ 14 2671 41027
Muro Lucano PZ 15 5497 46524
Picerno PZ 16 5985 52509
Sant'Arsenio SA 17 2815 55324
Bella PZ 17 5171 60495
Colliano SA 17 3638 64133
Contursi Terme SA 17 3394 67527
Satriano di Lucania PZ 18 2374 69901
Castelgrande PZ 18 943 70844
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 19 1695 72539
Postiglione SA 19 2151 74690
Oliveto Citra SA 19 3802 78492
Valva SA 20 1643 80135

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
39 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
58 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
64 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
79 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
81 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
94 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Andria (100440 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 0.8 2019-09-08
16:01:42
40.6223 15.4452 9 2020-02-28
16:42:10
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74159291
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.8 2019-09-08
16:01:41
40.6278 15.4592 9 2019-09-08
16:13:04
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 72231771
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-09-08 16:01:42 ± 0.17
Latitude 40.6223 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.4452 ± 0.0118
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74159291

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1026
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 765
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 112
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1030.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 111
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08184
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35163
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74159291
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-11-29 18:31:17

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72231771
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-08 16:13:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IX.PGN3.HHE.02 2019-09-08T16:01:53.92 0.3 undecidable manual S 101 30.1476 106 0.78 51
IX.STN3.HHZ. 2019-09-08T16:01:49.20 0.3 undecidable manual S 120 20.1687 114 -0.69 63
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2019-09-08T16:01:49.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 330 39.0276 50 -0.22 99
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2019-09-08T16:01:49.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 219 18.87 115 0.32 74
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2019-09-08T16:01:48.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 14 15.2736 120 0.43 51
IX.PGN3.HHE.02 2019-09-08T16:01:48.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 101 30.1476 106 0.08 71
IV.CAGG.EHE. 2019-09-08T16:01:47.21 0.6 undecidable manual S 142 9.0798 134 0.56 50
IX.STN3.HHZ. 2019-09-08T16:01:46.26 0.6 undecidable manual P 120 20.1687 114 -0.4 48
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2019-09-08T16:01:46.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 219 18.87 115 -0.26 100
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2019-09-08T16:01:45.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 14 15.2736 120 -0.12 100
IV.CAGG.EHE. 2019-09-08T16:01:44.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 142 9.0798 134 0.04 79
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000564 0.9 AML other m 2019-09-08T16:01:49.47
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00006545 0.84 AML other m 2019-09-08T16:01:49.51
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000035000000000000004 1.04 AML other m 2019-09-08T16:01:51.53
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000776 0.36 AML other m 2019-09-08T16:01:51.10
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