Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 12-09-2019 and time 05:00:03 (Italy) in region 7 km E Medicina (BO)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Medicina (BO), on

  • 12-09-2019 03:00:03 (UTC)
  • 12-09-2019 05:00:03 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4910, 11.7290 at 37 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
Medicina BO 7 16739 16739
Castel Guelfo di Bologna BO 8 4455 21194
Conselice RA 8 9856 31050
Massa Lombarda RA 9 10653 41703
Sant'Agata sul Santerno RA 12 2862 44565
Mordano BO 12 4760 49325
Bagnara di Romagna RA 14 2429 51754
Castel San Pietro Terme BO 15 20811 72565
Imola BO 15 69797 142362
Molinella BO 15 15797 158159
Budrio BO 16 18412 176571
Argenta FE 16 21851 198422
Lugo RA 16 32390 230812
Dozza BO 17 6652 237464
Solarolo RA 17 4488 241952
Fusignano RA 19 8222 250174
Castel Bolognese RA 20 9554 259728

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km N of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
26 Km NW of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
31 Km E of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
38 Km W of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
39 Km NW of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
40 Km S of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
57 Km NW of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
65 Km S of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
82 Km NW of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Scandicci (50609 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 1.6 2019-09-12
03:00:03
44.4907 11.7293 37 2020-02-28
16:42:10
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74254821
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.9 2019-09-12
03:00:04
44.359 11.278 10 2019-09-12
04:02:57
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 72329921
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-09-12 03:00:03 ± 0.37
Latitude 44.4907 ± 0.0207
Longitude 11.7293 ± 0.0429
Depth (km) 37 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74254821

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3643
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1527
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 60
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3640.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 143
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.70237
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.6
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74254821
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-02 17:03:08

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72329921
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-12 04:02:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MESG.HHZ. 2019-09-12T03:01:45.58 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 16.57 0
IV.VCEL.EHZ. 2019-09-12T03:01:23.10 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 9.7 0
IV.COLB.HHZ. 2019-09-12T03:01:14.21 3.0 negative manual Pg 11.22 0
GU.BLANC.HHZ. 2019-09-12T03:01:00.79 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 3.53 0
IV.POFI.HNZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:57.38 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 7.44 0
IV.SNTG.HHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:45.92 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.05 0
GU.GRAM.HHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:37.01 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.2 0
IV.MBAL.EHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:24.58 3.0 positive manual Pn -1.2 0
IV.PII.HHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:22.52 3.0 negative manual P -0.45 0
IV.FERS.HNN. 2019-09-12T03:00:20.14 0.6 undecidable manual S 342 48.1185 124 -0.69 46
IV.LMD.HHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:19.87 0.6 undecidable manual S 182 45.8208 125 -0.46 51
IV.MPPT.EHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:17.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 221 77.9664 54 -0.01 78
IV.BRIS.HHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:17.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 174 29.6481 138 0.56 51
IV.FIU.EHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:16.69 0.3 undecidable manual S 312 25.0527 143 0.39 80
IV.MOCL.EHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:16.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 219 69.2751 54 0.49 71
IV.FERS.HNN. 2019-09-12T03:00:13.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 342 48.1185 124 -0.21 79
IV.LMD.HHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:12.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 182 45.8208 125 -0.73 91
IV.BRIS.HHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:11.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 174 29.6481 138 0.07 85
IV.CMPO.HNZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:10.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 31 11.6772 161 0.7 100
IV.FIU.EHZ. 2019-09-12T03:00:10.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 312 25.0527 143 -0.39 80
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.FIU.EHN. ML:2.1 0.000409 0.22 AML other m 2019-09-12T03:00:16.90
IV.FIU.EHE. ML:2.0 0.000288 0.9 AML other m 2019-09-12T03:00:17.14
IV.LMD.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000024149999999999997 0.56 AML other m 2019-09-12T03:00:20.59
IV.LMD.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0000248 0.5 AML other m 2019-09-12T03:00:20.60
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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