Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 13-09-2019 and time 07:45:44 (UTC) in region 8 km E Matera (MT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 8 km E Matera (MT), on

  • 13-09-2019 07:45:44 (UTC)
  • 13-09-2019 09:45:44 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6980, 16.6790 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
Matera MT 8 60436 60436
Santeramo in Colle BA 13 26734 87170
Laterza TA 13 15290 102460
Ginosa TA 15 22632 125092
Montescaglioso MT 16 9942 135034
Altamura BA 18 70396 205430

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km E of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
18 Km SE of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
46 Km S of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
50 Km SW of Bari (326344 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Taranto (201100 inhabitants)
57 Km S of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
62 Km S of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
67 Km SE of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
68 Km SE of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
77 Km SE of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Cerignola (58396 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 1.7 2019-09-13
07:45:44
40.698 16.6792 1 2020-02-28
16:41:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 72549741
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.8 2019-09-13
07:45:44
40.6977 16.694 5 2019-09-13
07:55:45
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 72357101
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-09-13 07:45:44 ± 0.1
Latitude 40.6980 ± 0.0063
Longitude 16.6792 ± 0.0083
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 72549741

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 750
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 590
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 234
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 750.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 102
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05216
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30577
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72357101
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-13 07:55:45

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72549741
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-03 10:24:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2019-09-13T07:45:51.13 0.6 undecidable manual P 73 33.9438 91 -0.25 46
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2019-09-13T07:45:49.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 345 24.0537 91 0.13 72
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2019-09-13T07:45:48.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 243 22.5552 91 -0.13 72
IV.LTRZ.EHZ. 2019-09-13T07:45:47.78 0.1 undecidable manual P 132 15.7731 92 0.03 99
GE.MATE.HHZ. 2019-09-13T07:45:45.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 159 5.7942 95 0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LTRZ.EHN. ML:0.9 0.00008853853000000001 1.2032 AML other m 2019-09-13T07:45:48.13
IV.LTRZ.HNN. ML:1.9 0.0009768683 0.6016 AML other m 2019-09-13T07:45:52.08
IV.LTRZ.HNE. ML:1.7 0.0006212514 0.3392 AML other m 2019-09-13T07:45:53.67
IV.LTRZ.EHE. ML:1.6 0.00054324005 0.3584 AML other m 2019-09-13T07:45:53.51
IV.AMUR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00017528135000000002 0.2816 AML other m 2019-09-13T07:45:55.63
IV.AMUR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0002017247 0.2816 AML other m 2019-09-13T07:45:56.36
IV.MIGL.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0008500738999999999 0.3392 AML other m 2019-09-13T07:45:56.08
IV.MIGL.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00088897205 0.576 AML other m 2019-09-13T07:45:59.82
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