Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 17-09-2019 and time 07:17:39 (Italy) in region 7 km E Lagonegro (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Lagonegro (PZ), on

  • 17-09-2019 05:17:39 (UTC)
  • 17-09-2019 07:17:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.1260, 15.8420 at 10 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.

Hai sentito il terremoto? Clicca qui

Did you feel it? Fill in the questionnaire.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Lagonegro PZ 7 5584 5584
Nemoli PZ 8 1495 7079
Lauria PZ 9 12919 19998
Rivello PZ 9 2767 22765
Trecchina PZ 12 2316 25081
Moliterno PZ 13 4062 29143
Castelsaraceno PZ 14 1384 30527
Sarconi PZ 14 1404 31931
Latronico PZ 15 4556 36487
Casalbuono SA 17 1194 37681
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 17 824 38505
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 17 2131 40636
Torraca SA 18 1263 41899
Maratea PZ 18 5139 47038
Grumento Nova PZ 18 1700 48738
Spinoso PZ 19 1462 50200
Sapri SA 19 6770 56970
Casaletto Spartano SA 19 1420 58390

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
99 Km NW of Cosenza (67546 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 0.8 2019-09-17
05:17:39		 40.1265 15.8423 10 2020-02-28
16:42:16		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 75077621
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.8 2019-09-17
05:17:39		 40.1203 15.8668 11 2019-09-17
05:23:00		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 72479281
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-09-17 05:17:39 ± 0.11
Latitude 40.1265 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.8423 ± 0.0082
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 75077621

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 647
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 460
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 76
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 650.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 160
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) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05846
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.38581
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 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75077621
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-29 09:57:41

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72479281
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-17 05:23:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GRIS.HNE. 2019-09-17T05:17:54.45 0.6 undecidable manual S 179 42.8238 50 0.52 42
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2019-09-17T05:17:49.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 273 24.5532 111 0.17 71
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2019-09-17T05:17:48.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 351 22.2555 113 0.3 46
IV.GRIS.HNE. 2019-09-17T05:17:47.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 179 42.8238 50 -0.16 69
IV.BULG.HNZ. 2019-09-17T05:17:47.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 262 39.8268 50 -0.09 70
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2019-09-17T05:17:45.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 189 14.874 123 -0.06 74
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2019-09-17T05:17:44.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 351 22.2555 113 -0.37 68
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2019-09-17T05:17:44.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 273 24.5532 111 -0.14 71
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2019-09-17T05:17:43.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 189 14.874 123 -0.07 73
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2019-09-17T05:17:43.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 19 6.4935 146 0.12 74
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2019-09-17T05:17:42.05 0.1 negative manual P 19 6.4935 146 0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SIRI.HNE. ML:0.9 0.0001275 0.2 AML other m 2019-09-17T05:17:43.99
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0001365 0.2 AML other m 2019-09-17T05:17:43.89
IV.SIRI.HNN. ML:0.8 0.00008865 0.2 AML other m 2019-09-17T05:17:44.13
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00009625000000000001 0.2 AML other m 2019-09-17T05:17:44.03
MN.CUC.HHN. ML:0.6 0.0000335 1.34 AML other m 2019-09-17T05:17:46.75
MN.CUC.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000055900000000000004 0.12 AML other m 2019-09-17T05:17:46.65
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download