Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 22-09-2019 and time 21:21:41 (Italy) in region 5 km W Samassi (VS)

A magnitude ML 2.0 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Samassi (VS), on

  • 22-09-2019 19:21:41 (UTC)
  • 22-09-2019 21:21:41 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.4830, 8.8450 at 14 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
Samassi VS 6 5206 5206
San Gavino Monreale VS 9 8736 13942
Serramanna VS 9 9206 23148
Villacidro VS 10 14099 37247
Sanluri VS 10 8532 45779
Serrenti VS 11 4892 50671
Furtei VS 12 1658 52329
Vallermosa CA 14 1924 54253
Villasor CA 14 6945 61198
Sardara VS 15 4078 65276
Segariu VS 15 1203 66479
Nuraminis CA 15 2559 69038
Gonnosfanadiga VS 16 6633 75671
Samatzai CA 16 1700 77371
Pabillonis VS 17 2818 80189
Villanovaforru VS 17 638 80827
Collinas VS 18 857 81684
Decimoputzu CA 18 4425 86109
Villamar VS 18 2756 88865
Pimentel CA 19 1171 90036
Lunamatrona VS 19 1722 91758
Guasila CA 19 2691 94449
Guspini VS 20 11975 106424
San Sperate CA 20 8314 114738

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km NW of Cagliari (154460 inhabitants)
40 Km NW of Quartu Sant'Elena (71125 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.0 2019-09-22
19:21:41
39.4833 8.8447 14 2020-02-28
16:42:11
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74338051
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.0 2019-09-22
19:21:41
39.4743 8.8495 10 2019-12-05
10:54:01
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 72669151
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-09-22 19:21:41 ± 0.12
Latitude 39.4833 ± 0.0135
Longitude 8.8447 ± 0.0105
Depth (km) 14 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 74338051

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1592
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 597
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 152
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1590.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 152
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.66195
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72669151
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-22 19:32:09

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74338051
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-05 10:51:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:23:48.41 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 1.19 0
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:23:18.97 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 15.45 0
GU.GRAM.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:23:07.45 3.0 positive manual Pg 9.61 0
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:22:57.79 3.0 positive manual Pg 5.76 0
IV.AGLI.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:22:31.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 9 184.4709 54 -0.38 32
IV.DGI.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:22:13.98 0.3 undecidable manual S 35 112.998 92 -0.09 66
IV.AGLI.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:22:10.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 9 184.4709 54 0.22 49
IV.DGI.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:22:00.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 35 112.998 92 0.18 85
TV.SU26.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:21:57.22 0.6 undecidable manual S 217 50.2164 94 -0.1 49
MN.VSL.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:21:55.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 88 45.7209 95 -0.29 71
IV.CGL.BHZ. 2019-09-22T19:21:54.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 108 40.8258 96 0.01 76
TV.SU26.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:21:50.56 0.1 positive manual P 217 50.2164 94 -0.04 99
IV.CGL.BHZ. 2019-09-22T19:21:49.34 0.1 positive manual P 108 40.8258 96 0.19 98
MN.VSL.HHZ. 2019-09-22T19:21:49.95 0.1 positive manual P 88 45.7209 95 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CGL.BHE. ML:1.8 0.0002245 0.76 AML other m 2019-09-22T19:21:54.93
IV.CGL.BHN. ML:1.9 0.000266 0.68 AML other m 2019-09-22T19:21:55.01
MN.VSL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0004055 0.1 AML other m 2019-09-22T19:21:56.07
MN.VSL.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0002365 0.96 AML other m 2019-09-22T19:21:56.94
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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