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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 20-11-2019 and time 19:00:32 (UTC) in region 5 km NE Vietri di Potenza (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NE Vietri di Potenza (PZ), on

  • 20-11-2019 19:00:32 (UTC)
  • 20-11-2019 20:00:32 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6210, 15.5570 at 16 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Vietri di Potenza PZ 5 2832 2832
Balvano PZ 5 1830 4662
Savoia di Lucania PZ 6 1127 5789
Picerno PZ 7 5985 11774
Baragiano PZ 7 2671 14445
Caggiano SA 8 2765 17210
Ricigliano SA 8 1144 18354
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 8 1429 19783
Salvitelle SA 9 560 20343
Romagnano al Monte SA 10 368 20711
Satriano di Lucania PZ 11 2374 23085
Tito PZ 11 7332 30417
Pertosa SA 13 690 31107
Polla SA 13 5279 36386
Auletta SA 13 2336 38722
San Gregorio Magno SA 14 4286 43008
Ruoti PZ 15 3579 46587
Bella PZ 16 5171 51758
Buccino SA 16 5047 56805
Muro Lucano PZ 16 5497 62302
Brienza PZ 17 4078 66380
Sant'Arsenio SA 18 2815 69195
Sasso di Castalda PZ 18 835 70030
Avigliano PZ 18 11577 81607
Atena Lucana SA 18 2336 83943
Petina SA 19 1159 85102
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 19 1695 86797

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
48 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
77 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
86 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
94 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
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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 0.9 2019-11-20
19:00:32		 40.6213 15.557 16 2020-02-28
16:42:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 75464771
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.8 2019-11-20
19:00:32		 40.6282 15.5563 11 2019-11-20
19:20:08		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73937481
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-11-20 19:00:32 ± 0.31
Latitude 40.6213 ± 0.0099
Longitude 15.5570 ± 0.0107
Depth (km) 16 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 75464771

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 978
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 615
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 358
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 980.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 63
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.45
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08184
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.67089
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73937481
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-11-20 19:20:08

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75464771
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-11 14:52:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2019-11-20T19:00:56.03 0.6 undecidable manual S 91 74.4699 95 0.94 36
IX.SALI.HNE.01 2019-11-20T19:00:49.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 317 46.62 99 1.38 28
IV.SNAL.HNE. 2019-11-20T19:00:48.67 0.6 undecidable manual S 319 44.622 99 1.48 27
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2019-11-20T19:00:46.47 0.6 undecidable manual S 213 39.9267 101 0.52 44
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2019-11-20T19:00:45.22 0.6 undecidable manual P 91 74.4699 95 -0.41 41
IV.MCRV.HHN. 2019-11-20T19:00:45.72 0.6 undecidable manual S 299 37.2294 102 0.46 44
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2019-11-20T19:00:42.77 0.6 undecidable manual S 105 20.868 117 1.66 27
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2019-11-20T19:00:42.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 236 25.8519 110 0 50
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2019-11-20T19:00:40.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 213 39.9267 101 0.05 73
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2019-11-20T19:00:40.79 0.3 undecidable manual S 209 17.1717 124 0.54 68
IV.SNAL.HNE. 2019-11-20T19:00:40.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 319 44.622 99 -0.2 93
IX.SALI.HNE.01 2019-11-20T19:00:40.99 0.6 undecidable manual P 317 46.62 99 -0.38 45
IV.MCRV.HHN. 2019-11-20T19:00:39.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 299 37.2294 102 -0.2 71
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2019-11-20T19:00:39.79 0.6 undecidable manual S 339 16.0728 126 -0.22 49
IX.STN3.HHZ.02 2019-11-20T19:00:39.64 1.0 undecidable manual S 142 12.876 134 0.28 24
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2019-11-20T19:00:38.29 0.6 undecidable manual P 166 26.4513 110 -0.06 49
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2019-11-20T19:00:37.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 105 20.868 117 0.2 98
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2019-11-20T19:00:37.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 236 25.8519 110 -0.36 93
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2019-11-20T19:00:37.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 209 17.1717 124 -0.05 100
IX.BEL3.HNZ.01 2019-11-20T19:00:36.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 33 12.3765 135 -0.1 75
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2019-11-20T19:00:36.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 339 16.0728 126 -0.7 64
IX.STN3.HHZ.02 2019-11-20T19:00:35.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 142 12.876 134 -0.9 57
IX.SCL3.HHZ.02 2019-11-20T19:00:35.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 335 9.0798 145 -0.5 70
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00006457902 0.2688 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:39.93
IV.MRLC.HNE. ML:0.6 0.00003203629 0.32 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:40.63
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00007931586 0.3072 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:41.13
IV.MRLC.HNN. ML:0.8 0.00004154795 0.2048 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:42.46
IX.STN3.HHN.02 ML:2.6 0.002891645 1.6928 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:42.13
IX.STN3.HHE.02 ML:2.7 0.00400422 0.4096 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:44.57
IV.SLCN.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00006081747999999999 1.68 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:44.07
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:0.6 0.0000211443625 0.1536 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:44.86
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00004258355 0.1664 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:45.44
IV.SLCN.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00006818564500000001 0.2688 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:46.07
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:0.7 0.0000158229935 1.36 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:47.76
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000020340148 1.296 AML other m 2019-11-20T19:00:47.32
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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