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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 09-12-2019 and time 15:09:29 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Sanza (SA)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Sanza (SA), on

  • 09-12-2019 14:09:29 (UTC)
  • 09-12-2019 15:09:29 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2420, 15.5600 at 26 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.

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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
Sanza SA 1 2608 2608
Buonabitacolo SA 6 2549 5157
Caselle in Pittari SA 8 1956 7113
Casalbuono SA 11 1194 8307
Casaletto Spartano SA 11 1420 9727
Morigerati SA 11 665 10392
Sassano SA 11 5013 15405
Monte San Giacomo SA 11 1572 16977
Tortorella SA 12 523 17500
Rofrano SA 12 1576 19076
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 13 6704 25780
Alfano SA 13 1023 26803
Padula SA 14 5368 32171
Torre Orsaia SA 14 2118 34289
Laurito SA 15 788 35077
Santa Marina SA 15 3243 38320
Vibonati SA 15 3293 41613
Teggiano SA 16 7976 49589
Torraca SA 16 1263 50852
Ispani SA 17 1026 51878
Roccagloriosa SA 18 1722 53600
Sala Consilina SA 18 12664 66264
Montano Antilia SA 19 2077 68341
Piaggine SA 19 1311 69652
Sapri SA 20 6770 76422
Valle dell'Angelo SA 20 248 76670

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
64 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
83 Km SE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
89 Km SE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Avellino (54857 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 1.2 2019-12-09
14:09:29		 40.2418 15.5603 26 2020-02-28
16:42:25		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 76486001
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2019-12-09
14:09:29		 40.2443 15.5565 24 2019-12-09
14:17:32		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 74483311
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-12-09 14:09:29 ± 0.29
Latitude 40.2418 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.5603 ± 0.0106
Depth (km) 26 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 76486001

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1020
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 146
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 207
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1020.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 70
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 44
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.44516
Number of stations at which the event was observed 35
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76486001
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-13 11:39:46

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74483311
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-09 14:17:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PESA.HHE. 2019-12-09T14:11:08.78 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -8.95 0
IV.SENI.HNZ. 2019-12-09T14:11:04.11 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -5.04 0
IV.FIU.EHE. 2019-12-09T14:11:00.20 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 14.77 0
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:10:59.62 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 4.58 0
IV.AGLI.HHE. 2019-12-09T14:10:55.54 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 13.09 0
IV.MSSA.HHN. 2019-12-09T14:10:49.90 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -6.16 0
IV.FIR.HHE. 2019-12-09T14:10:48.63 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 10.42 0
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2019-12-09T14:10:46.31 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 4.78 0
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2019-12-09T14:10:45.98 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -5.89 0
IV.OFFI.HHE. 2019-12-09T14:10:45.87 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -3.01 0
IV.SEI.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:10:37.11 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -3.07 0
IV.MOCL.EHZ. 2019-12-09T14:10:37.44 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -3.5 0
IV.APEC.HHE. 2019-12-09T14:10:34.01 3.0 positive manual Pg 5.96 0
IV.VVLD.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:10:33.63 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 3.91 0
IV.MMUR.HNZ. 2019-12-09T14:10:22.98 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.26 0
IV.FERC.HNZ. 2019-12-09T14:10:20.51 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.99 0
IV.ECTS.EHN. 2019-12-09T14:10:12.53 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 5.33 0
IV.ARRO.EHE. 2019-12-09T14:10:11.98 3.0 negative manual Pn -3.87 0
IV.TRTR.HHN. 2019-12-09T14:10:11.12 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 0.23 0
AC.VLO.HHN. 2019-12-09T14:10:08.62 3.0 positive manual Pn -2.11 0
IV.VITU.HHE. 2019-12-09T14:10:05.53 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 0.71 0
IT.VNF1.HGZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:55.60 3.0 negative manual Pg -0.43 0
IV.PTRJ.HHN. 2019-12-09T14:09:52.53 3.0 positive manual Pg 1.24 0
IV.COLB.HHN. 2019-12-09T14:09:45.85 3.0 undecidable manual P -4.87 0
IV.LTRZ.EHN. 2019-12-09T14:09:44.02 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 0.87 0
IV.VITU.HHN. 2019-12-09T14:09:42.06 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -6.78 0
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:42.54 0.3 undecidable manual S 322 34.9428 120 -0.07 72
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:41.03 0.6 undecidable manual S 104 26.8509 128 0.22 47
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2019-12-09T14:09:41.54 0.6 undecidable manual S 342 28.4493 126 0.38 45
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:40.66 0.3 undecidable manual S 221 23.8539 132 0.46 68
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:39.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 20 17.5713 141 0.56 44
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:39.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 66 22.4553 134 -0.14 73
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:39.58 0.3 undecidable manual S 291 23.3544 133 -0.52 66
IV.PZUN.HNZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:38.35 0.6 undecidable manual P 25 49.4172 111 -0.84 37
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:37.58 0.3 undecidable manual S 183 11.5773 153 -0.6 66
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:37.61 0.3 undecidable manual P 142 35.0427 120 0.44 67
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:37.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 322 34.9428 120 -0.16 94
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:36.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 221 23.8539 132 0.4 92
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2019-12-09T14:09:36.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 342 28.4493 126 0.64 63
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:35.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 291 23.3544 133 -0.16 96
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:35.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 104 26.8509 128 -0.14 96
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:35.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 20 17.5713 141 0.01 100
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:35.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 66 22.4553 134 -0.09 73
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2019-12-09T14:09:34.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 183 11.5773 153 -0.16 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MGR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00010944999999999999 0.3 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:38.16
IV.MGR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001017 0.96 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:39.89
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000617 0.5 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:40.25
IV.SLCN.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00013450000000000002 1.4 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:40.20
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0000613 0.56 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:40.18
IV.SLCN.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00020250000000000002 0.86 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:40.48
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000446 0.82 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:42.19
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00004845 0.54 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:42.43
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0000711 0.92 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:42.45
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0000606 0.4 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:43.70
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000026249999999999998 1.38 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:43.16
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00007165000000000001 0.46 AML other m 2019-12-09T14:09:45.44
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