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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 11-12-2019 and time 00:40:24 (UTC) in region 4 km NW Sasso di Castalda (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Sasso di Castalda (PZ), on

  • 11-12-2019 00:40:24 (UTC)
  • 11-12-2019 01:40:24 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5100, 15.6480 at 12 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
Sasso di Castalda PZ 4 835 835
Brienza PZ 4 4078 4913
Satriano di Lucania PZ 4 2374 7287
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 9 1429 8716
Tito PZ 9 7332 16048
Atena Lucana SA 10 2336 18384
Savoia di Lucania PZ 11 1127 19511
Marsico Nuovo PZ 12 4098 23609
Sala Consilina SA 13 12664 36273
Polla SA 13 5279 41552
Pignola PZ 14 6962 48514
Abriola PZ 14 1531 50045
Sant'Arsenio SA 14 2815 52860
Picerno PZ 14 5985 58845
Caggiano SA 14 2765 61610
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 15 1695 63305
Vietri di Potenza PZ 16 2832 66137
Paterno PZ 16 3368 69505
Teggiano SA 17 7976 77481
Calvello PZ 17 1948 79429
Pertosa SA 17 690 80119
San Rufo SA 18 1754 81873
Salvitelle SA 18 560 82433
Padula SA 19 5368 87801
Baragiano PZ 20 2671 90472
Balvano PZ 20 1830 92302
Potenza PZ 20 67122 159424
Sassano SA 20 5013 164437
Auletta SA 20 2336 166773

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
85 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
87 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Scafati (50787 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 1.9 2019-12-11
00:40:24		 40.5095 15.6483 12 2020-02-28
16:42:15		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74813131
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2019-12-11
00:40:23		 40.5015 15.6518 17 2019-12-11
00:53:19		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 74532791
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-12-11 00:40:24 ± 0.12
Latitude 40.5095 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.6483 ± 0.0071
Depth (km) 12 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74813131

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 720
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 70
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 353
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 720.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 45
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 29
Number of defining phases 29
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02068
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.10976
Number of stations at which the event was observed 19
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 19
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 26
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74813131
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-23 07:49:37

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 24
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74532791
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-11 00:53:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:44.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 75 123.1878 91 0.09 60
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:37.82 0.6 undecidable manual S 39 39.5271 92 0.73 40
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:36.41 0.3 undecidable manual S 234 36.0417 93 0.23 68
IX.COL3.HHE. 2019-12-11T00:40:35.29 0.6 undecidable manual S 306 33.2445 93 -0.13 46
IV.CDRU.HHN. 2019-12-11T00:40:34.34 0.6 undecidable manual S 266 29.0487 94 0.03 49
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:33.52 0.3 undecidable manual S 41 20.1687 98 1.57 41
IV.PALZ.HHN. 2019-12-11T00:40:33.71 0.3 undecidable manual P 28 54.9006 91 -0.25 66
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:33.44 0.1 undecidable manual P 206 53.0025 92 -0.24 90
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:32.30 0.6 undecidable manual P 133 49.9167 92 -0.9 37
IV.SIRI.HHE. 2019-12-11T00:40:31.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 153 40.7259 92 -0.54 65
IX.SRN3.HNE.02 2019-12-11T00:40:31.69 0.3 undecidable manual S 261 16.2726 105 0.77 61
IV.MGR.HHN. 2019-12-11T00:40:31.45 0.6 undecidable manual P 191 42.0246 92 -0.53 43
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:31.58 0.1 positive manual P 39 39.5271 92 -0.01 95
IV.MRLC.HHE. 2019-12-11T00:40:30.33 0.6 undecidable manual P 334 30.5472 94 0.12 48
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:30.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 186 13.2756 114 0.64 62
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:30.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 234 36.0417 93 -0.38 67
IT.SLC1.HGN. 2019-12-11T00:40:30.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 199 13.4754 114 0.63 62
IX.COL3.HHE. 2019-12-11T00:40:30.31 0.1 undecidable manual P 306 33.2445 93 -0.32 90
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:30.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 88 34.8429 93 0.04 71
IV.MCEL.HHN. 2019-12-11T00:40:29.06 0.3 negative manual P 148 24.2535 96 -0.19 72
IV.CDRU.HHN. 2019-12-11T00:40:29.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 266 29.0487 94 -0.22 93
IX.MRN3.HNE.01 2019-12-11T00:40:29.66 0.6 undecidable manual S 144 11.5773 121 -0.11 50
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:28.95 0.6 undecidable manual P 41 20.1687 98 0.33 46
IX.SRN3.HNE.02 2019-12-11T00:40:28.23 0.1 undecidable manual P 261 16.2726 105 0.2 96
IX.STN3.HNZ.01 2019-12-11T00:40:27.89 0.3 undecidable manual S 7 2.2977 166 -0.4 71
IX.MRN3.HNE.01 2019-12-11T00:40:27.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 144 11.5773 121 -0.07 100
IT.SLC1.HGN. 2019-12-11T00:40:27.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 199 13.4754 114 0.2 71
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2019-12-11T00:40:27.85 0.1 positive manual P 186 13.2756 114 0.25 94
IX.STN3.HNZ.01 2019-12-11T00:40:25.78 0.1 negative manual P 7 2.2977 166 -0.73 84
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SLCN.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0017250000000000002 0.24 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:31.79
IV.SLCN.HNE. ML:2.2 0.0016200000000000001 0.22 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:31.80
IV.SLCN.HHN. ML:2.4 0.002275 0.42 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:32.22
IV.SLCN.HNN. ML:2.3 0.002085 0.3 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:32.22
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0003575 0.18 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:33.27
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:1.8 0.00034950000000000004 0.18 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:33.27
IV.PZUN.HNN. ML:2.0 0.0006755 0.32 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:34.66
IV.PZUN.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0006465 0.32 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:34.51
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0005945 0.1 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:34.93
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00038649999999999996 0.46 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:35.34
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:1.8 0.000371 0.46 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:35.34
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00026250000000000004 0.78 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:35.54
IV.PZUN.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0005615 0.24 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:35.12
IV.PZUN.HNE. ML:1.9 0.0006094999999999999 0.26 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:35.11
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000124 0.82 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:37.95
IV.ACER.HNN. ML:2.2 0.000503 0.56 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:38.47
IV.ACER.HHN. ML:2.2 0.000496 0.54 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:38.46
IV.ACER.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0004775 0.3 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:38.23
IV.ACER.HNE. ML:2.2 0.0004935 0.32 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:38.23
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00009665 0.68 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:39.90
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0002665 0.2 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:39.99
IV.SIRI.HNN. ML:1.9 0.000258 1.8 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:40.90
IV.MGR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00015400000000000003 0.68 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:40.34
IV.SIRI.HNE. ML:1.9 0.00027 0.34 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:40.77
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000272 0.32 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:40.60
IV.MGR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0001215 0.3 AML other m 2019-12-11T00:40:42.21
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