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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 19-12-2019 and time 11:29:32 (UTC) in region 3 km NW Bella (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Bella (PZ), on

  • 19-12-2019 11:29:32 (UTC)
  • 19-12-2019 12:29:32 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.7730, 15.5120 at 5 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
Bella PZ 3 5171 5171
Muro Lucano PZ 3 5497 10668
San Fele PZ 6 3004 13672
Castelgrande PZ 7 943 14615
Rapone PZ 8 990 15605
Ruvo del Monte PZ 9 1083 16688
Ricigliano SA 12 1144 17832
Pescopagano PZ 12 1910 19742
Baragiano PZ 13 2671 22413
Balvano PZ 14 1830 24243
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 14 1539 25782
Ruoti PZ 15 3579 29361
Calitri AV 16 4666 34027
San Gregorio Magno SA 16 4286 38313
Santomenna SA 17 443 38756
Atella PZ 17 3827 42583
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 17 619 43202
Filiano PZ 17 2926 46128
Romagnano al Monte SA 17 368 46496
Laviano SA 17 1438 47934
Conza della Campania AV 18 1373 49307
Avigliano PZ 18 11577 60884
Cairano AV 18 326 61210
Picerno PZ 18 5985 67195
Colliano SA 19 3638 70833
Vietri di Potenza PZ 19 2832 73665
Buccino SA 20 5047 78712

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km NW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
48 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
64 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
73 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
77 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Bisceglie (55422 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 1.8 2019-12-19
11:29:32		 40.7733 15.5115 5 2020-02-28
16:42:26		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 76630711
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2019-12-19
11:29:32		 40.7558 15.512 4 2019-12-19
11:51:18		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 74787011
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-12-19 11:29:32 ± 0.11
Latitude 40.7733 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.5115 ± 0.0071
Depth (km) 5 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 76630711

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 563
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 191
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 55
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 560.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 41
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 54
Number of defining phases 36
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.33
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.59085
Number of stations at which the event was observed 42
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 24
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 11
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76630711
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-18 15:11:59

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74787011
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-19 11:51:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
SI.BOSI.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:31:32.39 3.0 negative manual Pg 22.440001 0
IV.MSSA.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:31:15.08 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 16.26 0
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:31:07.85 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.61 0
IV.NDIM.HNZ. 2019-12-19T11:31:05.54 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 11.34 0
IV.MF5.EHZ. 2019-12-19T11:31:01.26 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 7.64 0
IV.CESI.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:58.75 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.41 0
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:57.87 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 4.55 0
IV.CSP1.EHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:57.14 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.24 0
IV.MC2.EHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:56.69 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 1.59 0
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:56.11 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.52 0
IV.IMOL.HNZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:49.28 3.0 positive manual Pn 5.96 0
IV.CRMI.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:43.35 3.0 negative manual Pn 0.32 0
IV.NARO.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:32.25 3.0 positive manual Pn 2.15 0
IV.FRON.EHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:32.32 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 4.12 0
IV.MAON.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:31.38 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 0.06 0
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:29.10 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 1.71 0
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2019-12-19T11:30:16.56 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 2.02 0
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:50.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 199 53.502 50 0.23 70
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:44.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 188 32.1456 99 0.52 45
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:44.66 0.6 undecidable manual S 88 36.2415 98 -0.21 48
IX.SALI.HNE.01 2019-12-19T11:29:44.34 0.6 undecidable manual S 302 32.8449 99 0.65 43
IV.MRVN.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:44.73 1.0 undecidable manual P 61 65.5899 50 0.31 22
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:44.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 209 35.9418 98 0.06 50
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:42.25 0.6 undecidable manual P 121 54.0015 50 -0.39 45
IX.SNR3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:42.69 0.6 undecidable manual S 261 27.1506 101 0.94 38
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:42.07 0.6 undecidable manual S 272 28.8489 100 -0.26 48
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:41.92 0.6 undecidable manual P 199 53.502 50 -0.63 42
IV.SLCN.HNZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:40.84 1.0 undecidable manual P 166 43.7229 97 -0.14 24
IV.SGTA.HNZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:40.30 0.6 undecidable manual P 343 41.9247 97 -0.33 47
IV.CAFE.HHN. 2019-12-19T11:29:39.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 321 36.4413 98 0.02 75
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:39.22 0.6 undecidable manual S 238 17.9709 107 0.55 46
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:39.44 0.6 undecidable manual P 88 36.2415 98 -0.05 50
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:38.63 0.6 undecidable manual P 209 35.9418 98 -0.81 40
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:38.00 0.6 undecidable manual P 188 32.1456 99 -0.69 42
IX.NSC3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:38.18 0.6 undecidable manual P 284 33.6441 99 -0.81 40
IX.STN3.HNN.02 2019-12-19T11:29:38.95 0.6 undecidable manual P 156 29.4483 100 0.8 41
IX.LIO3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:38.14 1.0 undecidable manual P 296 30.9468 100 -0.31 24
IX.SALI.HNE.01 2019-12-19T11:29:37.96 1.0 undecidable manual P 302 32.8449 99 -0.85 20
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:37.41 0.6 undecidable manual P 272 28.8489 100 -0.62 44
IV.VULT.HNZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:37.47 0.6 undecidable manual P 24 21.9669 104 0.78 41
IV.CAGG.EHE. 2019-12-19T11:29:37.53 1.0 undecidable manual P 180 23.9538 103 0.46 23
IX.SNR3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:37.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 261 27.1506 101 -0.19 74
IX.SCL3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:36.03 0.3 undecidable manual S 180 8.6802 122 0.34 74
IX.CGG3.HNZ.01 2019-12-19T11:29:36.90 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.27 0
IX.CLT3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:36.43 0.1 undecidable manual P 328 16.9719 107 0.71 86
IX.BEL3.HNZ.01 2019-12-19T11:29:35.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 121 12.3765 113 0.35 73
IX.VDS3.HNZ.01 2019-12-19T11:29:35.77 0.6 undecidable manual S 243 7.9809 124 0.28 50
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:35.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 238 17.9709 107 -0.08 77
IX.CSG3.HNN.01 2019-12-19T11:29:35.09 0.3 undecidable manual S 321 6.3936 130 0.04 79
IX.VDS3.HNZ.01 2019-12-19T11:29:34.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 243 7.9809 124 -0.07 78
IX.SCL3.HHZ.02 2019-12-19T11:29:34.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 180 8.6802 122 -0.11 77
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:33.04 0.1 positive manual P 225 2.6973 153 -0.31 100
IX.CSG3.HNN.01 2019-12-19T11:29:33.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 321 6.3936 130 -0.17 77
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2019-12-19T11:29:33.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 225 2.6973 153 -0.43 73
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ACER.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00025116689999999997 0.2432 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:48.21
IX.CLT3.HNN.01 ML:2.0 0.0010045 0.24 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:44.02
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00011745122999999999 1.7184 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:44.11
IV.ACER.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0002565 1.4 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:48.95
IV.MRLC.HNE. ML:0.0 0.01109837 0.2176 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:34.07
IV.MRLC.HNN. ML:0.0 0.006881705 0.1216 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:34.10
IX.CLT3.HHE.02 ML:2.2 0.001495775 0.256 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:43.41
IX.CLT3.HNE.01 ML:2.2 0.001523199 0.256 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:43.41
IX.CLT3.HHN.02 ML:2.0 0.001054517 0.48 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:41.37
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00016144205 0.1792 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:49.55
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00006148168 0.3392 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:53.51
IV.MRVN.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00007570697 0.5568 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:57.38
IV.MRVN.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000053625179999999995 0.256 AML other m 2019-12-19T11:29:56.85
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