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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 06-01-2020 and time 14:43:40 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Pesche (IS)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Pesche (IS), on

  • 06-01-2020 13:43:40 (UTC)
  • 06-01-2020 14:43:40 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.6240, 14.2570 at 10 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
Pesche IS 3 1661 1661
Miranda IS 3 1047 2708
Isernia IS 5 21842 24550
Pettoranello del Molise IS 6 460 25010
Carpinone IS 7 1157 26167
Sessano del Molise IS 7 727 26894
Roccasicura IS 9 550 27444
Pescolanciano IS 9 855 28299
Sant'Agapito IS 9 1496 29795
Fornelli IS 10 1909 31704
Macchia d'Isernia IS 10 1035 32739
Castelpetroso IS 10 1680 34419
Forlì del Sannio IS 10 675 35094
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 10 425 35519
Carovilli IS 11 1359 36878
Longano IS 11 690 37568
Castelpizzuto IS 12 155 37723
Santa Maria del Molise IS 12 665 38388
Chiauci IS 12 233 38621
Colli a Volturno IS 13 1349 39970
Monteroduni IS 13 2264 42234
Montaquila IS 13 2456 44690
Cerro al Volturno IS 13 1281 45971
Civitanova del Sannio IS 13 945 46916
Rionero Sannitico IS 14 1118 48034
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 14 1113 49147
Macchiagodena IS 14 1854 51001
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 16 739 51740
Frosolone IS 16 3170 54910
Scapoli IS 16 680 55590
Roccamandolfi IS 16 938 56528
Castel San Vincenzo IS 17 516 57044
Vastogirardi IS 17 704 57748
Duronia CB 17 405 58153
Gallo Matese CE 18 579 58732
Pietrabbondante IS 18 759 59491
Filignano IS 19 648 60139
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 19 275 60414
Montenero Val Cocchiara IS 19 538 60952
Letino CE 19 712 61664
Pizzone IS 19 329 61993
Bagnoli del Trigno IS 19 735 62728
Capriati a Volturno CE 19 1541 64269
San Massimo CB 19 855 65124
San Pietro Avellana IS 19 503 65627
Fontegreca CE 19 811 66438
Molise CB 20 167 66605

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
61 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
70 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
81 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
94 Km S of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
94 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
100 Km S of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.5 2020-01-06
13:43:40		 41.6235 14.2567 10 2020-07-18
21:08:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 75359091
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.9 2020-01-06
13:43:40		 41.6357 14.2593 9 2020-01-06
14:04:58		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 75334211
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-01-06 13:43:40 ± 0.05
Latitude 41.6235 ± 0.0036
Longitude 14.2567 ± 0.0048
Depth (km) 10 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 75359091

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 430
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 311
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 74
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 430.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 60
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.01889
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.83007
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 17
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 11
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75359091
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-08 08:45:24

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75334211
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-06 14:04:58
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:56.87 0.6 undecidable manual S 326 52.0035 50 -0.09 46
IV.VCEL.EHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:56.43 0.6 undecidable manual P 338 92.1411 50 0.31 41
IV.POFI.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:55.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 283 46.3203 50 -0.07 47
IV.LPEL.HHE. 2020-01-06T13:43:55.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 353 47.3193 50 0.1 70
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:51.23 1.0 undecidable manual P 147 57.8976 50 0.39 21
IV.VVLD.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:50.71 0.3 undecidable manual P 298 59.0964 50 -0.32 65
IV.LRP.EHN. 2020-01-06T13:43:50.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 273 55.5999 50 0.07 92
IV.CIGN.HHN. 2020-01-06T13:43:50.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 86 53.9016 50 0.07 92
IV.FRES.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:50.02 0.3 undecidable manual P 41 51.7038 50 0.13 69
IV.LPEL.HHE. 2020-01-06T13:43:49.24 0.6 undecidable manual P 353 47.3193 50 0.02 47
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:49.69 0.6 undecidable manual P 326 52.0035 50 -0.24 45
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:49.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 185 23.1546 113 0.19 48
IV.POFI.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:48.85 0.6 undecidable manual P 283 46.3203 50 -0.2 46
IV.PIGN.HNE. 2020-01-06T13:43:48.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 188 47.4192 50 -0.28 90
IV.MCI.EHE. 2020-01-06T13:43:48.32 0.6 undecidable manual P 248 39.627 50 0.29 45
IT.OPI.HGE. 2020-01-06T13:43:48.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 296 39.1275 50 0.08 95
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:46.24 0.6 undecidable manual P 107 29.2485 50 -0.19 47
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:45.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 185 23.1546 113 0 99
IV.CERA.HNZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:45.08 0.6 undecidable manual P 262 19.9689 116 0.31 47
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:43.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 354 2.0979 168 -0.14 50
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:43.82 1.0 undecidable manual P 316 12.3765 128 0.35 23
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2020-01-06T13:43:42.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 354 2.0979 168 -0.13 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.VAGA.HNN. ML:2.2 0.0010645 0.2 AML other m 2020-01-06T13:43:51.71
IV.RNI2.HNN. ML:1.8 0.0006865 0.24 AML other m 2020-01-06T13:43:47.33
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000497 1.02 AML other m 2020-01-06T13:43:51.65
IV.VAGA.HNE. ML:1.3 0.00045850000000000003 1.04 AML other m 2020-01-06T13:43:51.66
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0011005000000000001 0.2 AML other m 2020-01-06T13:43:51.71
IV.VITU.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00014050000000000003 0.5 AML other m 2020-01-06T13:44:04.69
IV.VITU.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000155 1.22 AML other m 2020-01-06T13:44:05.10
IV.POFI.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00001853457 1.8752 AML other m 2020-01-06T13:43:55.80
IV.INTR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00005438499500000001 1.6832 AML other m 2020-01-06T13:43:57.48
IV.INTR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000045563960000000003 1.1392 AML other m 2020-01-06T13:43:56.81
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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