Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 15-01-2020 and time 23:53:13 (Italy) in region 3 km W Cantalupo Ligure (AL)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Cantalupo Ligure (AL), on

  • 15-01-2020 22:53:13 (UTC)
  • 15-01-2020 23:53:13 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.7180, 9.0100 at 8 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Cantalupo Ligure AL 3 527 527
Rocchetta Ligure AL 4 200 727
Grondona AL 4 510 1237
Roccaforte Ligure AL 5 136 1373
Albera Ligure AL 5 325 1698
Borghetto di Borbera AL 5 1966 3664
Dernice AL 7 185 3849
Garbagna AL 7 696 4545
Cabella Ligure AL 9 528 5073
San Sebastiano Curone AL 9 583 5656
Isola del Cantone GE 9 1540 7196
Sardigliano AL 9 406 7602
Vignole Borbera AL 9 2182 9784
Mongiardino Ligure AL 10 165 9949
Montacuto AL 10 278 10227
Arquata Scrivia AL 10 6409 16636
Avolasca AL 10 294 16930
Sant'Agata Fossili AL 11 425 17355
Brignano-Frascata AL 11 456 17811
Castellania AL 11 90 17901
Stazzano AL 11 2486 20387
Gremiasco AL 12 324 20711
Gavazzana AL 12 180 20891
Serravalle Scrivia AL 12 6128 27019
Fabbrica Curone AL 12 656 27675
Casasco AL 12 129 27804
Cassano Spinola AL 13 1731 29535
Ronco Scrivia GE 13 4417 33952
Costa Vescovato AL 13 335 34287
Carezzano AL 13 431 34718
Vobbia GE 13 409 35127
Momperone AL 14 223 35350
Montegioco AL 14 313 35663
Crocefieschi GE 15 548 36211
Montemarzino AL 15 341 36552
Paderna AL 15 220 36772
Bagnaria PV 15 658 37430
Cerreto Grue AL 15 323 37753
Carrosio AL 15 510 38263
Cecima PV 16 236 38499
Villalvernia AL 16 955 39454
Gavi AL 17 4614 44068
Ponte Nizza PV 17 807 44875
Voltaggio AL 17 738 45613
Busalla GE 17 5563 51176
Savignone GE 17 3205 54381
Carrega Ligure AL 17 84 54465
Spineto Scrivia AL 17 337 54802
Fraconalto AL 17 336 55138
Villaromagnano AL 18 715 55853
Pozzol Groppo AL 18 328 56181
Novi Ligure AL 18 28154 84335
Sarezzano AL 18 1171 85506
Valbrevenna GE 18 798 86304
Berzano di Tortona AL 18 157 86461
Carbonara Scrivia AL 18 1122 87583
Bosio AL 19 1227 88810
Monleale AL 19 566 89376
Tassarolo AL 19 672 90048
Varzi PV 19 3279 93327
Santa Margherita di Staffora PV 19 473 93800
Volpedo AL 19 1227 95027
Pozzolo Formigaro AL 20 4775 99802
Volpeglino AL 20 148 99950

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km N of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
38 Km SE of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
53 Km S of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
62 Km NE of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
67 Km E of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
68 Km S of Vigevano (63310 inhabitants)
85 Km S of Milano (1345851 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Novara (104380 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Rho (50434 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
93 Km S of Sesto San Giovanni (81608 inhabitants)
94 Km NW of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
95 Km S of Cinisello Balsamo (75078 inhabitants)
98 Km S of Legnano (60262 inhabitants)
99 Km S of Monza (122671 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 1.6 2020-01-15
22:53:13
44.7175 9.0095 8 2020-07-18
21:08:25
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 77194301
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.8 2020-01-15
22:53:12
44.7655 9.0138 23 2020-01-15
23:03:28
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 75571101
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-01-15 22:53:13 ± 0.36
Latitude 44.7175 ± 0.0252
Longitude 9.0095 ± 0.0190
Depth (km) 8 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77194301

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2758
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1325
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 345
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2760.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 105
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.56
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16458
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.61514
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77194301
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-30 16:09:27

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75571101
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-15 23:03:28
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2020-01-15T22:53:27.41 0.3 undecidable manual S 242 41.5251 50 -0.17 77
IV.BOB.HHE. 2020-01-15T22:53:26.13 0.3 undecidable manual S 81 34.9428 50 0.31 70
IV.QLNO.HHE. 2020-01-15T22:53:25.38 0.3 undecidable manual P 231 68.2761 50 -0.31 70
GU.RNCA.HHZ. 2020-01-15T22:53:24.94 0.3 undecidable manual S 190 27.75 106 1.54 57
GU.GORR.HHZ. 2020-01-15T22:53:23.34 0.3 undecidable manual S 119 25.4523 108 0.69 78
GU.ROTM.HHE. 2020-01-15T22:53:23.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 286 53.7018 50 0.39 67
IV.BOB.HHE. 2020-01-15T22:53:20.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 81 34.9428 50 -0.49 72
IV.SARZ.HHZ. 2020-01-15T22:53:20.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 336 18.2706 114 0.51 75
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2020-01-15T22:53:20.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 242 41.5251 50 -0.67 68
GU.RNCA.HHZ. 2020-01-15T22:53:19.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 190 27.75 106 0.37 79
GU.GORR.HHZ. 2020-01-15T22:53:18.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 119 25.4523 108 0.04 75
IV.SARZ.HHZ. 2020-01-15T22:53:17.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 336 18.2706 114 -0.28 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SARZ.HNE. ML:1.9 0.0007213211500000001 0.3328 AML other m 2020-01-15T22:53:21.09
IV.SARZ.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0007136781 0.3328 AML other m 2020-01-15T22:53:21.09
IV.SARZ.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00058074775 0.2944 AML other m 2020-01-15T22:53:21.25
IV.SARZ.HNN. ML:1.8 0.0005712509 0.3456 AML other m 2020-01-15T22:53:21.25
GU.GORR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00022528389999999999 0.2176 AML other m 2020-01-15T22:53:23.98
GU.GORR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000157253845 0.1792 AML other m 2020-01-15T22:53:24.67
GU.RNCA.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000047409135 0.2432 AML other m 2020-01-15T22:53:25.32
GU.RNCA.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000039374795 0.2944 AML other m 2020-01-15T22:53:25.46
GU.PCP.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000027076170000000005 0.384 AML other m 2020-01-15T22:53:28.36
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