Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 26-01-2020 and time 17:54:26 (UTC) in region 2 km SE Pesche (IS)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Pesche (IS), on

  • 26-01-2020 17:54:26 (UTC)
  • 26-01-2020 18:54:26 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.6020, 14.3030 at 7 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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
Pesche IS 2 1661 1661
Carpinone IS 2 1157 2818
Pettoranello del Molise IS 4 460 3278
Sessano del Molise IS 5 727 4005
Castelpetroso IS 6 1680 5685
Isernia IS 7 21842 27527
Miranda IS 7 1047 28574
Santa Maria del Molise IS 8 665 29239
Castelpizzuto IS 9 155 29394
Pescolanciano IS 9 855 30249
Sant'Agapito IS 9 1496 31745
Macchiagodena IS 10 1854 33599
Longano IS 10 690 34289
Chiauci IS 11 233 34522
Civitanova del Sannio IS 11 945 35467
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 12 739 36206
Macchia d'Isernia IS 12 1035 37241
Frosolone IS 12 3170 40411
Roccasicura IS 12 550 40961
Carovilli IS 13 1359 42320
Roccamandolfi IS 13 938 43258
Fornelli IS 13 1909 45167
Monteroduni IS 14 2264 47431
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 14 275 47706
Duronia CB 15 405 48111
Forlì del Sannio IS 15 675 48786
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 15 425 49211
San Massimo CB 15 855 50066
Montaquila IS 16 2456 52522
Molise CB 16 167 52689
Gallo Matese CE 16 579 53268
Colli a Volturno IS 17 1349 54617
Spinete CB 17 1320 55937
Letino CE 17 712 56649
Bagnoli del Trigno IS 17 735 57384
Cerro al Volturno IS 18 1281 58665
Pietrabbondante IS 18 759 59424
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 18 1113 60537
Rionero Sannitico IS 18 1118 61655
Torella del Sannio CB 19 795 62450
Fontegreca CE 19 811 63261
Casalciprano CB 19 564 63825
Bojano CB 19 8058 71883
Vastogirardi IS 20 704 72587
Capriati a Volturno CE 20 1541 74128
Valle Agricola CE 20 890 75018

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
59 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
66 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
84 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
90 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
96 Km S of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Shakemap
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.8 2020-01-26
17:54:26		 41.6022 14.3028 7 2020-01-26
18:03:06		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 75885531
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-01-26 17:54:26 ± 0.17
Latitude 41.6022 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.3028 ± 0.0108
Depth (km) 7 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 75885531

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 717
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 638
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 155
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) 91
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.45326
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75885531
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-26 18:03:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CIGN.HHZ. 2020-01-26T17:54:36.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 83 50.3163 50 0.31 67
IV.TRIV.HHN. 2020-01-26T17:54:36.51 0.3 undecidable manual S 48 27.4503 104 0.28 70
IV.CERA.HHE. 2020-01-26T17:54:35.13 0.6 undecidable manual S 269 23.5542 106 0.18 48
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2020-01-26T17:54:34.38 0.3 undecidable manual S 195 21.4674 108 0.14 73
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2020-01-26T17:54:33.45 0.3 undecidable manual S 312 16.7721 112 0.74 62
IV.PTRJ.HNN. 2020-01-26T17:54:33.76 1.0 undecidable manual P 144 32.4453 102 0.71 20
IV.TRIV.HHN. 2020-01-26T17:54:31.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 48 27.4503 104 -0.55 87
IV.SGG.HNN. 2020-01-26T17:54:31.79 1.0 undecidable manual P 165 24.753 106 0.23 24
IV.CERA.HHE. 2020-01-26T17:54:30.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 269 23.5542 106 -0.48 90
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2020-01-26T17:54:30.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 195 21.4674 108 -0.07 74
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2020-01-26T17:54:29.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 317 5.994 139 0.02 77
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2020-01-26T17:54:29.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 312 16.7721 112 -0.17 97
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2020-01-26T17:54:28.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 317 5.994 139 -0.13 100
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2020-01-26T17:54:21.23 3.0 positive manual P -0.03 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MIDA.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00015567834999999998 0.2432 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:30.11
IV.MIDA.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00015345055000000001 0.1408 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:30.84
IV.MIDA.HNE. ML:0.0 0.00013339289999999998 0.1408 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:30.91
IV.MIDA.HNN. ML:0.0 0.00015999353 0.2176 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:30.11
IV.RNI2.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000059690005000000007 0.6784 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:36.01
IV.RNI2.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000060210119999999996 0.5504 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:36.51
IV.RNI2.HNE. ML:0.9 0.00007643236500000001 0.2944 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:36.22
IV.RNI2.HNN. ML:0.8 0.000058916976500000004 0.5632 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:36.52
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000042722009999999996 0.2432 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:36.91
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000054658454999999995 0.2176 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:40.24
IV.VAGA.HNE. ML:0.8 0.00005141896 0.3072 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:36.91
IV.VAGA.HNN. ML:0.8 0.000051331465 0.2176 AML other m 2020-01-26T17:54:36.76
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