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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 19-03-2020 and time 01:14:28 (Italy) in region 7 km S Sarconi (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 7 km S Sarconi (PZ), on

  • 19-03-2020 00:14:28 (UTC)
  • 19-03-2020 01:14:28 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.1880, 15.9120 at 15 km depth.

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

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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
Sarconi PZ 7 1404 1404
Moliterno PZ 7 4062 5466
Castelsaraceno PZ 7 1384 6850
Spinoso PZ 10 1462 8312
Grumento Nova PZ 11 1700 10012
San Martino d'Agri PZ 13 801 10813
Latronico PZ 14 4556 15369
San Chirico Raparo PZ 14 1084 16453
Montemurro PZ 14 1235 17688
Lagonegro PZ 15 5584 23272
Carbone PZ 16 638 23910
Nemoli PZ 17 1495 25405
Lauria PZ 17 12919 38324
Viggiano PZ 17 3329 41653
Rivello PZ 18 2767 44420
Tramutola PZ 18 3089 47509
Armento PZ 19 631 48140
Casalbuono SA 20 1194 49334

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.0 2020-03-19
00:14:28		 40.188 15.9123 15 2020-03-19
00:25:16		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77368091
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-19 00:14:28 ± 0.12
Latitude 40.1880 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.9123 ± 0.0082
Depth (km) 15 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77368091

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 883
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 400
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 197
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 880.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 66
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03507
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.48294
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77368091
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-19 00:25:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:45.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 286 53.6019 95 -0.17 90
IV.MGR.HNZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:39.67 0.6 undecidable manual S 260 30.9468 102 -0.09 64
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:38.15 0.3 undecidable manual P 286 53.6019 95 -0.49 85
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:37.77 0.6 undecidable manual S 201 23.0547 109 0.04 66
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:36.75 0.6 undecidable manual P 19 39.1275 98 0.32 61
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:36.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 328 17.871 117 0.33 96
YZ.POLL2.HHE.00 2020-03-19T00:14:36.67 0.6 undecidable manual P 129 37.9287 99 0.43 59
IV.MGR.HNZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:35.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 260 30.9468 102 0.56 88
IV.MMN.HHE. 2020-03-19T00:14:35.45 0.6 undecidable manual P 169 33.6441 100 -0.14 65
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:35.25 0.3 undecidable manual S 85 13.875 126 -0.3 97
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:34.22 0.3 undecidable manual S 260 3.8961 162 0.26 99
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:34.02 0.6 undecidable manual P 201 23.0547 109 0.01 67
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:33.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 328 17.871 117 -0.1 99
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:32.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 85 13.875 126 -0.27 97
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2020-03-19T00:14:31.67 0.3 undecidable manual P 260 3.8961 162 -0.17 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000145 0.46 AML other m 2020-03-19T00:14:34.51
IV.SIRI.HNN. ML:1.1 0.00014350000000000002 0.46 AML other m 2020-03-19T00:14:34.51
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000136 0.8 AML other m 2020-03-19T00:14:34.03
IV.SIRI.HNE. ML:1.0 0.0001235 0.8 AML other m 2020-03-19T00:14:34.43
IV.SCHR.EHN. ML:0.8 0.0000519 0.18 AML other m 2020-03-19T00:14:35.50
IV.SCHR.EHE. ML:0.9 0.00006375 0.14 AML other m 2020-03-19T00:14:35.94
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00014250000000000002 0.18 AML other m 2020-03-19T00:14:37.23
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000751 0.2 AML other m 2020-03-19T00:14:37.46
MN.CUC.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00003175 1.62 AML other m 2020-03-19T00:14:38.91
MN.CUC.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00003245 0.28 AML other m 2020-03-19T00:14:38.19
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