Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 21-03-2020 and time 14:48:21 (Italy) in region Confine Italia Svizzera (SVIZZERA)

A magnitude ML 0.5 earthquake occured in region: Confine Italia Svizzera (SVIZZERA), on

  • 21-03-2020 13:48:21 (UTC)
  • 21-03-2020 14:48:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 45.9800, 7.7510 at 11 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Valtournenche AO 15 2277 2277
Macugnaga VB 17 557 2834
Gressoney-La-Trinité AO 18 303 3137
Chamois AO 19 97 3234
Ayas AO 19 1401 4635

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
85 Km W of Varese (80799 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Gallarate (53343 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of Novara (104380 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Busto Arsizio (83106 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.5 2020-03-21
13:48:21
45.9802 7.7507 11 2020-03-21
13:58:18
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 77437881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-21 13:48:21 ± 0.21
Latitude 45.9802 ± 0.0126
Longitude 7.7507 ± 0.0168
Depth (km) 11 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77437881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1700
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 890
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 38
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 132
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13310
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.52430
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77437881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-21 13:58:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:36.79 0.3 undecidable manual S 180 51.9036 90 -0.86 71
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:35.04 0.3 undecidable manual S 199 44.3223 90 -0.58 78
IV.MRGE.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:32.02 0.3 undecidable manual P 247 58.1973 90 0.29 77
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:31.08 0.1 positive manual P 180 51.9036 90 0.32 100
CH.DIX.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:30.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 293 28.6491 90 -0.54 73
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:29.69 1.0 undecidable manual P 199 44.3223 90 0.1 27
CH.MMK.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:28.31 0.3 undecidable manual S 65 18.1707 90 -0.35 83
CH.DIX.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:27.49 0.6 positive manual P 293 28.6491 90 0.31 54
GU.SATI.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:27.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 142 14.7741 90 -0.42 57
CH.MMK.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:26.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 65 18.1707 90 0.46 79
GU.SATI.HHZ. 2020-03-21T13:48:25.40 1.0 undecidable manual P 142 14.7741 90 0.35 26
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.SATI.HHE. ML:0.4 0.00002380651 0.064 AML other m 2020-03-21T13:48:27.85
GU.SATI.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000025164785000000002 0.1024 AML other m 2020-03-21T13:48:27.47
CH.MMK.HHN. ML:0.1 0.000009544693499999999 0.2176 AML other m 2020-03-21T13:48:29.02
CH.MMK.HHE. ML:-0.2 0.000006697722 0.0896 AML other m 2020-03-21T13:48:29.14
CH.DIX.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000016591635 0.0832 AML other m 2020-03-21T13:48:31.50
CH.DIX.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000029046475 0.1856 AML other m 2020-03-21T13:48:31.17
GU.CIRO.HHN. ML:0.2 0.000005822840000000001 0.0576 AML other m 2020-03-21T13:48:36.11
GU.TRAV.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000017253085 0.0832 AML other m 2020-03-21T13:48:37.50
GU.TRAV.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000020586597000000002 0.0768 AML other m 2020-03-21T13:48:37.57
IV.MRGE.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000008172437 0.0576 AML other m 2020-03-21T13:48:39.36
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