Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 17-04-2020 and time 16:25:11 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Castello del Matese (CE)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Castello del Matese (CE), on

  • 17-04-2020 14:25:11 (UTC)
  • 17-04-2020 16:25:11 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.3770, 14.3980 at 15 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Castello del Matese CE 2 1494 1494
San Gregorio Matese CE 2 988 2482
Piedimonte Matese CE 3 11297 13779
San Potito Sannitico CE 4 1925 15704
Alife CE 7 7616 23320
Gioia Sannitica CE 9 3638 26958
Cusano Mutri BN 10 4091 31049
Sant'Angelo d'Alife CE 12 2270 33319
Campochiaro CB 12 646 33965
San Polo Matese CB 12 470 34435
Raviscanina CE 13 1319 35754
Valle Agricola CE 13 890 36644
Faicchio BN 13 3634 40278
San Massimo CB 13 855 41133
Pietraroja BN 13 545 41678
Bojano CB 13 8058 49736
Roccamandolfi IS 14 938 50674
Dragoni CE 14 2108 52782
Guardiaregia CB 14 801 53583
Baia e Latina CE 15 2197 55780
Letino CE 15 712 56492
Alvignano CE 15 4824 61316
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 16 739 62055
Ailano CE 16 1369 63424
San Lorenzello BN 16 2227 65651
Cerreto Sannita BN 17 3940 69591
Prata Sannita CE 17 1502 71093
Gallo Matese CE 17 579 71672
San Salvatore Telesino BN 18 3999 75671
Puglianello BN 18 1349 77020
Colle d'Anchise CB 18 807 77827
Castelpizzuto IS 18 155 77982
Pratella CE 18 1565 79547
Ruviano CE 18 1655 81202
Roccaromana CE 18 856 82058
Sepino CB 19 1964 84022
Liberi CE 20 1153 85175
Santa Maria del Molise IS 20 665 85840
Amorosi BN 20 2797 88637
Fontegreca CE 20 811 89448

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
42 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
48 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
48 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
61 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
66 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
89 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
99 Km NW of Battipaglia (50786 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 1.4 2020-04-17
14:25:11
41.3772 14.3975 15 2020-04-17
14:29:53
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78320511
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-04-17 14:25:11 ± 0.08
Latitude 41.3772 ± 0.0036
Longitude 14.3975 ± 0.0048
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 78320511

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 404
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 199
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 139
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 182
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.24102
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78320511
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-17 14:29:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2020-04-17T14:25:21.13 3.0 undecidable manual S -1.87 0
IV.PIGN.HHZ. 2020-04-17T14:25:21.45 0.3 undecidable manual S 223 26.751 104 0.11 71
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2020-04-17T14:25:18.32 0.1 undecidable manual S 287 14.2746 125 0.05 98
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2020-04-17T14:25:17.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 41 24.8529 106 0.06 96
IV.PIGN.HHZ. 2020-04-17T14:25:17.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 223 26.751 104 -0.07 95
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2020-04-17T14:25:16.48 0.3 undecidable manual S 305 1.8981 171 0.01 75
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2020-04-17T14:25:15.37 0.1 positive manual P 287 14.2746 125 -0.09 97
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2020-04-17T14:25:14.37 0.1 negative manual P 305 1.8981 171 -0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SGG.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00019700000000000002 0.5 AML other m 2020-04-17T14:25:16.46
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0003115 0.2 AML other m 2020-04-17T14:25:18.65
IV.VAGA.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00028649999999999997 0.2 AML other m 2020-04-17T14:25:18.75
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00027800000000000004 0.16 AML other m 2020-04-17T14:25:19.11
IV.VAGA.HNN. ML:1.5 0.0002615 0.14 AML other m 2020-04-17T14:25:19.11
IV.SGG.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001825 0.46 AML other m 2020-04-17T14:25:19.27
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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