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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 26-04-2020 and time 19:08:38 (Italy) in region 6 km S Tramutola (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 6 km S Tramutola (PZ), on

  • 26-04-2020 17:08:38 (UTC)
  • 26-04-2020 19:08:38 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2670, 15.7870 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.

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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
Tramutola PZ 6 3089 3089
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 7 6704 9793
Moliterno PZ 8 4062 13855
Grumento Nova PZ 9 1700 15555
Sarconi PZ 9 1404 16959
Casalbuono SA 11 1194 18153
Marsicovetere PZ 13 5546 23699
Viggiano PZ 13 3329 27028
Paterno PZ 13 3368 30396
Padula SA 14 5368 35764
Buonabitacolo SA 14 2549 38313
Spinoso PZ 15 1462 39775
Lagonegro PZ 16 5584 45359
Marsico Nuovo PZ 18 4098 49457
Montemurro PZ 18 1235 50692
Casaletto Spartano SA 19 1420 52112
Sanza SA 20 2608 54720

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
78 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Salerno (135261 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 0.7 2020-04-26
17:08:38		 40.2672 15.7868 11 2020-04-26
17:18:14		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78604381
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-04-26 17:08:38 ± 0.11
Latitude 40.2672 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.7868 ± 0.0059
Depth (km) 11 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78604381

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 526
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 467
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 216
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 530.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 96
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30487
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 13
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78604381
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-26 17:18:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GE.MATE.HHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:52.75 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.01 0
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:47.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 107 25.6521 50 -0.28 71
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:47.86 0.6 undecidable manual S 234 24.4533 50 0.08 49
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:46.09 0.6 undecidable manual S 316 18.87 50 -0.2 49
IX.PGN3.HHE.02 2020-04-26T17:08:45.15 0.6 undecidable manual P 1 33.8439 50 -0.26 47
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:44.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 107 25.6521 50 0.29 69
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:44.15 0.6 undecidable manual S 144 11.6772 133 -0.13 49
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:43.14 0.1 undecidable manual P 316 18.87 50 0.04 98
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:43.07 0.6 undecidable manual S 11 6.4935 149 -0.08 50
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:43.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 234 24.4533 50 -0.28 70
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:42.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 144 11.6772 133 0.16 99
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2020-04-26T17:08:41.43 0.1 positive manual P 11 6.4935 149 0.14 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000107131095 0.32 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:43.34
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:0.6 0.00006455265 0.1792 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:44.17
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:0.9 0.00010985671 0.32 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:43.18
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:0.6 0.000059832999999999994 0.1408 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:43.88
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000054188395 0.1792 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:44.81
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000055300905 0.1792 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:45.02
IV.SIRI.HNE. ML:0.7 0.00005377608 0.1792 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:44.81
IV.SIRI.HNN. ML:0.7 0.000052315880000000004 0.2176 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:44.83
IV.SLCN.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00004772517 0.384 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:47.71
IV.SLCN.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00003390817 0.3712 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:51.07
IV.SLCN.HNE. ML:1.1 0.000102994685 0.7168 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:46.05
IV.MGR.HHE. ML:0.2 0.000007507458 0.2304 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:49.86
IV.MGR.HHN. ML:0.2 0.000009954706500000001 0.2944 AML other m 2020-04-26T17:08:48.84
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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