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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 09-05-2020 and time 00:53:55 (UTC) in region 1 km E Paternopoli (AV)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Paternopoli (AV), on

  • 09-05-2020 00:53:55 (UTC)
  • 09-05-2020 02:53:55 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.9750, 15.0430 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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
Paternopoli AV 1 2384 2384
Villamaina AV 4 995 3379
Gesualdo AV 4 3516 6895
Luogosano AV 5 1187 8082
Castelfranci AV 5 2041 10123
Fontanarosa AV 5 3170 13293
Sant'Angelo all'Esca AV 6 801 14094
San Mango sul Calore AV 6 1185 15279
Frigento AV 6 3780 19059
Castelvetere sul Calore AV 7 1615 20674
Torella dei Lombardi AV 7 2144 22818
Montemarano AV 7 2851 25669
Taurasi AV 8 2377 28046
Sturno AV 8 3080 31126
Lapio AV 8 1572 32698
Mirabella Eclano AV 9 7684 40382
Nusco AV 10 4203 44585
Rocca San Felice AV 11 851 45436
Grottaminarda AV 11 8137 53573
Chiusano di San Domenico AV 12 2277 55850
Cassano Irpino AV 12 982 56832
Torre Le Nocelle AV 12 1324 58156
Montemiletto AV 12 5313 63469
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi AV 12 4250 67719
Venticano AV 13 2537 70256
Montefalcione AV 13 3359 73615
Guardia Lombardi AV 14 1718 75333
Salza Irpina AV 14 772 76105
Parolise AV 14 663 76768
Melito Irpino AV 14 1920 78688
Flumeri AV 15 2963 81651
Sorbo Serpico AV 15 583 82234
Candida AV 15 1147 83381
Bonito AV 15 2448 85829
Pietradefusi AV 15 2348 88177
Castel Baronia AV 15 1129 89306
Montella AV 15 7780 97086
Volturara Irpina AV 15 3289 100375
Carife AV 15 1408 101783
San Potito Ultra AV 15 1558 103341
Bagnoli Irpino AV 16 3217 106558
Pratola Serra AV 16 3764 110322
San Nicola Baronia AV 16 771 111093
Lioni AV 16 6201 117294
Manocalzati AV 17 3160 120454
San Sossio Baronia AV 17 1643 122097
Montefusco AV 17 1338 123435
Santo Stefano del Sole AV 17 2208 125643
Prata di Principato Ultra AV 17 2944 128587
Santa Paolina AV 17 1256 129843
San Nazzaro BN 18 884 130727
Morra De Sanctis AV 18 1297 132024
Trevico AV 18 993 133017
Santa Lucia di Serino AV 18 1402 134419
Calvi BN 18 2682 137101
Atripalda AV 18 11020 148121
Apice BN 19 5686 153807
San Giorgio del Sannio BN 19 10022 163829
Tufo AV 19 889 164718
Vallata AV 19 2714 167432
San Michele di Serino AV 19 2530 169962
Villanova del Battista AV 19 1690 171652
Montefredane AV 19 2297 173949
Serino AV 20 7034 180983
Cesinali AV 20 2584 183567

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
28 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
41 Km NE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
41 Km N of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
42 Km NE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
56 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
74 Km NW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of San Severo (53905 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.3 2020-05-09
00:53:55		 40.9752 15.043 10 2020-11-19
12:36:44		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 79043191
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2020-05-09
00:53:55		 40.9578 15.0278 11 2020-05-09
01:14:03		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 78966151
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-09 00:53:55 ± 0.07
Latitude 40.9752 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.0430 ± 0.0048
Depth (km) 10 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 79043191

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 355
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 351
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 211
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 350.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04137
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.37412
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79043191
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-11 10:58:34

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78966151
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-09 01:14:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2020-05-09T00:54:03.95 0.3 undecidable manual S 154 23.8539 113 -0.1 75
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2020-05-09T00:54:02.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 304 41.5251 50 -0.15 96
IV.MRB1.HHZ. 2020-05-09T00:54:02.45 0.3 undecidable manual S 339 17.4714 120 0.37 71
IV.PAOL.HHN. 2020-05-09T00:54:02.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 279 40.3263 50 0 99
IX.MNT3.HHZ.02 2020-05-09T00:54:01.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 191 15.6732 122 0.25 73
IX.BENI.HNZ.01 2020-05-09T00:54:01.40 1.0 undecidable manual P 307 28.4493 50 0.35 23
IX.NSC3.HNZ.02 2020-05-09T00:54:01.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 155 15.6732 122 0.27 73
IX.SNR3.HHZ.02 2020-05-09T00:54:01.50 0.6 undecidable manual P 155 29.3484 50 0.31 47
IV.SGTA.HNZ. 2020-05-09T00:54:01.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 57 32.2455 50 -0.23 96
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2020-05-09T00:54:01.44 0.3 undecidable manual S 112 14.9739 123 0.12 76
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2020-05-09T00:54:00.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 154 23.8539 113 -0.13 99
IX.RSF3.HNE.02 2020-05-09T00:54:00.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 96 11.1777 131 -0.29 74
IV.CAFE.HHE. 2020-05-09T00:53:59.46 0.6 undecidable manual P 70 17.2716 120 0.38 47
IV.MTMR.EHZ. 2020-05-09T00:53:59.46 0.3 undecidable manual S 208 7.1928 144 0.12 77
IX.SSB3.HHZ.02 2020-05-09T00:53:59.42 0.6 undecidable manual P 54 19.3695 117 -0.03 51
IV.MRB1.HHZ. 2020-05-09T00:53:59.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 339 17.4714 120 0.25 98
IX.NSC3.HNZ.02 2020-05-09T00:53:58.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 155 15.6732 122 -0.06 76
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2020-05-09T00:53:58.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 112 14.9739 123 0.16 100
IX.MNT3.HHZ.02 2020-05-09T00:53:58.57 0.6 undecidable manual P 191 15.6732 122 -0.23 49
IX.LGS3.HNN.01 2020-05-09T00:53:58.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 286 4.5954 155 -0.48 48
IV.MTMR.EHZ. 2020-05-09T00:53:57.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 208 7.1928 144 -0.04 78
IX.RSF3.HNE.02 2020-05-09T00:53:57.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 96 11.1777 131 -0.11 76
IX.LGS3.HNN.01 2020-05-09T00:53:56.93 0.1 undecidable manual P 286 4.5954 155 -0.35 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTMR.EHN. ML:1.4 0.00038772209999999994 0.6 AML other m 2020-05-09T00:53:59.40
IV.MTMR.EHE. ML:1.3 0.00028095999999999997 0.8 AML other m 2020-05-09T00:54:00.55
IV.MRB1.HNN. ML:1.7 0.0004125 0.3 AML other m 2020-05-09T00:54:03.08
IV.MRB1.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0004215 0.26 AML other m 2020-05-09T00:54:03.22
IX.MNT3.HHN.02 ML:1.3 0.000169 1.6 AML other m 2020-05-09T00:54:03.18
IV.SNAL.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000751 0.48 AML other m 2020-05-09T00:54:03.33
IV.MRB1.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00021799999999999999 0.56 AML other m 2020-05-09T00:54:03.62
IX.MNT3.HHE.02 ML:1.0 0.000106 0.5 AML other m 2020-05-09T00:54:03.61
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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