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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 20-05-2020 and time 06:39:55 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Sala Consilina (SA)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Sala Consilina (SA), on

  • 20-05-2020 04:39:55 (UTC)
  • 20-05-2020 06:39:55 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.4150, 15.6060 at 9 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
Sala Consilina SA 2 12664 12664
Atena Lucana SA 6 2336 15000
Teggiano SA 7 7976 22976
Brienza PZ 7 4078 27054
Sassano SA 9 5013 32067
Padula SA 9 5368 37435
Monte San Giacomo SA 10 1572 39007
Sasso di Castalda PZ 10 835 39842
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 11 1695 41537
Marsico Nuovo PZ 11 4098 45635
Paterno PZ 12 3368 49003
Sant'Arsenio SA 12 2815 51818
San Rufo SA 12 1754 53572
Polla SA 15 5279 58851
Satriano di Lucania PZ 15 2374 61225
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 15 1429 62654
Buonabitacolo SA 16 2549 65203
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 17 6704 71907
Savoia di Lucania PZ 18 1127 73034
Tramutola PZ 19 3089 76123
Corleto Monforte SA 19 592 76715
Marsicovetere PZ 19 5546 82261
Caggiano SA 19 2765 85026
Sanza SA 19 2608 87634
Pertosa SA 20 690 88324
Tito PZ 20 7332 95656

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
98 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Scafati (50787 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 2.4 2020-05-20
04:39:55		 40.4153 15.6063 9 2020-11-19
12:36:56		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 81670961
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.4 2020-05-20
04:39:55		 40.4057 15.6053 9 2020-05-20
04:49:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 79353601
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-20 04:39:55 ± 0.06
Latitude 40.4153 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.6063 ± 0.0059
Depth (km) 9 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 81670961

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 555
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 400
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 220
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 550.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 56
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 42
Number of defining phases 28
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.78421
Number of stations at which the event was observed 35
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 22
Magnitudes information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 43
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81670961
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-05 10:02:36

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 42
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79353601
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-20 04:49:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RIBO.EHZ.01 2020-05-20T04:41:45.52 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.54 0
IV.SARZ.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:41:35.66 3.0 negative manual Pn 6.55 0
RD.PGF.BHZ. 2020-05-20T04:41:28.14 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 15.05 0
AC.VLO.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:41:25.83 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 9.37 0
IV.SRES.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:41:24.17 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 8.74 0
IV.AGLI.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:41:23.44 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 15.87 0
IV.BARO.EHZ. 2020-05-20T04:41:22.14 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.57 0
IT.RMMM.HGZ. 2020-05-20T04:41:17.36 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 4.82 0
IV.PIEI.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:49.86 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.61 0
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:49.10 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 0.11 0
IV.ROSPO.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:40.39 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -6.15 0
IT.RMMM.HGZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:39.37 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 2.2 0
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:33.92 3.0 negative manual Pn -4.75 0
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:28.08 3.0 negative manual Pg 2.44 0
IV.MRVN.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:10.14 0.6 undecidable manual P 34 87.0462 50 -0.16 42
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:09.75 0.6 undecidable manual P 133 86.5467 50 -0.47 39
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:08.40 0.6 undecidable manual P 336 74.7696 50 0.01 44
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:07.09 0.6 undecidable manual P 330 65.6898 50 0.09 44
IV.PALZ.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:06.86 0.6 undecidable manual P 27 65.7897 50 -0.15 44
IV.SGO.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:06.52 0.3 undecidable manual S 303 29.9478 107 0.48 65
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:05.11 0.3 undecidable manual S 247 27.8499 108 -0.23 69
IV.MCRV.HHN. 2020-05-20T04:40:05.04 0.6 undecidable manual P 318 55.0005 50 -0.31 43
IV.VULT.HNE. 2020-05-20T04:40:05.81 0.6 undecidable manual P 1 59.8956 50 -0.29 43
IX.CSG3.HNE.01 2020-05-20T04:40:04.56 1.0 undecidable manual P 345 46.3203 50 0.56 21
MN.CUC.HHE. 2020-05-20T04:40:04.63 0.6 undecidable manual P 159 50.0166 50 0.05 46
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:03.95 0.3 undecidable manual P 121 46.4202 50 -0.07 69
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:03.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 73 40.1265 50 0.06 70
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:03.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 207 42.1245 50 0.34 66
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:02.45 0.6 undecidable manual P 345 39.1275 50 -0.45 43
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:02.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 139 34.0437 50 -0.03 71
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:02.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 121 19.3695 115 0.31 46
IV.CAGG.EHN. 2020-05-20T04:40:02.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 333 17.6712 117 0.72 40
IV.SGO.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:01.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 303 29.9478 107 -0.32 68
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:01.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 247 27.8499 108 0.25 69
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:01.65 0.6 undecidable manual P 33 30.6471 106 0.05 48
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:40:01.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 188 31.1466 50 0.09 71
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2020-05-20T04:39:59.79 0.1 negative manual P 121 19.3695 115 0.32 92
IV.CAGG.EHN. 2020-05-20T04:39:58.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 333 17.6712 117 -0.31 69
IV.SLCN.HNZ. 2020-05-20T04:39:58.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 141 3.5964 158 -0.06 75
IV.SLCN.HNZ. 2020-05-20T04:39:57.17 0.1 positive manual P 141 3.5964 158 0.03 100
IT.SLC1.HGE. 2020-05-20T04:39:57.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 201 2.3976 165 -0.63 65
IT.SLC1.HGE. 2020-05-20T04:39:57.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 201 2.3976 165 0.11 74
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:0.0 0.0035515664999999997 0.48 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:08.76
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00406 1.14 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:06.36
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:0.0 0.0039774549999999995 0.3008 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:06.53
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0041147215 0.3008 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:06.53
IV.SGO.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0021501815 0.1984 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:08.39
IV.SGO.HNN. ML:0.0 0.0019719825 0.1984 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:08.40
IV.SGO.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0013229065 0.2784 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:08.81
IV.SGO.HNE. ML:0.0 0.001012657 0.32 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:09.36
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00092049655 0.3616 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:07.94
IV.MGR.HHN. ML:0.0 0.002209866 0.2208 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:09.49
IV.MGR.HNN. ML:0.0 0.0021705405 0.24 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:09.51
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0026960815 0.1984 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:12.75
IV.SIRI.HNN. ML:0.0 0.0026009285000000004 0.1984 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:12.75
IV.MGR.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0016401505 0.4384 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:09.19
IV.MGR.HNE. ML:0.0 0.0015690024999999999 0.528 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:09.20
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0037883135 0.2176 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:10.32
IV.SIRI.HNE. ML:0.0 0.0036106315 0.24 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:10.32
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0009067511500000001 0.1824 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:09.08
IV.SCHR.EHN. ML:0.0 0.0005068861 0.4832 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:12.48
IV.SCHR.EHE. ML:0.0 0.0005714337499999999 0.5184 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:12.64
IV.BULG.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0010102563 0.24 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:15.56
IV.BULG.HNE. ML:0.0 0.00096252915 0.2592 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:15.56
IV.PTRP.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0006517935000000001 0.8192 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:18.35
IV.PTRP.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00073551895 0.48 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:19.03
IV.BULG.HNN. ML:0.0 0.0020526844999999997 0.3008 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:15.80
IV.BULG.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0021524285000000002 0.3008 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:15.80
IV.PALZ.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00025120655000000005 0.8192 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:30.55
IV.PALZ.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00024399224999999998 0.7008 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:29.79
IV.SNAL.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00034947815000000007 0.4608 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:23.56
IV.SNAL.HNE. ML:0.0 0.00031639295000000003 0.48 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:23.56
IV.SNAL.HNN. ML:0.0 0.0002842863 0.7008 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:24.62
IV.CAFE.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00021352320000000004 0.72 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:23.96
IV.SNAL.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0002997317 0.7008 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:24.62
IV.MRVN.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000138049 0.3392 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:25.33
IV.MRVN.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000087165555 0.32 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:27.11
IV.CAFE.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00026439564999999996 0.4992 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:35.48
IV.SALB.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00016090043000000002 0.3776 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:29.75
IV.SALB.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00015619165000000003 0.3616 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:31.22
IV.SLCN.HHN. ML:0.0 0.067044635 0.3584 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:39:59.31
IV.SLCN.HNN. ML:0.0 0.059470475 0.368 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:39:59.31
IV.SLCN.HHE. ML:0.0 0.08641947999999999 0.3424 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:39:58.90
IV.SLCN.HNE. ML:0.0 0.07822462 0.3328 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:39:58.90
IV.PZUN.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0013274254 0.2592 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:10.55
IV.PZUN.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0021037835 0.4 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:09.12
IV.PZUN.HNN. ML:2.6 0.0019623270000000003 0.4 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:09.12
IV.PZUN.HNE. ML:2.5 0.001401787 0.4 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:09.84
IV.CAFE.HNE. ML:2.3 0.0003037922 0.5376 AML other m 2020-05-20T04:40:35.48
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