Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.2 on date 14-08-2020 and time 08:09:36 (Italy) in region 5 km SW Ottaviano (NA)

A magnitude Md 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Ottaviano (NA), on

  • 14-08-2020 06:09:36 (UTC)
  • 14-08-2020 08:09:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8200, 14.4300 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OV (Napoli).

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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
Massa di Somma NA 5 5444 5444
Ottaviano NA 5 23860 29304
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio NA 5 9196 38500
Trecase NA 6 9097 47597
Boscotrecase NA 6 10363 57960
Somma Vesuviana NA 6 35233 93193
Sant'Anastasia NA 6 27671 120864
Terzigno NA 6 18968 139832
Pollena Trocchia NA 6 13562 153394
Boscoreale NA 6 28072 181466
Portici NA 6 55274 236740
Torre del Greco NA 7 86275 323015
San Giuseppe Vesuviano NA 7 30657 353672
Torre Annunziata NA 7 42789 396461
Ercolano NA 7 53709 450170
Cercola NA 8 18267 468437
San Giorgio a Cremano NA 8 45557 513994
San Gennaro Vesuviano NA 10 11966 525960
Volla NA 10 23755 549715
Poggiomarino NA 10 21976 571691
Pompei NA 10 25358 597049
Pomigliano d'Arco NA 10 39922 636971
Castello di Cisterna NA 11 7869 644840
Brusciano NA 11 16466 661306
Scafati SA 11 50787 712093
Scisciano NA 12 5994 718087
Palma Campania NA 12 15978 734065
Marigliano NA 12 30157 764222
Mariglianella NA 12 7787 772009
Saviano NA 12 15982 787991
San Vitaliano NA 12 6461 794452
Casalnuovo di Napoli NA 13 49855 844307
Striano NA 13 8397 852704
Santa Maria la Carità NA 13 11722 864426
Carbonara di Nola NA 14 2429 866855
San Marzano sul Sarno SA 14 10442 877297
Angri SA 14 34002 911299
San Paolo Bel Sito NA 15 3513 914812
Castellammare di Stabia NA 15 66466 981278
Nola NA 15 34431 1015709
Sant'Antonio Abate NA 15 19743 1035452
Domicella AV 15 1862 1037314
San Valentino Torio SA 15 10947 1048261
Liveri NA 15 1607 1049868
Acerra NA 15 59573 1109441
Casoria NA 15 77642 1187083
Napoli NA 15 974074 2161157
Afragola NA 15 65057 2226214
Marzano di Nola AV 16 1727 2227941
Cimitile NA 16 7280 2235221
Casavatore NA 16 18661 2253882
Lettere NA 16 6188 2260070
Sarno SA 16 31529 2291599
Casola di Napoli NA 16 3898 2295497
Gragnano NA 16 29136 2324633
Casamarciano NA 16 3289 2327922
Arzano NA 17 34886 2362808
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino SA 17 8909 2371717
Pago del Vallo di Lauro AV 17 1830 2373547
Vico Equense NA 17 20969 2394516
Camposano NA 17 5333 2399849
Corbara SA 17 2545 2402394
Pimonte NA 18 5980 2408374
Visciano NA 18 4454 2412828
Comiziano NA 18 1814 2414642
Cardito NA 18 22755 2437397
Pagani SA 18 35834 2473231
Lauro AV 18 3509 2476740
Cicciano NA 19 12906 2489646
Caivano NA 19 37879 2527525
Taurano AV 19 1546 2529071
Frattamaggiore NA 19 30329 2559400
Tufino NA 19 3776 2563176
Quindici AV 19 1938 2565114
Crispano NA 19 12354 2577468
Grumo Nevano NA 20 18061 2595529
Meta NA 20 8015 2603544
Nocera Inferiore SA 20 46043 2649587
Casandrino NA 20 14336 2663923

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
7 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
7 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
11 Km NW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
15 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
15 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
22 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
23 Km SE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
25 Km SE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
27 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
29 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
30 Km S of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
32 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
33 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
Md 1.2 2020-08-14
06:09:36
40.82 14.4302 0 2020-08-14
06:19:40
Sala Operativa INGV_OV (Napoli) 81959541
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-14 06:09:36
Latitude 40.8200
Longitude 14.4302
Depth (km) 0 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-OV#WinPick
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 81959541

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 100.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 173
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.14
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

Md:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 81959541
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OV (Napoli)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-14 06:19:40
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