Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.1 on date 15-08-2020 and time 21:40:40 (Italy) in region 5 km SE Massa di Somma (NA)

A magnitude Md 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Massa di Somma (NA), on

  • 15-08-2020 19:40:40 (UTC)
  • 15-08-2020 21:40:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8210, 14.4260 at 0 km depth.

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

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
Massa di Somma NA 5 5444 5444
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio NA 5 9196 14640
Ottaviano NA 5 23860 38500
Somma Vesuviana NA 6 35233 73733
Sant'Anastasia NA 6 27671 101404
Boscotrecase NA 6 10363 111767
Trecase NA 6 9097 120864
Pollena Trocchia NA 6 13562 134426
Portici NA 6 55274 189700
Terzigno NA 6 18968 208668
Torre del Greco NA 6 86275 294943
Boscoreale NA 7 28072 323015
Ercolano NA 7 53709 376724
San Giuseppe Vesuviano NA 7 30657 407381
Torre Annunziata NA 7 42789 450170
Cercola NA 7 18267 468437
San Giorgio a Cremano NA 8 45557 513994
Volla NA 9 23755 537749
San Gennaro Vesuviano NA 10 11966 549715
Poggiomarino NA 10 21976 571691
Pomigliano d'Arco NA 10 39922 611613
Pompei NA 10 25358 636971
Castello di Cisterna NA 11 7869 644840
Brusciano NA 11 16466 661306
Scafati SA 12 50787 712093
Scisciano NA 12 5994 718087
Mariglianella NA 12 7787 725874
Marigliano NA 12 30157 756031
Palma Campania NA 12 15978 772009
Casalnuovo di Napoli NA 12 49855 821864
Saviano NA 12 15982 837846
San Vitaliano NA 12 6461 844307
Striano NA 13 8397 852704
Santa Maria la Carità NA 13 11722 864426
Carbonara di Nola NA 14 2429 866855
San Paolo Bel Sito NA 15 3513 870368
Nola NA 15 34431 904799
San Marzano sul Sarno SA 15 10442 915241
Acerra NA 15 59573 974814
Castellammare di Stabia NA 15 66466 1041280
Napoli NA 15 974074 2015354
Casoria NA 15 77642 2092996
Angri SA 15 34002 2126998
Sant'Antonio Abate NA 15 19743 2146741
Afragola NA 15 65057 2211798
Liveri NA 15 1607 2213405
San Valentino Torio SA 15 10947 2224352
Domicella AV 15 1862 2226214
Casavatore NA 16 18661 2244875
Cimitile NA 16 7280 2252155
Marzano di Nola AV 16 1727 2253882
Sarno SA 16 31529 2285411
Lettere NA 16 6188 2291599
Casola di Napoli NA 17 3898 2295497
Arzano NA 17 34886 2330383
Casamarciano NA 17 3289 2333672
Gragnano NA 17 29136 2362808
Camposano NA 17 5333 2368141
Vico Equense NA 17 20969 2389110
Pago del Vallo di Lauro AV 17 1830 2390940
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino SA 17 8909 2399849
Visciano NA 18 4454 2404303
Cardito NA 18 22755 2427058
Corbara SA 18 2545 2429603
Pimonte NA 18 5980 2435583
Comiziano NA 18 1814 2437397
Caivano NA 18 37879 2475276
Pagani SA 19 35834 2511110
Frattamaggiore NA 19 30329 2541439
Lauro AV 19 3509 2544948
Cicciano NA 19 12906 2557854
Crispano NA 19 12354 2570208
Taurano AV 19 1546 2571754
Grumo Nevano NA 19 18061 2589815
Tufino NA 19 3776 2593591
Quindici AV 19 1938 2595529
Casandrino NA 20 14336 2609865
Meta NA 20 8015 2617880
Melito di Napoli NA 20 37826 2655706
Frattaminore NA 20 16208 2671914

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
6 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
7 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
12 Km NW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
15 Km NW of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 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)
22 Km SE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
25 Km SE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
27 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
28 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
29 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)
53 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 1.1 2020-08-15
19:40:40
40.8212 14.4263 0 2020-08-15
19:52:11
Sala Operativa INGV_OV (Napoli) 82020691
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-15 19:40:40
Latitude 40.8212
Longitude 14.4263
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 82020691

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) 91
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) 0.05
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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 82020691
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OV (Napoli)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-15 19:52:11
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