Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.4 on date 06-09-2020 and time 17:12:42 (Italy) in region 4 km SE San Sebastiano al Vesuvio (NA)

A magnitude Md 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE San Sebastiano al Vesuvio (NA), on

  • 06-09-2020 15:12:42 (UTC)
  • 06-09-2020 17:12:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8210, 14.4140 at 2 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio NA 4 9196 9196
Massa di Somma NA 4 5444 14640
Portici NA 5 55274 69914
Pollena Trocchia NA 5 13562 83476
Sant'Anastasia NA 5 27671 111147
Torre del Greco NA 5 86275 197422
Ercolano NA 6 53709 251131
Somma Vesuviana NA 6 35233 286364
Trecase NA 6 9097 295461
Boscotrecase NA 6 10363 305824
Ottaviano NA 6 23860 329684
Cercola NA 6 18267 347951
San Giorgio a Cremano NA 7 45557 393508
Boscoreale NA 7 28072 421580
Terzigno NA 7 18968 440548
Torre Annunziata NA 7 42789 483337
San Giuseppe Vesuviano NA 8 30657 513994
Volla NA 9 23755 537749
Pomigliano d'Arco NA 10 39922 577671
Castello di Cisterna NA 11 7869 585540
Pompei NA 11 25358 610898
San Gennaro Vesuviano NA 11 11966 622864
Poggiomarino NA 11 21976 644840
Brusciano NA 11 16466 661306
Casalnuovo di Napoli NA 12 49855 711161
Mariglianella NA 12 7787 718948
Marigliano NA 12 30157 749105
Scisciano NA 12 5994 755099
Scafati SA 12 50787 805886
San Vitaliano NA 13 6461 812347
Saviano NA 13 15982 828329
Palma Campania NA 13 15978 844307
Napoli NA 14 974074 1818381
Santa Maria la Carità NA 14 11722 1830103
Striano NA 14 8397 1838500
Casoria NA 14 77642 1916142
Afragola NA 14 65057 1981199
Acerra NA 15 59573 2040772
Casavatore NA 15 18661 2059433
Carbonara di Nola NA 15 2429 2061862
Castellammare di Stabia NA 15 66466 2128328
Nola NA 15 34431 2162759
San Paolo Bel Sito NA 15 3513 2166272
San Marzano sul Sarno SA 16 10442 2176714
Angri SA 16 34002 2210716
Sant'Antonio Abate NA 16 19743 2230459
Arzano NA 16 34886 2265345
Liveri NA 16 1607 2266952
Domicella AV 16 1862 2268814
San Valentino Torio SA 16 10947 2279761
Cimitile NA 16 7280 2287041
Marzano di Nola AV 17 1727 2288768
Lettere NA 17 6188 2294956
Casola di Napoli NA 17 3898 2298854
Gragnano NA 17 29136 2327990
Casamarciano NA 17 3289 2331279
Cardito NA 17 22755 2354034
Sarno SA 17 31529 2385563
Vico Equense NA 17 20969 2406532
Camposano NA 18 5333 2411865
Caivano NA 18 37879 2449744
Frattamaggiore NA 18 30329 2480073
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino SA 18 8909 2488982
Pimonte NA 18 5980 2494962
Crispano NA 18 12354 2507316
Pago del Vallo di Lauro AV 18 1830 2509146
Corbara SA 19 2545 2511691
Grumo Nevano NA 19 18061 2529752
Visciano NA 19 4454 2534206
Comiziano NA 19 1814 2536020
Casandrino NA 19 14336 2550356
Melito di Napoli NA 19 37826 2588182
Frattaminore NA 19 16208 2604390
Cicciano NA 19 12906 2617296
Pagani SA 19 35834 2653130
Sant'Antimo NA 20 33905 2687035
Lauro AV 20 3509 2690544
Meta NA 20 8015 2698559
Tufino NA 20 3776 2702335

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
5 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
6 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
12 Km NW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
14 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
14 Km SE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
14 Km SE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
15 Km S of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
15 Km NW of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
21 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
22 Km SE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
24 Km SE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
27 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
28 Km W of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
29 Km S of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
33 Km W of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
34 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.4 2020-09-06
15:12:42
40.8207 14.4142 2 2021-02-26
14:55:55
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 82896951
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-06 15:12:42 ± 0.29
Latitude 40.8207 ± 0.0027
Longitude 14.4142 ± 0.0095
Depth (km) 2 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 82896951

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 850
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 310
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 272
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 850.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 233
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 24
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01619
Number of stations at which the event was observed 20
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.9
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 82896951
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-11-30 07:43:01
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VARE.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:14:06.44 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 15.5 0
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:14:03.90 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 14.43 0
XK.ALB1.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:14:01.69 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 6.79 0
IV.BRES.EHZ. 2020-09-06T15:14:00.43 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 7.36 0
IV.PESA.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:59.74 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 1.98 0
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:54.72 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.6 0
IV.COR1.EHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:53.20 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 2.81 0
IV.IMI.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:49.09 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 14.01 0
XK.GIZZ.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:45.55 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -3.33 0
AC.VLO.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:42.27 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 3.71 0
OX.VARN.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:39.47 3.0 positive manual Pn -3.6 0
IV.SCIAR.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:35.38 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.78 0
IV.RIBO.EHZ.01 2020-09-06T15:13:33.73 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -6.8 0
IV.NDIM.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:27.15 3.0 negative manual Pn -3.18 0
IV.CGL.BHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:08.28 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 2.22 0
IV.ROSPO.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:13:00.94 3.0 positive manual Pg 0.27 0
IV.VCRE.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:12:44.74 0.3 undecidable manual S 97 1.4985 144 0.13 98
IV.VVDG.HHE. 2020-09-06T15:12:44.53 0.3 undecidable manual S 26 1.7982 137 -0.31 94
IV.VTIR.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:12:44.43 0.3 undecidable manual S 153 1.7982 137 -0.41 92
IV.VBKN.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:12:44.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 52 1.6983 140 -0.15 97
IV.VBKN.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:12:43.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 52 1.6983 140 0.23 96
IV.VCRE.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:12:43.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 97 1.4985 144 0.4 92
IV.VVDG.HHE. 2020-09-06T15:12:43.71 0.3 undecidable manual P 26 1.7982 137 0.02 100
IV.VTIR.HHZ. 2020-09-06T15:12:43.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 153 1.7982 137 0.07 99
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