Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 09-09-2020 and time 11:14:11 (Italy) in region 1 km NW Arnasco (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.8 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Arnasco (SV), on

  • 09-09-2020 09:14:11 (UTC)
  • 09-09-2020 11:14:11 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0890, 8.1000 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: quarry blast.

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
Arnasco SV 1 645 645
Vendone SV 3 388 1033
Zuccarello SV 3 309 1342
Castelbianco SV 3 330 1672
Cisano sul Neva SV 4 2085 3757
Ortovero SV 4 1586 5343
Onzo SV 4 219 5562
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena SV 5 145 5707
Erli SV 6 245 5952
Villanova d'Albenga SV 6 2657 8609
Garlenda SV 6 1254 9863
Nasino SV 7 207 10070
Balestrino SV 7 595 10665
Casanova Lerrone SV 7 749 11414
Aquila d'Arroscia IM 8 166 11580
Ranzo IM 8 557 12137
Alto CN 8 128 12265
Toirano SV 10 2644 14909
Borghetto d'Arroscia IM 10 456 15365
Albenga SV 10 24213 39578
Stellanello SV 10 808 40386
Alassio SV 11 10934 51320
Testico SV 11 196 51516
Ceriale SV 11 5561 57077
Boissano SV 11 2492 59569
Borghetto Santo Spirito SV 12 4948 64517
Caprauna CN 12 104 64621
Bardineto SV 12 756 65377
Vessalico IM 12 282 65659
Cesio IM 13 283 65942
Garessio CN 13 3244 69186
Villa Faraldi IM 13 444 69630
Laigueglia SV 13 1810 71440
Loano SV 14 11407 82847
Armo IM 15 111 82958
Andora SV 15 7552 90510
Giustenice SV 15 977 91487
Pieve di Teco IM 15 1338 92825
Caravonica IM 15 282 93107
Chiusanico IM 15 607 93714
Diano Arentino IM 16 722 94436
Chiusavecchia IM 16 577 95013
Pietra Ligure SV 16 8992 104005
Calizzano SV 16 1475 105480
Ormea CN 17 1617 107097
Magliolo SV 17 974 108071
Tovo San Giacomo SV 17 2582 110653
Lucinasco IM 17 272 110925
Borgomaro IM 18 865 111790
Diano San Pietro IM 18 1145 112935
San Bartolomeo al Mare IM 18 3129 116064
Pontedassio IM 18 2323 118387
Cervo IM 18 1187 119574
Pornassio IM 18 685 120259
Borgio Verezzi SV 18 2205 122464
Aurigo IM 18 347 122811
Diano Castello IM 18 2214 125025
Priola CN 19 701 125726
Rezzo IM 20 366 126092
Diano Marina IM 20 5977 132069

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
39 Km SW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
55 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
76 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
91 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 0.8 2020-09-09
09:14:11
44.0887 8.1002 1 2021-02-26
14:56:16
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86547981
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.8 2020-09-09
09:14:11
44.1048 8.0948 7 2020-09-09
09:23:51
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 82760481
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-09 09:14:11 ± 0.31
Latitude 44.0887 ± 0.0189
Longitude 8.1002 ± 0.0238
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 86547981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2460
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1400
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 321
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2460.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 180
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.49
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.57647
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86547981
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-25 00:44:20

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82760481
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-09 09:23:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
CH.FUORN.HHZ. 2020-09-09T09:14:29.91 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -0.98 0
GU.STV.HHE. 2020-09-09T09:14:24.40 1.0 undecidable manual P 286 63.9915 50 -0.16 23
GU.PCP.HHE. 2020-09-09T09:14:23.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 35 61.3941 50 -0.56 63
IV.SBPO.HNZ. 2020-09-09T09:14:22.08 3.0 negative manual Pn 0.67 0
GU.ENR.HHE. 2020-09-09T09:14:22.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 286 56.499 91 -0.78 58
FR.SAOF.HHE.00 2020-09-09T09:14:20.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 256 45.1215 91 -0.89 56
GU.MGRO.HHZ. 2020-09-09T09:14:17.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 258 23.8539 91 0.38 71
IV.IMI.HHZ. 2020-09-09T09:14:17.43 0.1 undecidable manual P 220 25.752 91 0.34 95
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2020-09-09T09:14:17.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 309 26.751 91 0.14 74
GU.CANO.HHE. 2020-09-09T09:14:15.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 40 17.0718 92 0.16 100
GU.GSCL.HHZ. 2020-09-09T09:14:14.02 3.0 undecidable manual P -2.59 0
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2020-09-09T09:14:13.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 315 3.7962 98 0.53 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.MGRO.HNN. ML:1.1 0.00008721166499999999 0.1696 AML other m 2020-09-09T09:14:18.48
IV.IMI.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00003866774 0.096 AML other m 2020-09-09T09:14:22.06
GU.MGRO.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000033330755000000006 0.9248 AML other m 2020-09-09T09:14:22.70
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000014205775 0.2592 AML other m 2020-09-09T09:14:22.98
GU.MGRO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00004902347 0.2592 AML other m 2020-09-09T09:14:23.54
IV.IMI.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00004246397 1.1776 AML other m 2020-09-09T09:14:25.78
GU.GBOS.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000021606509999999998 0.144 AML other m 2020-09-09T09:14:34.34
GU.MGRO.HNE. ML:1.2 0.00010202701999999999 1.2384 AML other m 2020-09-09T09:14:39.27
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