Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 17-09-2020 and time 23:37:12 (UTC) in region 3 km S Scapoli (IS)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Scapoli (IS), on

  • 17-09-2020 23:37:12 (UTC)
  • 18-09-2020 01:37:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.5920, 14.0660 at 11 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Scapoli IS 3 680 680
Colli a Volturno IS 3 1349 2029
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 4 1113 3142
Montaquila IS 5 2456 5598
Filignano IS 5 648 6246
Fornelli IS 7 1909 8155
Castel San Vincenzo IS 7 516 8671
Cerro al Volturno IS 8 1281 9952
Pizzone IS 9 329 10281
Pozzilli IS 9 2380 12661
Macchia d'Isernia IS 9 1035 13696
Acquafondata FR 11 263 13959
Viticuso FR 11 353 14312
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 11 425 14737
San Biagio Saracinisco FR 12 349 15086
Conca Casale IS 12 200 15286
Venafro IS 12 11280 26566
Monteroduni IS 12 2264 28830
Isernia IS 13 21842 50672
Vallerotonda FR 13 1581 52253
Montenero Val Cocchiara IS 14 538 52791
Sant'Agapito IS 14 1496 54287
Rionero Sannitico IS 15 1118 55405
Forlì del Sannio IS 15 675 56080
Capriati a Volturno CE 15 1541 57621
Alfedena AQ 16 864 58485
Miranda IS 16 1047 59532
Longano IS 17 690 60222
Ciorlano CE 17 426 60648
Scontrone AQ 17 574 61222
Picinisco FR 18 1218 62440
Sant'Elia Fiumerapido FR 18 6166 68606
Pettoranello del Molise IS 18 460 69066
San Vittore del Lazio FR 18 2636 71702
Fontegreca CE 18 811 72513
Cervaro FR 18 8109 80622
Pesche IS 18 1661 82283
Roccasicura IS 18 550 82833
San Pietro Infine CE 19 944 83777
Sesto Campano IS 19 2388 86165
Villa Latina FR 19 1241 87406
Gallo Matese CE 19 579 87985
Barrea AQ 20 726 88711
Settefrati FR 20 728 89439

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
62 Km NW of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
85 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
97 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Latina (125985 inhabitants)
98 Km S of Pescara (121014 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2020-09-17
23:37:12		 41.5922 14.0663 11 2020-09-17
23:42:42		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 82993911
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-17 23:37:12 ± 0.12
Latitude 41.5922 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.0663 ± 0.0084
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 82993911

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 854
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 698
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 164
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) 97
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03597
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.43617
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82993911
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-17 23:42:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:28.05 0.3 undecidable manual S 344 48.4182 50 0.38 65
IV.VVLD.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:27.29 0.3 undecidable manual S 310 47.9187 50 -0.24 67
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:21.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 344 48.4182 50 -0.09 69
IV.VVLD.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:20.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 310 47.9187 50 -0.3 66
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:18.66 0.3 undecidable manual S 30 14.2746 127 0.23 71
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:18.64 0.3 undecidable manual S 70 16.4724 123 -0.44 68
IV.MCI.EHE. 2020-09-17T23:37:17.88 0.6 undecidable manual P 242 23.8539 50 0.53 44
IT.OPI.HGE. 2020-09-17T23:37:17.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 316 28.2495 50 -0.31 68
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:17.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 145 24.0537 50 0.09 72
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:16.14 0.3 positive manual P 30 14.2746 127 0.33 70
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:16.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 70 16.4724 123 -0.01 99
IV.CERA.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:16.14 0.3 undecidable manual S 279 3.996 160 -0.09 75
IV.CERA.HHZ. 2020-09-17T23:37:14.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 279 3.996 160 0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CERA.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00036950000000000004 0.78 AML other m 2020-09-17T23:37:16.53
IV.CERA.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000406 0.76 AML other m 2020-09-17T23:37:16.53
IV.MIDA.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0001161 0.82 AML other m 2020-09-17T23:37:19.10
IV.MIDA.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00010515 0.32 AML other m 2020-09-17T23:37:19.77
IV.CERA.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000223 0.32 AML other m 2020-09-17T23:37:21.25
IV.CERA.HNE. ML:1.1 0.000215 0.32 AML other m 2020-09-17T23:37:21.09
IV.RNI2.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000136 0.16 AML other m 2020-09-17T23:37:21.14
IV.RNI2.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00012405 1.5 AML other m 2020-09-17T23:37:21.23
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000060450000000000006 0.28 AML other m 2020-09-17T23:37:23.82
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00009115 0.46 AML other m 2020-09-17T23:37:24.41
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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