Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 30-09-2020 and time 17:00:42 (Italy) in region Zuccarello (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.8 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: Zuccarello (SV), on

  • 30-09-2020 15:00:42 (UTC)
  • 30-09-2020 17:00:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.1120, 8.1210 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
Zuccarello SV 0 309 309
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena SV 2 145 454
Erli SV 3 245 699
Cisano sul Neva SV 3 2085 2784
Castelbianco SV 4 330 3114
Arnasco SV 4 645 3759
Balestrino SV 5 595 4354
Vendone SV 6 388 4742
Ortovero SV 7 1586 6328
Onzo SV 7 219 6547
Toirano SV 7 2644 9191
Villanova d'Albenga SV 7 2657 11848
Nasino SV 7 207 12055
Boissano SV 9 2492 14547
Garlenda SV 9 1254 15801
Bardineto SV 9 756 16557
Ceriale SV 9 5561 22118
Alto CN 9 128 22246
Aquila d'Arroscia IM 10 166 22412
Borghetto Santo Spirito SV 10 4948 27360
Albenga SV 10 24213 51573
Ranzo IM 10 557 52130
Casanova Lerrone SV 11 749 52879
Loano SV 11 11407 64286
Garessio CN 12 3244 67530
Alassio SV 12 10934 78464
Giustenice SV 12 977 79441
Borghetto d'Arroscia IM 13 456 79897
Stellanello SV 13 808 80705
Caprauna CN 13 104 80809
Pietra Ligure SV 14 8992 89801
Testico SV 14 196 89997
Calizzano SV 14 1475 91472
Magliolo SV 14 974 92446
Tovo San Giacomo SV 14 2582 95028
Vessalico IM 15 282 95310
Laigueglia SV 15 1810 97120
Borgio Verezzi SV 16 2205 99325
Villa Faraldi IM 16 444 99769
Cesio IM 16 283 100052
Armo IM 17 111 100163
Priola CN 17 701 100864
Andora SV 17 7552 108416
Ormea CN 17 1617 110033
Rialto SV 17 564 110597
Calice Ligure SV 17 1730 112327
Pieve di Teco IM 18 1338 113665
Chiusanico IM 18 607 114272
Caravonica IM 18 282 114554
Finale Ligure SV 19 11711 126265
Diano Arentino IM 19 722 126987
Chiusavecchia IM 19 577 127564
Osiglia SV 20 444 128008

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km SW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
42 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
55 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
88 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 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
ML 0.8 2020-09-30
15:00:42
44.1117 8.1208 1 2021-02-26
14:56:12
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 85790511
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.8 2020-09-30
15:00:42
44.1115 8.1063 5 2020-09-30
15:06:37
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83391001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-30 15:00:42 ± 0.26
Latitude 44.1117 ± 0.0189
Longitude 8.1208 ± 0.0200
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 85790511

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2430
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1040
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 325
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2430.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 178
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03957
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.82018
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83391001
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-30 15:06:37

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85790511
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-28 12:01:35
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.PZZ.HHE. 2020-09-30T15:00:59.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 299 91.0422 50 -0.04 66
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2020-09-30T15:00:53.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 35 58.3971 90 -0.91 54
GU.ENR.HHZ. 2020-09-30T15:00:53.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 283 57.3981 90 -0.64 61
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2020-09-30T15:00:48.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 37 29.5482 91 0.02 75
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2020-09-30T15:00:47.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 303 26.5512 91 0.11 74
GU.MGRO.HHZ. 2020-09-30T15:00:47.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 253 26.0517 91 -0.03 100
IV.IMI.HHZ. 2020-09-30T15:00:47.98 0.1 positive manual P 219 28.749 91 -0.1 98
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2020-09-30T15:00:45.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 41 14.0748 92 0.52 92
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2020-09-30T15:00:43.68 0.1 undecidable manual P 271 4.3956 97 0.49 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00008754999999999999 0.14 AML other m 2020-09-30T15:00:48.69
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00009604999999999999 0.58 AML other m 2020-09-30T15:00:48.62
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.4 0.00001537435 0.1152 AML other m 2020-09-30T15:00:52.04
GU.GBOS.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000013995424999999998 0.256 AML other m 2020-09-30T15:00:52.67
IV.IMI.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000049000000000000005 0.8 AML other m 2020-09-30T15:00:52.74
IV.IMI.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00003855 0.88 AML other m 2020-09-30T15:00:52.83
GU.MGRO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000566 1.58 AML other m 2020-09-30T15:00:53.00
GU.MGRO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000598 0.44 AML other m 2020-09-30T15:00:53.42
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