Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 09-10-2020 and time 18:54:13 (Italy) in region Costa Ligure centro occidentale (Savona)

A magnitude ML 0.6 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure centro occidentale (Savona), on

  • 09-10-2020 16:54:13 (UTC)
  • 09-10-2020 18:54:13 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.3170, 8.5130 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
Albissola Marina SV 1 5487 5487
Savona SV 3 61345 66832
Albisola Superiore SV 3 10163 76995
Celle Ligure SV 4 5237 82232
Varazze SV 7 13251 95483
Vado Ligure SV 8 8336 103819
Quiliano SV 8 7232 111051
Stella SV 9 3009 114060
Bergeggi SV 9 1129 115189
Spotorno SV 12 3803 118992
Altare SV 14 2108 121100
Cogoleto GE 14 9172 130272
Noli SV 14 2736 133008
Vezzi Portio SV 15 809 133817
Pontinvrea SV 16 847 134664
Arenzano GE 17 11519 146183
Mallare SV 17 1146 147329
Giusvalla SV 18 441 147770
Carcare SV 18 5587 153357
Sassello SV 18 1777 155134
Orco Feglino SV 18 890 156024
Pallare SV 19 923 156947

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
3 Km E of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
35 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
67 Km S of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
69 Km SE of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
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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 0.6 2020-10-09
16:54:13
44.3167 8.5127 1 2021-02-26
14:56:12
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 85796001
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.6 2020-10-09
16:54:12
44.3368 8.5072 7 2020-10-09
17:02:59
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83653881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-09 16:54:13 ± 0.24
Latitude 44.3167 ± 0.0198
Longitude 8.5127 ± 0.0226
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 85796001

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2610
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1130
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 324
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2610.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 164
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11961
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.60165
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83653881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-09 17:02:59

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85796001
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-28 14:57:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IMI.HHZ. 2020-10-09T16:54:25.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 228 66.7776 50 -0.47 64
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2020-10-09T16:54:24.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 261 54.1014 91 0.31 68
GU.RNCA.HHE. 2020-10-09T16:54:21.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 64 38.7279 91 0.34 69
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2020-10-09T16:54:21.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 238 42.1245 91 -0.45 67
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2020-10-09T16:54:18.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 241 24.9528 91 0.28 96
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2020-10-09T16:54:17.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 6 25.0527 91 -0.39 70
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2020-10-09T16:54:15.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 274 13.2756 92 0.17 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.QLNO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00014196175 0.6144 AML other m 2020-10-09T16:54:18.53
IV.QLNO.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00007316301 0.7424 AML other m 2020-10-09T16:54:18.60
GU.PCP.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000017102094999999996 0.0352 AML other m 2020-10-09T16:54:21.50
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000029612650000000002 1.2192 AML other m 2020-10-09T16:54:21.36
GU.PCP.HHE. ML:0.2 0.000012285465499999998 0.976 AML other m 2020-10-09T16:54:22.80
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000031007385 0.6144 AML other m 2020-10-09T16:54:22.68
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