Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 03-11-2020 and time 09:10:34 (UTC) in region 7 km E Matera (MT)

A magnitude ML 1.6 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Matera (MT), on

  • 03-11-2020 09:10:34 (UTC)
  • 03-11-2020 10:10:34 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6930, 16.6710 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
Matera MT 7 60436 60436
Santeramo in Colle BA 13 26734 87170
Laterza TA 13 15290 102460
Ginosa TA 15 22632 125092
Montescaglioso MT 16 9942 135034
Altamura BA 18 70396 205430
Miglionico MT 20 2510 207940

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
7 Km E of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
18 Km SE of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
47 Km S of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
51 Km SW of Bari (326344 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Taranto (201100 inhabitants)
57 Km S of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
63 Km S of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
67 Km SE of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
68 Km SE of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
77 Km SE of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Cerignola (58396 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 1.6 2020-11-03
09:10:34
40.6933 16.6707 1 2021-02-26
14:56:14
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86221491
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.8 2020-11-03
09:10:34
40.6782 16.6707 8 2020-11-03
09:16:25
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 84411791
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-11-03 09:10:34 ± 0.14
Latitude 40.6933 ± 0.0090
Longitude 16.6707 ± 0.0119
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 86221491

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1010
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 970
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 274
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1010.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 73
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.51351
Number of stations at which the event was observed 22
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86221491
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-19 16:19:19

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84411791
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-11-03 09:16:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
CH.MUGIO.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:12:21.07 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.33 0
IV.NDIM.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:12:19.90 3.0 negative manual Pg 21.309999 0
IV.BRMO.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:12:17.38 3.0 positive manual Pn -1.09 0
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2020-11-03T09:12:14.62 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 9.33 0
IV.TEOL.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:12:05.64 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 6.94 0
IV.RIBO.EHZ.01 2020-11-03T09:11:56.93 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 16.33 0
IV.VVLD.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:11:46.05 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 1.46 0
AC.VLO.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:11:32.80 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -3.79 0
IV.COR1.EHZ. 2020-11-03T09:11:29.03 3.0 negative manual Pn -2.89 0
IV.CIGN.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:11:22.82 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -0.71 0
IV.FAGN.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:11:21.39 3.0 negative manual Pg 7.16 0
CR.STON.BHZ. 2020-11-03T09:11:19.92 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 8.25 0
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:11:15.43 3.0 negative manual Pn -0.8 0
IV.MRVN.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:10:45.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 316 56.9985 91 -0.52 65
OT.OT15.EHZ. 2020-11-03T09:10:44.56 0.6 undecidable manual P 21 49.3173 91 0.11 48
IV.CRAC.EHN. 2020-11-03T09:10:42.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 210 39.9267 91 -0.29 71
OT.MASS.HHE. 2020-11-03T09:10:42.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 99 40.4262 91 -0.42 69
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:10:41.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 72 34.743 91 -0.04 75
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:10:39.80 0.1 positive manual P 347 24.3534 91 0.35 95
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:10:39.06 0.1 positive manual P 243 21.6672 91 0.15 100
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:10:39.79 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.82 0
GE.MATE.HHZ. 2020-11-03T09:10:36.03 0.1 positive manual P 150 5.6943 95 0.33 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AMUR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00030995165000000005 0.2816 AML other m 2020-11-03T09:10:45.78
IV.AMUR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0002023499 0.1984 AML other m 2020-11-03T09:10:46.31
IV.MIGL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00072255035 0.4992 AML other m 2020-11-03T09:10:48.29
IV.MIGL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0008029999999999999 1.3 AML other m 2020-11-03T09:10:49.93
IV.NOCI.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00020752854999999998 0.4224 AML other m 2020-11-03T09:10:51.89
IV.NOCI.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000175125925 0.3392 AML other m 2020-11-03T09:10:51.95
IV.MRVN.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00002650567 0.1792 AML other m 2020-11-03T09:10:59.31
IV.MRVN.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00002346101 0.2816 AML other m 2020-11-03T09:10:59.30
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