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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 17-11-2020 and time 19:36:39 (Italy) in region 3 km S Tito (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Tito (PZ), on

  • 17-11-2020 18:36:39 (UTC)
  • 17-11-2020 19:36:39 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5530, 15.6790 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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
Tito PZ 3 7332 7332
Satriano di Lucania PZ 4 2374 9706
Sasso di Castalda PZ 7 835 10541
Pignola PZ 9 6962 17503
Brienza PZ 9 4078 21581
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 10 1429 23010
Picerno PZ 10 5985 28995
Savoia di Lucania PZ 11 1127 30122
Abriola PZ 12 1531 31653
Potenza PZ 14 67122 98775
Atena Lucana SA 15 2336 101111
Vietri di Potenza PZ 15 2832 103943
Marsico Nuovo PZ 16 4098 108041
Caggiano SA 16 2765 110806
Baragiano PZ 16 2671 113477
Polla SA 16 5279 118756
Calvello PZ 17 1948 120704
Balvano PZ 18 1830 122534
Sala Consilina SA 18 12664 135198
Ruoti PZ 18 3579 138777
Sant'Arsenio SA 19 2815 141592
Salvitelle SA 19 560 142152
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 20 1695 143847
Pertosa SA 20 690 144537
Avigliano PZ 20 11577 156114
Paterno PZ 20 3368 159482

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
80 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
82 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
100 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.4 2020-11-17
18:36:39		 40.5532 15.6793 9 2021-02-26
14:56:16		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86471131
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2020-11-17
18:36:39		 40.5577 15.6827 9 2020-11-17
23:03:19		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 84809821
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-11-17 18:36:39 ± 0.11
Latitude 40.5532 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.6793 ± 0.0083
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 86471131

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 820
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 663
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 187
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 820.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 21
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) 0.03148
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.46495
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86471131
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-22 21:15:31

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84809821
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-11-17 23:03:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SCHR.EHE. 2020-11-17T18:36:55.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 139 51.6039 50 0 46
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2020-11-17T18:36:49.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 158 27.3504 108 0.44 44
IV.SCHR.EHE. 2020-11-17T18:36:48.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 139 51.6039 50 -0.65 79
IV.MGR.HNE. 2020-11-17T18:36:48.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 193 47.3193 50 0.3 66
IX.SRN3.HHE.02 2020-11-17T18:36:47.78 0.6 undecidable manual S 248 20.0688 114 0.97 36
IV.ACER.HNE. 2020-11-17T18:36:46.52 0.6 undecidable manual P 40 34.1436 50 0.43 44
IV.PTRP.HHE. 2020-11-17T18:36:46.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 96 32.3454 50 0.25 69
IX.MRN3.HNZ.01 2020-11-17T18:36:45.49 0.6 undecidable manual S 163 14.7741 122 0.32 46
IV.SGO.HNZ. 2020-11-17T18:36:45.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 272 31.3464 50 -0.35 67
IV.CDRU.HHE. 2020-11-17T18:36:45.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 258 32.3454 50 -0.28 68
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2020-11-17T18:36:44.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 158 27.3504 108 -0.33 91
IV.MRLC.HHN. 2020-11-17T18:36:44.88 0.6 undecidable manual P 325 27.6501 108 -0.11 47
IX.PGN3.HHE.02 2020-11-17T18:36:43.83 0.6 undecidable manual S 78 10.0788 132 -0.05 50
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2020-11-17T18:36:43.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 192 18.5703 116 0.32 69
IV.PZUN.HHE. 2020-11-17T18:36:43.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 46 14.874 121 0.53 66
IX.SRN3.HHE.02 2020-11-17T18:36:43.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 248 20.0688 114 0.34 69
IX.MRN3.HNZ.01 2020-11-17T18:36:42.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 163 14.7741 122 0.01 74
IX.CGG3.HNZ.01 2020-11-17T18:36:42.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 265 13.2756 124 0.09 73
IX.PGN3.HHE.02 2020-11-17T18:36:41.88 0.1 positive manual P 78 10.0788 132 0 100
IX.STN3.HNZ.02 2020-11-17T18:36:41.88 0.3 undecidable manual S 222 3.4965 159 -0.65 64
IX.STN3.HNZ.02 2020-11-17T18:36:40.73 0.1 negative manual P 222 3.4965 159 -0.38 93
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SLCN.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000182 0.42 AML other m 2020-11-17T18:36:49.51
IV.SLCN.HNE. ML:1.4 0.00020095085000000002 0.4096 AML other m 2020-11-17T18:36:49.52
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00008519339000000001 1.5008 AML other m 2020-11-17T18:36:49.18
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00007084845 0.384 AML other m 2020-11-17T18:36:50.28
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:1.6 0.000223 0.42 AML other m 2020-11-17T18:36:50.20
IV.SLCN.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00016249999999999997 0.92 AML other m 2020-11-17T18:36:52.84
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:1.5 0.000182 1.64 AML other m 2020-11-17T18:36:52.06
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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