Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of Md 1.7 on date 17-12-2020 and time 09:54:35 (UTC) in region 8 km E Matera (MT)

A magnitude Md 1.7 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 8 km E Matera (MT), on

  • 17-12-2020 09:54:35 (UTC)
  • 17-12-2020 10:54:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6930, 16.6850 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 8 60436 60436
Laterza TA 12 15290 75726
Santeramo in Colle BA 13 26734 102460
Ginosa TA 14 22632 125092
Montescaglioso MT 16 9942 135034
Altamura BA 19 70396 205430

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km E of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
19 Km SE of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
47 Km S of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
51 Km SW of Bari (326344 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Taranto (201100 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
63 Km S of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
68 Km SE of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
69 Km SE of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
78 Km SE of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.7 2020-12-17
09:54:35
40.6927 16.6853 1 2021-02-26
14:56:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86011981
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 1.7 2020-12-17
09:54:35
40.6617 16.6618 8 2020-12-17
10:13:09
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 85492101
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-12-17 09:54:35 ± 0.15
Latitude 40.6927 ± 0.0090
Longitude 16.6853 ± 0.0130
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 86011981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1070
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1040
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 254
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1070.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 87
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) 0.33
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04587
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.52161
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 86011981
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-23 17:28:25

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 85492101
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-17 10:13:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MRVN.HHE. 2020-12-17T09:54:47.08 0.6 undecidable manual P 315 57.8976 90 -0.44 45
IV.CRAC.EHN. 2020-12-17T09:54:43.67 0.3 undecidable manual P 212 40.4262 91 -0.35 70
OT.MASS.HHE. 2020-12-17T09:54:43.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 100 39.1275 91 -0.39 70
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2020-12-17T09:54:42.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 71 33.5442 91 0.05 76
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2020-12-17T09:54:41.12 0.1 positive manual P 344 24.753 91 0.25 99
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2020-12-17T09:54:40.59 0.3 undecidable manual P 245 22.755 91 0.11 77
GE.MATE.HHZ. 2020-12-17T09:54:37.29 0.1 positive manual P 162 5.0949 96 0.35 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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