Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.2 on date 12-01-2021 and time 11:29:18 (UTC) in region 4 km SE Pozzuoli (NA)

A magnitude Md 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Pozzuoli (NA), on

  • 12-01-2021 11:29:18 (UTC)
  • 12-01-2021 12:29:18 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8230, 14.1220 at 1 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OV (Napoli).

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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
Pozzuoli NA 4 81661 81661
Bacoli NA 5 26560 108221
Monte di Procida NA 6 12886 121107
Quarto NA 7 40930 162037
Procida NA 10 10530 172567
Marano di Napoli NA 10 59874 232441
Calvizzano NA 11 12329 244770
Napoli NA 11 974074 1218844
Qualiano NA 11 25702 1244546
Mugnano di Napoli NA 12 34828 1279374
Villaricca NA 13 31122 1310496
Giugliano in Campania NA 14 122974 1433470
Melito di Napoli NA 15 37826 1471296
Parete CE 15 11442 1482738
Casavatore NA 16 18661 1501399
Sant'Antimo NA 16 33905 1535304
Arzano NA 16 34886 1570190
Casandrino NA 17 14336 1584526
Casoria NA 17 77642 1662168
Grumo Nevano NA 17 18061 1680229
Lusciano CE 18 15362 1695591
Ischia NA 18 19915 1715506
Trentola-Ducenta CE 18 19429 1734935
San Giorgio a Cremano NA 18 45557 1780492
Cesa CE 18 8841 1789333
Aversa CE 18 53047 1842380
Frattamaggiore NA 18 30329 1872709
Casapesenna CE 19 6987 1879696
Sant'Arpino CE 19 14307 1894003
Ercolano NA 19 53709 1947712
San Marcellino CE 19 14155 1961867
Afragola NA 19 65057 2026924
Succivo CE 19 8457 2035381
Frattaminore NA 20 16208 2051589
Portici NA 20 55274 2106863
San Cipriano d'Aversa CE 20 13653 2120516
Casamicciola Terme NA 20 8362 2128878
Frignano CE 20 9008 2137886
Crispano NA 20 12354 2150240
Villa di Briano CE 20 7087 2157327

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km SE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
10 Km SW of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
11 Km W of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
14 Km SW of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
17 Km SW of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
18 Km SW of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
19 Km W of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
19 Km SW of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
20 Km W of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
21 Km W of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
25 Km SW of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
33 Km SW of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
33 Km W of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
35 Km W of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
51 Km W of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
56 Km W of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
58 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
76 Km W of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
Md 1.2 2021-01-12
11:29:18
40.8228 14.1223 1 2021-01-12
11:36:11
Sala Operativa INGV_OV (Napoli) 86201091
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-12 11:29:18
Latitude 40.8228
Longitude 14.1223
Depth (km) 1 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-OV#WinPick
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 86201091

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 128
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.11
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

Md:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 86201091
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OV (Napoli)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-12 11:36:11
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