Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 16-02-2021 and time 10:43:56 (Italy) in region 8 km E Matera (MT)

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

  • 16-02-2021 09:43:56 (UTC)
  • 16-02-2021 10:43:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6880, 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 15 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)
64 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)
92 Km SE of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.7 2021-02-16
09:43:56
40.6875 16.685 1 2021-07-12
16:54:59
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 87476021
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.7 2021-02-16
09:43:56
40.6792 16.6987 5 2021-02-16
09:50:50
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 87207231
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-02-16 09:43:56 ± 0.14
Latitude 40.6875 ± 0.0090
Longitude 16.6850 ± 0.0107
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 87476021

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1030
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 920
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 340
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1030.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
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) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04137
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.48294
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:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87476021
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-03-19 09:48:34

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87207231
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-16 09:50:50
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
OT.TAR1.HHZ. 2021-02-16T09:44:07.82 0.6 undecidable manual P 109 53.6019 91 0.41 44
IV.CRAC.EHZ. 2021-02-16T09:44:04.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 212 39.9267 91 -0.38 68
OT.MASS.HHZ. 2021-02-16T09:44:04.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 99 39.1275 91 -0.48 67
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2021-02-16T09:44:03.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 70 33.8439 91 0.01 75
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2021-02-16T09:44:01.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 344 25.2525 91 0.06 100
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2021-02-16T09:44:01.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 246 22.5552 91 0.08 100
GE.MATE.HHZ. 2021-02-16T09:43:57.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 159 4.5954 96 0.25 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MIGL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00040810275 0.3392 AML other m 2021-02-16T09:44:06.25
IV.MIGL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0004242793 0.2752 AML other m 2021-02-16T09:44:06.38
IV.AMUR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00021349999999999999 0.24 AML other m 2021-02-16T09:44:06.72
IV.AMUR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00013110864999999998 0.2432 AML other m 2021-02-16T09:44:07.90
IV.CRAC.EHE. ML:1.9 0.0002907662 0.3008 AML other m 2021-02-16T09:44:11.60
IV.CRAC.EHN. ML:1.6 0.0001491838 0.3392 AML other m 2021-02-16T09:44:11.74
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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