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Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 19-03-2021 and time 12:15:05 (Italy) in region 7 km SE Rignano Garganico (FG)

A magnitude ML 1.6 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 7 km SE Rignano Garganico (FG), on

  • 19-03-2021 11:15:05 (UTC)
  • 19-03-2021 12:15:05 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.6340, 15.6460 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: quarry blast.

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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
Rignano Garganico FG 7 2117 2117
San Marco in Lamis FG 9 13831 15948
San Giovanni Rotondo FG 11 27184 43132

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NE of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
23 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
23 Km E of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
46 Km NW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
71 Km NW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
93 Km NW of Molfetta (59874 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 2021-03-19
11:15:05		 41.6345 15.6465 1 2021-07-12
16:55:07		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 89298401
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2021-03-19
11:15:05		 41.627 15.6418 1 2021-03-19
11:23:47		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 88276781
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-03-19 11:15:05 ± 0.19
Latitude 41.6345 ± 0.0117
Longitude 15.6465 ± 0.0096
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 89298401

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1430
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 530
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 24
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1430.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 203
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04137
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.32645
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 89298401
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-06-04 22:43:38

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 88276781
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-03-19 11:23:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
OT.OT14.EHN. 2021-03-19T11:15:11.99 0.6 undecidable manual P 36 36.2415 91 -0.48 43
IV.MSAG.HHZ. 2021-03-19T11:15:09.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 68 23.4543 91 -0.11 96
OT.OT12.EHZ. 2021-03-19T11:15:09.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 91 21.6672 91 -0.25 70
IV.SGRT.HHZ. 2021-03-19T11:15:08.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 31 15.5733 92 0.11 97
IV.APRC.HHZ. 2021-03-19T11:15:08.28 0.1 positive manual P 328 16.0728 92 -0.16 96
OT.OT04.EHZ. 2021-03-19T11:15:07.42 0.1 positive manual P 330 10.878 93 0.02 100
OT.OT03.EHZ. 2021-03-19T11:15:07.18 0.1 positive manual P 2 8.5803 93 0.23 96
OT.OT06.EHZ. 2021-03-19T11:15:06.85 0.1 positive manual P 323 7.0929 94 0.21 97
OT.OT07.EHZ. 2021-03-19T11:15:06.73 0.1 undecidable manual P 104 6.1938 95 0.27 96
OT.OT05.EHZ. 2021-03-19T11:15:05.96 0.1 positive manual P 307 4.5954 96 -0.17 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SGRT.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000547 0.18 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:11.30
IV.SGRT.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0004215 0.2 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:11.38
OT.OT12.EHE. ML:1.0 0.00008145 1.62 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:13.16
IV.APRC.HNN. ML:1.8 0.000701113785 0.6336 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:13.98
IV.APRC.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0007015 0.34 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:14.00
IV.APRC.HNE. ML:1.7 0.0005757881500000001 0.2752 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:14.04
OT.OT12.EHN. ML:1.5 0.00024010670000000002 0.5376 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:15.02
IV.APRC.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000588 0.34 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:15.30
IV.MSAG.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00029400000000000004 0.58 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:15.21
IV.MSAG.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00021799999999999999 0.64 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:15.93
IV.MSAG.HNN. ML:1.9 0.0005269999999999999 0.66 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:15.94
IV.MSAG.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00011899999999999999 1.6 AML other m 2021-03-19T11:15:16.05
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