Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.2 on date 28-04-2021 and time 19:17:14 (UTC) in region Vesuvio

A magnitude Md 1.2 earthquake occured in region: Vesuvio, on

  • 28-04-2021 19:17:14 (UTC)
  • 28-04-2021 21:17:14 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8240, 14.4290 at 0 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
Massa di Somma NA 5 5444 5444
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio NA 5 9196 14640
Somma Vesuviana NA 5 35233 49873
Ottaviano NA 5 23860 73733
Sant'Anastasia NA 5 27671 101404
Pollena Trocchia NA 6 13562 114966
Boscotrecase NA 6 10363 125329
Trecase NA 6 9097 134426
Terzigno NA 6 18968 153394
Portici NA 6 55274 208668
Torre del Greco NA 7 86275 294943
Boscoreale NA 7 28072 323015
San Giuseppe Vesuviano NA 7 30657 353672
Cercola NA 7 18267 371939
Ercolano NA 7 53709 425648
Torre Annunziata NA 7 42789 468437
San Giorgio a Cremano NA 8 45557 513994
Volla NA 9 23755 537749
San Gennaro Vesuviano NA 10 11966 549715
Pomigliano d'Arco NA 10 39922 589637
Poggiomarino NA 10 21976 611613
Pompei NA 10 25358 636971
Castello di Cisterna NA 11 7869 644840
Brusciano NA 11 16466 661306
Scisciano NA 11 5994 667300
Mariglianella NA 12 7787 675087
Marigliano NA 12 30157 705244
Palma Campania NA 12 15978 721222
Scafati SA 12 50787 772009
Saviano NA 12 15982 787991
San Vitaliano NA 12 6461 794452
Casalnuovo di Napoli NA 12 49855 844307
Striano NA 13 8397 852704
Santa Maria la Carità NA 13 11722 864426
Carbonara di Nola NA 14 2429 866855
Nola NA 14 34431 901286
San Paolo Bel Sito NA 14 3513 904799
Acerra NA 14 59573 964372
San Marzano sul Sarno SA 15 10442 974814
Liveri NA 15 1607 976421
Domicella AV 15 1862 978283
Afragola NA 15 65057 1043340
Angri SA 15 34002 1077342
Casoria NA 15 77642 1154984
San Valentino Torio SA 15 10947 1165931
Napoli NA 15 974074 2140005
Castellammare di Stabia NA 15 66466 2206471
Sant'Antonio Abate NA 15 19743 2226214
Cimitile NA 15 7280 2233494
Marzano di Nola AV 16 1727 2235221
Casavatore NA 16 18661 2253882
Casamarciano NA 16 3289 2257171
Sarno SA 16 31529 2288700
Arzano NA 17 34886 2323586
Lettere NA 17 6188 2329774
Casola di Napoli NA 17 3898 2333672
Camposano NA 17 5333 2339005
Gragnano NA 17 29136 2368141
Pago del Vallo di Lauro AV 17 1830 2369971
Visciano NA 17 4454 2374425
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino SA 17 8909 2383334
Comiziano NA 18 1814 2385148
Vico Equense NA 18 20969 2406117
Cardito NA 18 22755 2428872
Corbara SA 18 2545 2431417
Pimonte NA 18 5980 2437397
Lauro AV 18 3509 2440906
Caivano NA 18 37879 2478785
Cicciano NA 18 12906 2491691
Pagani SA 19 35834 2527525
Frattamaggiore NA 19 30329 2557854
Taurano AV 19 1546 2559400
Crispano NA 19 12354 2571754
Tufino NA 19 3776 2575530
Quindici AV 19 1938 2577468
Grumo Nevano NA 19 18061 2595529
Casandrino NA 19 14336 2609865
Frattaminore NA 20 16208 2626073
Melito di Napoli NA 20 37826 2663899
Meta NA 20 8015 2671914
Roccarainola NA 20 7082 2678996

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
7 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
7 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
12 Km NW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
14 Km SE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
15 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
15 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
22 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
22 Km SE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
25 Km SE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
27 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
29 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
29 Km S of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
32 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
33 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
45 Km SW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
53 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 2021-04-28
19:17:14
40.8243 14.429 0 2021-04-28
19:49:02
Sala Operativa INGV_OV (Napoli) 89565261
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-04-28 19:17:14
Latitude 40.8243
Longitude 14.4290
Depth (km) 0 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-OV#WinPick
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 89565261

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) 100.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 124
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) 0.1
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 89565261
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OV (Napoli)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-04-28 19:49:02
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