Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 15-10-2021 and time 15:04:14 (UTC) in region 2 km NW Cisano sul Neva (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.7 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Cisano sul Neva (SV), on

  • 15-10-2021 15:04:14 (UTC)
  • 15-10-2021 17:04:14 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0990, 8.1290 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
Cisano sul Neva SV 2 2085 2085
Zuccarello SV 2 309 2394
Arnasco SV 3 645 3039
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena SV 4 145 3184
Castelbianco SV 5 330 3514
Erli SV 5 245 3759
Balestrino SV 5 595 4354
Vendone SV 5 388 4742
Ortovero SV 6 1586 6328
Villanova d'Albenga SV 6 2657 8985
Onzo SV 7 219 9204
Toirano SV 7 2644 11848
Garlenda SV 8 1254 13102
Nasino SV 8 207 13309
Ceriale SV 8 5561 18870
Boissano SV 9 2492 21362
Albenga SV 9 24213 45575
Borghetto Santo Spirito SV 9 4948 50523
Casanova Lerrone SV 10 749 51272
Aquila d'Arroscia IM 10 166 51438
Ranzo IM 10 557 51995
Alto CN 10 128 52123
Bardineto SV 11 756 52879
Alassio SV 11 10934 63813
Loano SV 11 11407 75220
Stellanello SV 12 808 76028
Borghetto d'Arroscia IM 13 456 76484
Giustenice SV 13 977 77461
Testico SV 13 196 77657
Garessio CN 14 3244 80901
Pietra Ligure SV 14 8992 89893
Laigueglia SV 14 1810 91703
Caprauna CN 14 104 91807
Tovo San Giacomo SV 14 2582 94389
Magliolo SV 14 974 95363
Vessalico IM 14 282 95645
Villa Faraldi IM 15 444 96089
Calizzano SV 15 1475 97564
Andora SV 16 7552 105116
Borgio Verezzi SV 16 2205 107321
Cesio IM 16 283 107604
Armo IM 17 111 107715
Chiusanico IM 18 607 108322
Calice Ligure SV 18 1730 110052
Rialto SV 18 564 110616
Caravonica IM 18 282 110898
Pieve di Teco IM 18 1338 112236
Diano Arentino IM 18 722 112958
Ormea CN 18 1617 114575
Priola CN 19 701 115276
Chiusavecchia IM 19 577 115853
Finale Ligure SV 19 11711 127564
San Bartolomeo al Mare IM 19 3129 130693
Diano San Pietro IM 19 1145 131838
Cervo IM 19 1187 133025
Lucinasco IM 20 272 133297
Pontedassio IM 20 2323 135620
Diano Castello IM 20 2214 137834
Borgomaro IM 20 865 138699

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km SW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
41 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
57 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
89 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
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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 0.7 2021-10-15
15:04:14
44.0987 8.1292 1 2022-03-30
13:04:37
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 100884461
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.8 2021-10-15
15:04:13
44.0868 8.1438 6 2021-10-15
15:09:40
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 96615411
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-10-15 15:04:14 ± 0.19
Latitude 44.0987 ± 0.0117
Longitude 8.1292 ± 0.0150
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 100884461

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1600
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 770
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 321
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 187
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04676
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.27339
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 100884461
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-02-11 17:27:59

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 96615411
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-10-15 15:09:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2021-10-15T15:04:20.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 34 30.3474 91 -0.3 70
GU.MGRO.HHZ. 2021-10-15T15:04:19.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 256 26.3514 91 -0.02 100
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2021-10-15T15:04:19.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 305 27.9498 91 -0.24 95
GU.IMI.HHZ. 2021-10-15T15:04:19.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 222 28.1496 91 -0.04 99
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2021-10-15T15:04:17.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 35 14.7741 92 0.24 97
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2021-10-15T15:04:15.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 287 5.1948 95 0.26 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:0.6 0.00004356949 0.1792 AML other m 2021-10-15T15:04:20.37
GU.IMI.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000024556880000000004 0.1152 AML other m 2021-10-15T15:04:24.61
GU.MGRO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000047897335 0.6016 AML other m 2021-10-15T15:04:24.79
GU.MGRO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000039427835000000005 0.2432 AML other m 2021-10-15T15:04:24.83
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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