Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 20-12-2021 and time 03:58:42 (Italy) in region 3 km W Gioia Sannitica (CE)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Gioia Sannitica (CE), on

  • 20-12-2021 02:58:42 (UTC)
  • 20-12-2021 03:58:42 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.2950, 14.4060 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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
Gioia Sannitica CE 3 3638 3638
San Potito Sannitico CE 5 1925 5563
Faicchio BN 6 3634 9197
Alife CE 7 7616 16813
Piedimonte Matese CE 7 11297 28110
Alvignano CE 8 4824 32934
Dragoni CE 8 2108 35042
Castello del Matese CE 8 1494 36536
Puglianello BN 9 1349 37885
Ruviano CE 9 1655 39540
Cusano Mutri BN 10 4091 43631
San Salvatore Telesino BN 10 3999 47630
San Gregorio Matese CE 11 988 48618
Amorosi BN 11 2797 51415
San Lorenzello BN 12 2227 53642
Cerreto Sannita BN 13 3940 57582
Liberi CE 13 1153 58735
Castel Campagnano CE 13 1581 60316
Baia e Latina CE 13 2197 62513
Telese Terme BN 13 7486 69999
Pietraroja BN 13 545 70544
Caiazzo CE 13 5595 76139
Castelvenere BN 14 2562 78701
Sant'Angelo d'Alife CE 14 2270 80971
Castel di Sasso CE 15 1171 82142
Piana di Monte Verna CE 15 2390 84532
Roccaromana CE 15 856 85388
Raviscanina CE 16 1319 86707
Solopaca BN 17 3820 90527
Guardia Sanframondi BN 17 5078 95605
Melizzano BN 17 1858 97463
Limatola BN 17 4073 101536
Formicola CE 17 1488 103024
Pontelatone CE 17 1703 104727
Dugenta BN 18 2798 107525
Frasso Telesino BN 18 2318 109843
Pietramelara CE 19 4722 114565
San Lorenzo Maggiore BN 19 2154 116719
Valle Agricola CE 19 890 117609
Campochiaro CB 19 646 118255
Guardiaregia CB 19 801 119056
San Lupo BN 20 801 119857
Castel Morrone CE 20 3858 123715
San Polo Matese CB 20 470 124185

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
36 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
39 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
39 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
42 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
44 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
48 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
53 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
71 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
75 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
92 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.0 2021-12-20
02:58:42
41.295 14.4062 9 2021-12-20
03:07:48
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 98741981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-12-20 02:58:42 ± 0.17
Latitude 41.2950 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.4062 ± 0.0096
Depth (km) 9 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 98741981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 822
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 236
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 184
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 820.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 86
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.33
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09353
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.36512
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 98741981
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-12-20 03:07:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PIGN.HNZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:49.77 0.6 undecidable manual S 241 21.6672 113 -0.47 62
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:49.66 0.3 undecidable manual S 313 19.5693 116 0.06 100
IV.PAOL.HNZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:49.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 155 32.2455 50 0.73 84
IV.MIDA.HNZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:49.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 342 40.5261 50 -0.08 92
IV.BSSO.HNZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:48.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 29 31.9458 50 0.02 96
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:47.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 313 19.5693 116 0.8 81
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:47.71 0.6 undecidable manual S 53 12.7761 126 0.14 65
IV.SACR.HNZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:47.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 65 27.4503 109 -0.29 94
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:46.97 0.6 undecidable manual S 348 10.3785 132 0.04 67
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:46.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 123 22.4553 113 -0.02 100
IV.PIGN.HNZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:46.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 241 21.6672 113 -0.23 97
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:45.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 53 12.7761 126 -0.24 98
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2021-12-20T02:58:44.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 348 10.3785 132 -0.19 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.VITU.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00006769999999999999 0.56 AML other m 2021-12-20T02:58:52.47
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00005405 0.58 AML other m 2021-12-20T02:58:52.70
IV.VITU.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000523 1.56 AML other m 2021-12-20T02:58:53.15
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000942 1.5 AML other m 2021-12-20T02:58:54.03
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