Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 20-12-2021 and time 18:47:35 (Italy) in region 5 km W Gioia Sannitica (CE)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Gioia Sannitica (CE), on

  • 20-12-2021 17:47:35 (UTC)
  • 20-12-2021 18:47:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.2840, 14.3950 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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 5 3638 3638
San Potito Sannitico CE 6 1925 5563
Alvignano CE 6 4824 10387
Alife CE 7 7616 18003
Faicchio BN 7 3634 21637
Dragoni CE 7 2108 23745
Ruviano CE 8 1655 25400
Puglianello BN 8 1349 26749
Piedimonte Matese CE 8 11297 38046
Castello del Matese CE 9 1494 39540
San Salvatore Telesino BN 10 3999 43539
Amorosi BN 10 2797 46336
Cusano Mutri BN 11 4091 50427
San Gregorio Matese CE 12 988 51415
Liberi CE 12 1153 52568
Caiazzo CE 12 5595 58163
Baia e Latina CE 12 2197 60360
Castel Campagnano CE 12 1581 61941
San Lorenzello BN 12 2227 64168
Castel di Sasso CE 13 1171 65339
Telese Terme BN 14 7486 72825
Cerreto Sannita BN 14 3940 76765
Piana di Monte Verna CE 14 2390 79155
Castelvenere BN 14 2562 81717
Roccaromana CE 14 856 82573
Sant'Angelo d'Alife CE 14 2270 84843
Pietraroja BN 15 545 85388
Pontelatone CE 16 1703 87091
Formicola CE 16 1488 88579
Limatola BN 16 4073 92652
Raviscanina CE 16 1319 93971
Melizzano BN 16 1858 95829
Solopaca BN 17 3820 99649
Dugenta BN 17 2798 102447
Pietramelara CE 18 4722 107169
Guardia Sanframondi BN 18 5078 112247
Frasso Telesino BN 18 2318 114565
Castel Morrone CE 18 3858 118423
Giano Vetusto CE 19 647 119070
Camigliano CE 19 1943 121013
Bellona CE 19 6053 127066
Valle Agricola CE 20 890 127956
Pastorano CE 20 3033 130989
Vitulazio CE 20 7420 138409
San Lorenzo Maggiore BN 20 2154 140563
Pietravairano CE 20 2984 143547
Ailano CE 20 1369 144916

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
37 Km W of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
38 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
38 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
41 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
43 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
43 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
46 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
53 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
66 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
70 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
74 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
94 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
98 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.2 2021-12-20
17:47:35
41.2842 14.3948 10 2022-03-30
13:04:41
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 102259661
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.2 2021-12-20
17:47:36
41.302 14.3913 9 2021-12-20
17:58:47
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 98761911
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-12-20 17:47:35 ± 0.08
Latitude 41.2842 ± 0.0045
Longitude 14.3948 ± 0.0060
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 102259661

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 421
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 345
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 197
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 480.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10342
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.42178
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 15
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 102259661
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-03-22 16:16:52

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 15
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 98761911
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-12-20 17:58:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CERA.HNN. 2021-12-20T17:47:44.50 0.6 undecidable manual P 318 46.8198 50 0.01 47
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:44.71 0.6 undecidable manual S 120 22.5552 113 0.55 44
IV.PIGN.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:43.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 243 20.1687 115 -0.35 46
IV.MIDA.HHE. 2021-12-20T17:47:43.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 344 41.3253 50 0 72
IV.PAOL.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:42.04 0.3 undecidable manual P 153 31.5462 50 -0.1 72
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:42.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 30 33.4443 50 -0.03 72
IV.SACR.HNN. 2021-12-20T17:47:41.79 0.3 undecidable manual P 64 28.749 50 0.08 72
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:41.45 0.6 undecidable manual S 52 14.2746 124 -0.16 49
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:40.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 353 11.4774 130 0.08 50
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:40.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 120 22.5552 113 -0.11 73
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:40.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 317 19.7691 116 0.44 68
IV.PIGN.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:40.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 243 20.1687 115 0.11 73
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:38.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 353 11.4774 130 -0.05 100
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2021-12-20T17:47:38.82 0.1 undecidable manual P 52 14.2746 124 -0.27 95
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SGG.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00025916835 0.2816 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:41.76
IV.SGG.HNN. ML:1.5 0.00036187780000000003 0.4352 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:41.77
IV.SGG.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00028886555000000005 0.4096 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:42.63
IV.PTRJ.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00037232595 0.3328 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:43.11
IV.PTRJ.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0000077433825 0.3072 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:43.31
IV.PIGN.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000045804245 0.2048 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:44.40
IV.VITU.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00016199999999999998 0.4 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:45.57
IV.PIGN.HNE. ML:1.0 0.000070543895 1.6416 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:45.88
IV.PIGN.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00006448093 0.2176 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:46.16
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00015787305000000001 0.256 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:46.36
IV.VITU.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000186 0.22 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:46.42
IV.PIGN.HNN. ML:1.0 0.00007586344999999999 0.8128 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:46.39
IV.PAOL.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00008745 0.88 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:49.27
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0001676976 1.68 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:50.01
IV.PAOL.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00007209999999999999 1.7 AML other m 2021-12-20T17:47:53.85
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