Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 23-12-2021 and time 15:16:11 (UTC) in region 1 km SE Zuccarello (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.6 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Zuccarello (SV), on

  • 23-12-2021 15:16:11 (UTC)
  • 23-12-2021 16:16:11 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.1010, 8.1250 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
Zuccarello SV 1 309 309
Cisano sul Neva SV 2 2085 2394
Arnasco SV 3 645 3039
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena SV 3 145 3184
Castelbianco SV 4 330 3514
Erli SV 4 245 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 9 5561 18870
Boissano SV 9 2492 21362
Albenga SV 9 24213 45575
Alto CN 10 128 45703
Borghetto Santo Spirito SV 10 4948 50651
Aquila d'Arroscia IM 10 166 50817
Casanova Lerrone SV 10 749 51566
Ranzo IM 10 557 52123
Bardineto SV 10 756 52879
Alassio SV 11 10934 63813
Loano SV 11 11407 75220
Stellanello SV 12 808 76028
Borghetto d'Arroscia IM 12 456 76484
Giustenice SV 13 977 77461
Testico SV 13 196 77657
Garessio CN 13 3244 80901
Caprauna CN 14 104 81005
Pietra Ligure SV 14 8992 89997
Vessalico IM 14 282 90279
Laigueglia SV 14 1810 92089
Magliolo SV 14 974 93063
Tovo San Giacomo SV 14 2582 95645
Villa Faraldi IM 15 444 96089
Calizzano SV 15 1475 97564
Cesio IM 16 283 97847
Andora SV 16 7552 105399
Borgio Verezzi SV 16 2205 107604
Armo IM 17 111 107715
Chiusanico IM 18 607 108322
Pieve di Teco IM 18 1338 109660
Ormea CN 18 1617 111277
Caravonica IM 18 282 111559
Rialto SV 18 564 112123
Calice Ligure SV 18 1730 113853
Diano Arentino IM 18 722 114575
Priola CN 18 701 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
Borgomaro IM 20 865 136485
Diano Castello IM 20 2214 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)
56 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
89 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 0.6 2021-12-23
15:16:11
44.101 8.1248 1 2022-03-30
13:04:37
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 101048351
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2021-12-23
15:16:11
44.0983 8.1218 4 2021-12-23
15:20:31
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 98854351
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-12-23 15:16:11 ± 0.2
Latitude 44.1010 ± 0.0135
Longitude 8.1248 ± 0.0163
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 101048351

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1790
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 830
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 323
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1790.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 184
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.82738
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 98854351
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-12-23 15:20:31

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 101048351
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-03-25 14:28:58
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SARZ.HHZ. 2021-12-23T15:16:29.81 3.0 undecidable manual P 0 0
GU.PZZ.HHZ. 2021-12-23T15:16:27.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 300 91.8414 50 -0.48 61
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2021-12-23T15:16:17.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 35 30.3474 91 -0.23 96
GU.MGRO.HHZ. 2021-12-23T15:16:16.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 256 26.0517 91 0.03 75
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2021-12-23T15:16:16.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 305 27.5502 91 -0.13 74
GU.IMI.HHZ. 2021-12-23T15:16:16.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 221 28.0497 91 -0.04 100
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2021-12-23T15:16:14.57 0.1 undecidable manual P 37 14.7741 92 0.3 97
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2021-12-23T15:16:12.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 285 4.7952 96 0.34 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000048958864999999994 0.2304 AML other m 2021-12-23T15:16:17.41
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.2 0.000010165999499999997 0.2048 AML other m 2021-12-23T15:16:20.48
GU.GBOS.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000012556295 0.128 AML other m 2021-12-23T15:16:20.87
GU.IMI.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000026062930000000003 0.1536 AML other m 2021-12-23T15:16:21.63
GU.MGRO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00003833895249999999 0.3072 AML other m 2021-12-23T15:16:21.80
GU.MGRO.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000045478735 0.3968 AML other m 2021-12-23T15:16:21.82
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