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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 18-02-2022 and time 17:12:29 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Teora (AV)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Teora (AV), on

  • 18-02-2022 16:12:29 (UTC)
  • 18-02-2022 17:12:29 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8230, 15.2680 at 15 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Teora AV 4 1537 1537
Caposele AV 4 3483 5020
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 5 619 5639
Santomenna SA 5 443 6082
Laviano SA 5 1438 7520
Calabritto AV 6 2391 9911
Conza della Campania AV 7 1373 11284
Valva SA 9 1643 12927
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 9 1539 14466
Lioni AV 9 6201 20667
Senerchia AV 10 842 21509
Colliano SA 11 3638 25147
Pescopagano PZ 11 1910 27057
Morra De Sanctis AV 12 1297 28354
Cairano AV 12 326 28680
Andretta AV 13 1927 30607
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi AV 14 4250 34857
Castelgrande PZ 15 943 35800
Oliveto Citra SA 15 3802 39602
Guardia Lombardi AV 16 1718 41320
Bagnoli Irpino AV 17 3217 44537
Calitri AV 17 4666 49203
Rocca San Felice AV 17 851 50054
Nusco AV 17 4203 54257
Palomonte SA 18 3985 58242
Torella dei Lombardi AV 19 2144 60386
Contursi Terme SA 19 3394 63780
Rapone PZ 20 990 64770
Muro Lucano PZ 20 5497 70267
Acerno SA 20 2783 73050

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km NE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
41 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
46 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
49 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
53 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
97 Km S of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.2 2022-02-18
16:12:29		 40.8227 15.2685 15 2022-07-08
12:33:53		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 104267561
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.1 2022-02-18
16:12:30		 40.8157 15.268 14 2022-02-18
16:28:07		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 101115881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-02-18 16:12:29 ± 0.16
Latitude 40.8227 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.2685 ± 0.0143
Depth (km) 15 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 104267561

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1059
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 613
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 274
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1060.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 136
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) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08544
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33365
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104267561
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-06 14:37:05

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 101115881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-02-18 16:28:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-02-18T16:12:42.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 175 37.0296 100 0.39 45
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2022-02-18T16:12:37.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 112 19.9689 114 -0.06 49
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-02-18T16:12:37.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 175 37.0296 100 0.04 72
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2022-02-18T16:12:36.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 161 15.873 122 -0.22 48
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2022-02-18T16:12:36.52 0.6 undecidable manual S 336 12.4764 132 0.2 48
IX.SNR3.EHZ.02 2022-02-18T16:12:36.67 0.6 undecidable manual S 213 11.5773 134 0.52 45
IX.SALI.HNZ.01 2022-02-18T16:12:36.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 328 14.0748 127 0.34 46
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2022-02-18T16:12:35.36 0.3 undecidable manual S 242 9.4794 141 -0.42 70
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2022-02-18T16:12:34.15 0.3 undecidable manual P 161 15.873 122 0.09 74
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2022-02-18T16:12:34.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 112 19.9689 114 -0.11 73
IX.SALI.HNZ.01 2022-02-18T16:12:33.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 328 14.0748 127 0.01 100
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2022-02-18T16:12:33.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 242 9.4794 141 -0.21 97
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2022-02-18T16:12:33.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 336 12.4764 132 -0.1 99
IX.SNR3.EHZ.02 2022-02-18T16:12:33.58 0.1 undecidable manual P 213 11.5773 134 0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCRV.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0004755 0.14 AML other m 2022-02-18T16:12:35.48
IV.MCRV.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002385 0.1 AML other m 2022-02-18T16:12:35.56
IX.COL3.HHE.02 ML:1.5 0.0002315 0.56 AML other m 2022-02-18T16:12:37.00
IX.COL3.HHN.02 ML:1.3 0.0001465 0.98 AML other m 2022-02-18T16:12:37.83
IX.SNR3.EHE.02 ML:1.0 0.00008068466 1.3504 AML other m 2022-02-18T16:12:38.17
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000034526595 0.5472 AML other m 2022-02-18T16:12:38.26
IX.SNR3.EHN.02 ML:1.1 0.0001222688 0.784 AML other m 2022-02-18T16:12:38.71
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000036811480000000004 0.2816 AML other m 2022-02-18T16:12:38.19
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