Earthquake (controlled explosion) with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 10-03-2022 and time 15:46:19 (Italy) in region Costa Ligure centro occidentale (Savona)

A magnitude ML 1.7 (controlled explosion) earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure centro occidentale (Savona), on

  • 10-03-2022 14:46:19 (UTC)
  • 10-03-2022 15:46:19 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.3140, 8.6580 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: controlled explosion.

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
Varazze SV 8 13251 13251
Cogoleto GE 9 9172 22423
Celle Ligure SV 10 5237 27660
Arenzano GE 10 11519 39179
Albisola Superiore SV 12 10163 49342
Albissola Marina SV 12 5487 54829
Savona SV 14 61345 116174
Stella SV 16 3009 119183
Mele GE 16 2725 121908
Vado Ligure SV 18 8336 130244
Bergeggi SV 18 1129 131373
Quiliano SV 20 7232 138605

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km E of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
25 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
67 Km S of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
74 Km SE of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
96 Km W of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.7 2022-03-10
14:46:19
44.3137 8.6585 0 2022-07-08
12:33:37
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 102288281
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.6 2022-03-10
14:46:20
44.3513 8.6497 4 2022-03-10
14:56:53
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 101849291
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-03-10 14:46:19 ± 0.13
Latitude 44.3137 ± 0.0135
Longitude 8.6585 ± 0.0101
Depth (km) 0 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type controlled explosion
Origin ID 102288281

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1590
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 660
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 344
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1590.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 148
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.22393
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.57381
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 102288281
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-10 14:40:14

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 11
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 101849291
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-03-10 14:56:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.LSD.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:48.54 0.6 undecidable manual P 317 174.6918 50 -1.18 24
GU.PZZ.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:41.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 280 124.0869 50 -0.07 63
GU.BHB.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:41.67 0.6 undecidable manual P 298 124.5864 50 -0.32 40
GU.EQUI.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:40.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 97 119.8911 50 -0.3 61
GU.STV.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:39.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 266 106.116 50 0.41 61
IV.BOB.HNE. 2022-03-10T14:46:35.66 0.6 undecidable manual P 51 80.2641 50 0.5 42
IV.MSSA.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:32.99 0.3 undecidable manual P 89 68.1762 50 -0.32 67
GU.GORR.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:31.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 57 59.7957 90 -0.64 62
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:29.99 0.3 undecidable manual P 245 52.1034 90 -0.42 67
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:27.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 251 35.4423 90 0.13 98
GU.RNCA.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:25.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 53 29.0487 90 0.17 99
GU.GENL.EHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:25.67 0.3 undecidable manual P 67 26.751 90 0.34 72
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:25.32 0.1 positive manual P 273 24.8529 90 0.37 95
IT.GNV.HGZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:25.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 59 25.3524 90 0.41 71
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2022-03-10T14:46:25.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 341 26.751 90 -0.12 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.RNCA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00014549999999999999 1.54 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:28.79
GU.PCP.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00017999999999999998 0.46 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:29.74
IV.QLNO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000183 1.56 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:30.79
GU.PCP.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000199 0.66 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:30.06
IV.QLNO.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000151 1.54 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:31.04
GU.GORR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00007519999999999998 0.3 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:33.65
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000231 0.34 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:34.73
GU.RNCA.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001315 0.66 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:35.52
IV.MSSA.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0002465 0.1 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:35.84
IV.MSSA.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00015099999999999998 0.1 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:39.02
GU.GORR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00009944999999999999 0.42 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:42.20
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000406 0.5 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:42.52
GU.PZZ.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00011249999999999998 0.72 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:43.15
GU.PZZ.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000071 1.52 AML other m 2022-03-10T14:46:44.08
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