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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 27-04-2022 and time 10:48:26 (Italy) in region 4 km S Moliterno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Moliterno (PZ), on

  • 27-04-2022 08:48:26 (UTC)
  • 27-04-2022 10:48:26 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2090, 15.8770 at 10 km depth.

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

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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
Moliterno PZ 4 4062 4062
Sarconi PZ 5 1404 5466
Grumento Nova PZ 8 1700 7166
Spinoso PZ 10 1462 8628
Castelsaraceno PZ 11 1384 10012
Lagonegro PZ 14 5584 15596
Montemurro PZ 14 1235 16831
Tramutola PZ 15 3089 19920
Viggiano PZ 15 3329 23249
San Martino d'Agri PZ 15 801 24050
Casalbuono SA 16 1194 25244
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 17 6704 31948
San Chirico Raparo PZ 17 1084 33032
Nemoli PZ 17 1495 34527
Latronico PZ 18 4556 39083
Rivello PZ 18 2767 41850
Lauria PZ 18 12919 54769
Marsicovetere PZ 19 5546 60315
Armento PZ 19 631 60946
Carbone PZ 20 638 61584

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 0.5 2022-04-27
08:48:26		 40.2092 15.8767 10 2022-04-27
08:54:12		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 103836651
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-04-27 08:48:26 ± 0.33
Latitude 40.2092 ± 0.0108
Longitude 15.8767 ± 0.0094
Depth (km) 10 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 103836651

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 922
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 865
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 206
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 920.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 120
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.15199
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 103836651
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-04-27 08:54:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IX.CMP3.EHZ.02 2022-04-27T08:48:33.49 3.0 undecidable manual P 0 0
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2022-04-27T08:48:33.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 94 16.872 121 -0.06 51
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2022-04-27T08:48:32.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 334 14.2746 126 -0.1 51
IV.MTSN.HNZ. 2022-04-27T08:48:32.45 0.6 undecidable manual S 301 12.3765 130 0.3 49
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2022-04-27T08:48:30.83 1.0 positive manual P 94 16.872 121 0.3 24
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2022-04-27T08:48:30.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 195 3.0969 163 -0.1 52
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2022-04-27T08:48:30.32 1.0 undecidable manual P 334 14.2746 126 0.22 25
IV.MTSN.HNZ. 2022-04-27T08:48:29.58 0.1 undecidable manual P 301 12.3765 130 -0.21 100
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2022-04-27T08:48:28.85 0.6 undecidable manual P 195 3.0969 163 0.13 52
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000106 0.2 AML other m 2022-04-27T08:48:30.31
IV.SIRI.HNN. ML:0.8 0.00011499999999999999 0.94 AML other m 2022-04-27T08:48:30.78
IV.SIRI.HNE. ML:0.8 0.0001112 0.78 AML other m 2022-04-27T08:48:31.40
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:0.7 0.0000956 0.78 AML other m 2022-04-27T08:48:31.40
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:0.3 0.000019699999999999998 1.54 AML other m 2022-04-27T08:48:33.10
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:0.2 0.0000174 0.98 AML other m 2022-04-27T08:48:34.60
IV.SCHR.EHE. ML:0.1 0.0000082140545 0.2752 AML other m 2022-04-27T08:48:34.40
IV.SCHR.EHN. ML:0.1 0.000010733834500000002 0.16 AML other m 2022-04-27T08:48:33.82
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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