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Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 16-05-2022 and time 11:11:21 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Castelvenere (BN)

A magnitude ML 1.3 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Castelvenere (BN), on

  • 16-05-2022 09:11:21 (UTC)
  • 16-05-2022 11:11:21 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.2470, 14.5260 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: quarry blast.

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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
Castelvenere BN 2 2562 2562
San Salvatore Telesino BN 3 3999 6561
Telese Terme BN 3 7486 14047
San Lorenzello BN 4 2227 16274
Cerreto Sannita BN 5 3940 20214
Faicchio BN 5 3634 23848
Solopaca BN 6 3820 27668
Guardia Sanframondi BN 6 5078 32746
Puglianello BN 7 1349 34095
Amorosi BN 7 2797 36892
San Lorenzo Maggiore BN 9 2154 39046
Gioia Sannitica CE 9 3638 42684
Castel Campagnano CE 9 1581 44265
San Lupo BN 9 801 45066
Melizzano BN 10 1858 46924
Frasso Telesino BN 10 2318 49242
Cusano Mutri BN 10 4091 53333
Ruviano CE 10 1655 54988
Pietraroja BN 11 545 55533
Paupisi BN 13 1633 57166
Vitulano BN 13 2944 60110
Dugenta BN 14 2798 62908
Casalduni BN 14 1378 64286
Ponte BN 14 2580 66866
Cautano BN 14 2044 68910
Torrecuso BN 15 3407 72317
Pontelandolfo BN 15 2167 74484
San Potito Sannitico CE 15 1925 76409
Caiazzo CE 15 5595 82004
Morcone BN 16 4932 86936
Alvignano CE 16 4824 91760
Foglianise BN 16 3385 95145
Limatola BN 16 4073 99218
Tocco Caudio BN 16 1508 100726
Campoli del Monte Taburno BN 16 1546 102272
Sant'Agata de' Goti BN 17 11216 113488
Piedimonte Matese CE 18 11297 124785
Campolattaro BN 18 1072 125857
Alife CE 18 7616 133473
Castello del Matese CE 18 1494 134967
Piana di Monte Verna CE 18 2390 137357
Sassinoro BN 18 618 137975
Dragoni CE 18 2108 140083
Castelpoto BN 19 1254 141337
Moiano BN 19 4094 145431
Bucciano BN 19 2100 147531
Sepino CB 20 1964 149495
Castel Morrone CE 20 3858 153353
Fragneto Monforte BN 20 1840 155193

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
25 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
36 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
40 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
40 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
43 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
43 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
45 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
48 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
49 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
51 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
66 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
81 Km NW of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Foggia (151991 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 1.3 2022-05-16
09:11:21		 41.2472 14.5255 1 2023-01-31
19:03:37		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 109242241
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2022-05-16
09:11:21		 41.2497 14.5388 8 2022-05-16
09:21:40		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 104702711
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-05-16 09:11:21 ± 0.15
Latitude 41.2472 ± 0.0090
Longitude 14.5255 ± 0.0132
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 109242241

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1290
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 740
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 234
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1290.0
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 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30307
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109242241
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-02 07:53:21

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104702711
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-16 09:21:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2022-05-16T09:11:27.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 10 33.6441 91 -0.32 70
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2022-05-16T09:11:27.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 308 30.6471 91 0.37 70
IV.PSB1.HNZ. 2022-05-16T09:11:26.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 96 23.9538 91 0.17 74
IV.SACR.HHZ. 2022-05-16T09:11:26.28 0.3 undecidable manual P 42 22.4553 91 0.43 70
IV.PAOL.HHZ. 2022-05-16T09:11:26.24 0.6 undecidable manual P 172 24.2535 91 0.04 51
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2022-05-16T09:11:25.14 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 19.6692 91 -0.16 75
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2022-05-16T09:11:23.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 1 12.9759 92 -0.22 75
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2022-05-16T09:11:23.41 0.1 undecidable manual P 129 11.2776 93 -0.2 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.VITU.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0004247609 0.2368 AML other m 2022-05-16T09:11:26.06
IV.VITU.HNE. ML:1.1 0.0002169253 0.32 AML other m 2022-05-16T09:11:27.58
IV.VITU.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0005673948 0.2624 AML other m 2022-05-16T09:11:28.62
IV.PTRJ.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00032750385 1.7376 AML other m 2022-05-16T09:11:28.10
IV.VITU.HNN. ML:1.6 0.000613508 0.6848 AML other m 2022-05-16T09:11:30.83
IV.PAOL.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00009212948 1.7184 AML other m 2022-05-16T09:11:31.92
IV.SGG.HNN. ML:1.5 0.00027937590000000004 0.448 AML other m 2022-05-16T09:11:33.42
IV.PAOL.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000089931285 0.3584 AML other m 2022-05-16T09:11:35.64
IV.PAOL.HNE. ML:1.4 0.00014941415000000003 1.5776 AML other m 2022-05-16T09:11:37.99
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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