Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 17-05-2022 and time 13:51:56 (Italy) in region 6 km N Escalaplano (CA)

A magnitude ML 1.5 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 6 km N Escalaplano (CA), on

  • 17-05-2022 11:51:56 (UTC)
  • 17-05-2022 13:51:56 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.6770, 9.3420 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
Escalaplano CA 6 2201 2201
Orroli CA 8 2298 4499
Perdasdefogu OG 9 1957 6456
Nurri CA 10 2184 8640
Goni CA 12 492 9132
Esterzili CA 13 668 9800
Ballao CA 14 831 10631
Ussassai OG 16 575 11206
Villanova Tulo CA 16 1108 12314
Siurgus Donigala CA 16 2028 14342
Sadali CA 17 971 15313
Serri CA 17 660 15973
Armungia CA 18 481 16454
Silius CA 18 1202 17656
Mandas CA 18 2201 19857
Seui OG 18 1310 21167
Escolca CA 19 594 21761
San Basilio CA 20 1251 23012
Jerzu OG 20 3159 26171

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km N of Quartu Sant'Elena (71125 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of Cagliari (154460 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.5 2022-05-17
11:51:56
39.6768 9.3417 1 2023-01-31
19:03:12
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 104869991
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2022-05-17
11:51:56
39.6792 9.3807 1 2022-05-17
12:03:06
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 104756931
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-05-17 11:51:56 ± 0.1
Latitude 39.6768 ± 0.0054
Longitude 9.3417 ± 0.0210
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 104869991

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1800
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 640
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 273
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 154
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.45510
Number of stations at which the event was observed 20
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104869991
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-19 13:42:30

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104756931
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-17 12:03:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:54:02.01 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.49 0
ST.CARE.HNZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:58.73 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 21.26 0
IV.BAG8.EHZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:49.36 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 20.4 0
SL.BOJS.BHZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:47.52 3.0 positive manual Pn 3.56 0
OX.MARN.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:30.51 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 2.66 0
IV.MSAG.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:29.45 3.0 negative manual Pg 11.17 0
IV.IMOL.HNZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:26.35 3.0 negative manual Pg 13.62 0
1J.FX14.HHZ.00 2022-05-17T11:53:22.93 3.0 positive manual Pn 4.14 0
IV.SSFR.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:19.59 3.0 positive manual Pg 12.98 0
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:19.39 3.0 negative manual Pn 3.61 0
GU.GSCL.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:17.63 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 8.35 0
GU.BURY.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:14.66 3.0 positive manual Pg 11.65 0
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:14.18 3.0 positive manual Pg 9.93 0
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:53:13.28 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 9.12 0
IV.AGLI.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:52:24.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 355 161.5161 50 0.46 50
IV.BULT.EHZ. 2022-05-17T11:52:14.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 345 95.8263 50 -0.1 86
TV.SU26.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:52:14.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 230 95.4378 50 -0.05 65
MN.SENA.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:52:12.56 0.1 positive manual P 7 85.7475 50 -0.07 88
IV.DGI.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:52:10.82 0.1 positive manual P 17 74.5698 50 -0.1 89
MN.VSL.HHZ. 2022-05-17T11:52:00.74 0.1 positive manual P 171 20.2686 91 0.03 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.VSL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00029949999999999996 1.42 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:03.08
MN.VSL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000319 0.14 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:03.81
IV.DGI.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000032500000000000004 0.36 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:11.02
IV.DGI.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0000414 0.5 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:25.65
TV.SU26.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00002485 1.68 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:28.90
IV.BULT.EHE. ML:1.5 0.000034450000000000004 0.62 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:28.37
MN.SENA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00003655 0.18 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:29.14
IV.BULT.EHN. ML:1.6 0.0000409 1.08 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:29.19
MN.SENA.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0000339 0.46 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:29.80
TV.SU26.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0000307 0.7 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:29.92
IV.AGLI.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000031299999999999995 0.18 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:45.56
IV.AGLI.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00001575 1.68 AML other m 2022-05-17T11:52:46.93
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