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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 18-05-2022 and time 00:54:23 (UTC) in region 2 km SW Macchia Valfortore (CB)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Macchia Valfortore (CB), on

  • 18-05-2022 00:54:23 (UTC)
  • 18-05-2022 02:54:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.5870, 14.8950 at 24 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
Macchia Valfortore CB 2 576 576
Pietracatella CB 2 1375 1951
Sant'Elia a Pianisi CB 4 1818 3769
Carlantino FG 7 980 4749
Celenza Valfortore FG 7 1598 6347
Monacilioni CB 8 523 6870
Gambatesa CB 9 1464 8334
Colletorto CB 11 1938 10272
Toro CB 11 1391 11663
Jelsi CB 11 1781 13444
San Marco la Catola FG 12 1012 14456
Campolieto CB 12 839 15295
Riccia CB 12 5262 20557
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 12 580 21137
Tufara CB 12 925 22062
San Giuliano di Puglia CB 13 1042 23104
Campodipietra CB 13 2570 25674
Bonefro CB 13 1384 27058
Ripabottoni CB 14 514 27572
Gildone CB 15 809 28381
Matrice CB 16 1115 29496
Provvidenti CB 16 119 29615
Santa Croce di Magliano CB 16 4435 34050
Castelvetere in Val Fortore BN 17 1240 35290
Volturara Appula FG 17 430 35720
Morrone del Sannio CB 17 587 36307
Montelongo CB 17 365 36672
Casacalenda CB 18 2135 38807
Casalnuovo Monterotaro FG 18 1556 40363
Casalvecchio di Puglia FG 18 1877 42240
Castelnuovo della Daunia FG 19 1445 43685
Castellino del Biferno CB 19 545 44230
Montagano CB 20 1086 45316
Montorio nei Frentani CB 20 437 45753
Ripalimosani CB 20 3114 48867
Ferrazzano CB 20 3344 52211
Campobasso CB 20 49431 101642
Cercemaggiore CB 20 3777 105419

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
56 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 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 1.6 2022-05-18
00:54:23		 41.5867 14.8953 24 2023-01-31
19:03:36		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 109214771
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2022-05-18
00:54:23		 41.598 14.8712 20 2022-05-18
01:04:41		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 104787531
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-05-18 00:54:23 ± 0.11
Latitude 41.5867 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.8953 ± 0.0072
Depth (km) 24 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 109214771

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 618
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 120
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 170
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 620.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 52
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 47
Number of defining phases 47
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.38
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07464
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.10886
Number of stations at which the event was observed 29
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 29
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 34
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104787531
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-18 01:04:41

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 74
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109214771
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-01 12:53:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:45.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 155 68.1762 103 0.99 51
IV.MRVN.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:44.42 0.6 undecidable manual P 118 123.0879 97 0.86 32
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:43.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 282 62.8926 104 0.45 42
IV.PALZ.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:42.33 0.6 undecidable manual P 128 113.8971 97 0.17 41
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:40.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 277 53.502 107 -0.33 66
OT.OT05.EHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:40.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 82 59.1963 105 -1.78 32
IV.APRC.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:40.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 70 56.8986 106 -0.39 43
IV.MSAG.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:39.01 0.6 undecidable manual P 80 85.248 100 1.22 30
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:38.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 243 48.3183 109 -0.4 44
OT.OT14.EHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:38.85 0.6 undecidable manual P 67 90.5427 99 0.25 42
IT.MCLF.HNE. 2022-05-18T00:54:36.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 352 35.2425 117 0.31 69
IV.PIGN.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:36.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 234 73.371 102 0.63 78
IT.GLNS.HNZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:36.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 3 36.1416 116 0.5 44
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:36.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 160 77.8665 101 -0.36 63
IT.PLTA.HNN. 2022-05-18T00:54:36.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 345 34.3434 118 0.42 67
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:36.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 231 39.2274 114 0.06 48
OT.OT11.EHE. 2022-05-18T00:54:36.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 102 37.3293 115 0.3 69
IV.SGRT.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:35.96 0.6 undecidable manual P 75 72.6717 102 0.06 45
OT.OT16.EHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:35.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 40 35.6421 117 -0.89 37
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:35.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 155 68.1762 103 0.2 89
IV.MOCO.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:34.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 138 32.4453 119 -0.83 38
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:34.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 282 62.8926 104 -0.16 67
IV.SGTA.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:34.81 0.3 positive manual P 142 63.5919 104 0.28 66
IV.SACR.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:33.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 217 26.2515 126 -0.23 71
IV.APRC.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:33.00 0.6 undecidable manual P 70 56.8986 106 -0.54 41
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:33.20 0.3 undecidable manual S 55 23.2545 130 0.09 74
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:32.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 206 49.9167 108 -0.18 69
IT.LRNO.HNZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:32.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 5 24.4533 128 -0.46 67
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:32.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 243 48.3183 109 -0.11 70
IV.PABO.HHN. 2022-05-18T00:54:32.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 293 45.8208 110 0.29 68
OT.OT05.EHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:32.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 82 59.1963 105 -1.04 49
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:32.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 277 53.502 107 -0.21 91
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:32.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 260 25.4523 127 -0.86 58
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:31.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 171 8.2806 158 0.4 71
IV.MOCO.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:30.47 0.3 undecidable manual P 138 32.4453 119 0.43 68
IT.GLNS.HNZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:30.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 3 36.1416 116 0.23 93
IT.PLTA.HNN. 2022-05-18T00:54:30.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 345 34.3434 118 0.34 91
OT.OT11.EHE. 2022-05-18T00:54:30.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 102 37.3293 115 0.01 73
IT.MCLF.HNE. 2022-05-18T00:54:30.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 352 35.2425 117 0.06 73
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:30.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 231 39.2274 114 -0.28 69
OT.OT17.EHN. 2022-05-18T00:54:30.83 0.6 undecidable manual P 74 40.9257 113 -0.37 44
IV.SACR.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:29.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 217 26.2515 126 -0.1 73
OT.OT16.EHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:29.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 40 35.6421 117 -0.76 78
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:29.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 260 25.4523 127 0.12 97
IT.LRNO.HNZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:29.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 5 24.4533 128 0.14 97
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:28.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 55 23.2545 130 0.11 98
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2022-05-18T00:54:27.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 171 8.2806 158 0.13 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GATE.HNN. ML:0.0 0.0006613664000000001 0.29 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:31.58
IV.GATE.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00067172375 0.28 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:31.58
IV.GATE.HNE. ML:0.0 0.0011622675 0.22 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:31.69
IV.GATE.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0011523127500000002 0.24 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:31.70
IV.MELA.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0010547230999999998 0.18 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:33.40
IV.MELA.HNE. ML:0.0 0.0009697819999999999 0.19 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:33.41
IV.MELA.HNN. ML:0.0 0.0009675563 0.26 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:33.47
IV.MELA.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00106691245 0.26 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:33.47
IV.SACR.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00016592065000000002 0.24 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:33.90
IV.SACR.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00008417849500000001 0.16 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:33.90
IV.BSSO.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00017056565000000002 0.36 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:34.33
IV.BSSO.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00014111105 0.16 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:34.80
IV.MIDA.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000077637575 0.22 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:40.91
IV.SGG.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00005698093999999999 0.36 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:41.12
IV.APRC.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000194476 0.14 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:42.70
IV.APRC.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00016821425 0.12 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:41.32
IV.MIDA.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00009553261000000001 0.18 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:42.18
IV.RNI2.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000058878545 0.18 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:43.76
IV.MOCO.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000052246165 0.52 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:48.80
IV.VITU.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00011731925 0.28 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:45.30
IV.VITU.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00007909804000000001 0.2 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:42.09
IV.CAFE.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000038933060000000006 0.16 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:46.86
IV.CAFE.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00004654815 0.22 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:46.03
IV.RNI2.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00006475457499999999 0.22 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:48.04
IV.MOCO.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0000340748 0.72 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:48.10
IV.SGG.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000059549594999999996 0.48 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:48.88
IV.SGRT.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00010263291999999999 0.18 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:49.97
IV.PIGN.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000023396500000000002 0.44 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:49.58
IV.PIGN.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000016758874999999998 0.44 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:51.75
IV.SGRT.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00008200584 0.24 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:49.87
IV.MSAG.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000037385805000000004 0.24 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:56.50
IV.MSAG.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00009730453 0.24 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:53.43
IV.MRVN.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0000140935 0.28 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:55:03.85
IV.MRVN.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000014682920000000001 0.22 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:55:05.41
IV.SACR.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00009608006999999999 0.17 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:33.91
IV.SACR.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00014875645 0.24 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:33.91
IV.BSSO.HNN. ML:1.6 0.0001715052 0.36 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:34.33
IV.BSSO.HNE. ML:1.5 0.0001320919 0.18 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:34.80
OT.OT16.EHE. ML:1.8 0.0001944091 0.22 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:37.92
OT.OT16.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00012489176 0.26 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:36.86
IV.MOCO.HNE. ML:1.2 0.00006226233 0.79 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:48.53
IV.MOCO.HNN. ML:1.2 0.00005391619 0.63 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:44.21
IV.PTRJ.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00010955092999999999 0.32 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:40.67
IV.PTRJ.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00001020482 0.52 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:41.40
IV.SGG.HNN. ML:1.8 0.00014376994999999997 0.67 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:44.21
IV.SGG.HNE. ML:2.0 0.00022611422 1.19 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:50.99
IV.VITU.HNE. ML:1.8 0.00014103771199999997 0.64 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:39.94
IV.VITU.HNN. ML:1.9 0.0001816311 0.6 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:42.23
IV.MIDA.HNN. ML:2.1 0.0002588215 1 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:46.51
IV.MIDA.HNE. ML:1.6 0.000085991495 0.16 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:42.18
OT.OT05.EHE. ML:0.4 0.0000029183720000000004 0.12 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:41.51
OT.OT05.EHN. ML:1.5 0.00006381634499999999 0.14 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:45.62
IV.APRC.HNE. ML:1.8 0.00014238125000000002 0.13 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:41.32
IV.APRC.HNN. ML:2.8 0.00116818925 1 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:39.14
IV.RNI2.HNN. ML:1.5 0.000053328655 0.17 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:43.68
IV.RNI2.HNE. ML:1.5 0.000060664975 0.24 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:48.05
IV.SGTA.HNE. ML:1.9 0.00012758759999999998 0.83 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:54.60
IV.SGTA.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000024447749999999996 0.34 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:49.04
IV.SGTA.HNN. ML:1.9 0.00013443935000000002 0.9 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:35.55
IV.SGTA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00004238934 0.4 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:47.48
IV.CAFE.HNN. ML:1.4 0.0000443096 0.16 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:46.86
IV.CAFE.HNE. ML:1.5 0.000050657965 0.22 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:46.03
IV.SNAL.HNN. ML:1.7 0.000063058655 0.51 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:52.07
IV.SNAL.HNE. ML:1.7 0.00006271759 0.56 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:52.06
IV.SNAL.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000035973775 0.56 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:52.50
IV.SNAL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000032681810629999996 0.42 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:53.97
IV.PIGN.HNE. ML:1.4 0.000034850825000000004 0.66 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:55:00.44
IV.PIGN.HNN. ML:1.4 0.000032937285000000006 0.59 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:57.79
OT.OT14.EHN. ML:2.1 0.00014752230999999998 0.32 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:54.07
OT.OT14.EHE. ML:2.0 0.00011022712 0.3 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:53.28
IV.MSAG.HNE. ML:2.0 0.00011205044999999999 0.48 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:52.08
IV.MSAG.HNN. ML:2.3 0.00023070215 0.24 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:54:53.43
IV.PALZ.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000043235545 0.8 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:55:00.18
IV.PALZ.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00006444034 0.78 AML other m 2022-05-18T00:55:00.22
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