Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 23-05-2022 and time 09:50:49 (UTC) in region 2 km NW Erli (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.7 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Erli (SV), on

  • 23-05-2022 09:50:49 (UTC)
  • 23-05-2022 11:50:49 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.1530, 8.0840 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
Erli SV 3 245 245
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena SV 4 145 390
Castelbianco SV 4 330 720
Zuccarello SV 5 309 1029
Bardineto SV 6 756 1785
Nasino SV 6 207 1992
Garessio CN 7 3244 5236
Balestrino SV 8 595 5831
Alto CN 8 128 5959
Arnasco SV 8 645 6604
Cisano sul Neva SV 9 2085 8689
Vendone SV 9 388 9077
Onzo SV 10 219 9296
Calizzano SV 10 1475 10771
Aquila d'Arroscia IM 10 166 10937
Toirano SV 10 2644 13581
Ortovero SV 11 1586 15167
Caprauna CN 11 104 15271
Boissano SV 11 2492 17763
Priola CN 12 701 18464
Ranzo IM 12 557 19021
Villanova d'Albenga SV 13 2657 21678
Borghetto d'Arroscia IM 13 456 22134
Giustenice SV 13 977 23111
Garlenda SV 13 1254 24365
Borghetto Santo Spirito SV 13 4948 29313
Ceriale SV 13 5561 34874
Casanova Lerrone SV 14 749 35623
Ormea CN 14 1617 37240
Magliolo SV 14 974 38214
Loano SV 14 11407 49621
Tovo San Giacomo SV 15 2582 52203
Vessalico IM 15 282 52485
Armo IM 15 111 52596
Albenga SV 15 24213 76809
Pietra Ligure SV 16 8992 85801
Massimino SV 16 113 85914
Testico SV 17 196 86110
Stellanello SV 17 808 86918
Bagnasco CN 17 1035 87953
Rialto SV 17 564 88517
Osiglia SV 17 444 88961
Alassio SV 18 10934 99895
Pieve di Teco IM 18 1338 101233
Borgio Verezzi SV 18 2205 103438
Calice Ligure SV 18 1730 105168
Viola CN 18 391 105559
Cesio IM 18 283 105842
Bormida SV 19 387 106229
Lisio CN 19 201 106430
Pornassio IM 19 685 107115
Murialdo SV 19 841 107956
Pamparato CN 19 302 108258
Battifollo CN 20 219 108477

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km W of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
50 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
84 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
100 Km SE of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 0.7 2022-05-23
09:50:49
44.1527 8.0838 1 2023-01-31
19:03:37
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 109244881
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.8 2022-05-23
09:50:49
44.1005 8.109 6 2022-05-23
09:56:41
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 105047621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-05-23 09:50:49 ± 0.25
Latitude 44.1527 ± 0.0180
Longitude 8.0838 ± 0.0213
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 109244881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2140
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1470
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 329
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2140.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 134
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.49
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04227
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.77701
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109244881
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-02 10:58:20

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 105047621
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-23 09:56:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.PZZ.HHE. 2022-05-23T09:51:05.41 0.6 undecidable manual P 297 86.247 50 -0.55 38
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2022-05-23T09:51:00.44 0.6 undecidable manual P 40 56.5989 91 -0.78 37
GU.ENR.HHZ. 2022-05-23T09:50:59.88 0.6 undecidable manual P 279 53.6019 91 -0.76 37
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2022-05-23T09:50:55.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 47 28.2495 91 0.03 72
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2022-05-23T09:50:54.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 297 21.7671 91 0.62 84
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2022-05-23T09:50:52.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 63 13.6752 92 0.34 69
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2022-05-23T09:50:50.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 197 4.6953 96 0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00010535 0.34 AML other m 2022-05-23T09:50:55.47
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0001246 1.5 AML other m 2022-05-23T09:50:56.85
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.3 0.0000152 0.46 AML other m 2022-05-23T09:50:59.61
GU.GBOS.HHN. ML:0.4 0.0000177 1.16 AML other m 2022-05-23T09:51:01.06
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