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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 07-08-2022 and time 00:53:03 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Balvano (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Balvano (PZ), on

  • 06-08-2022 22:53:03 (UTC)
  • 07-08-2022 00:53:03 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6380, 15.4830 at 13 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
Balvano PZ 3 1830 1830
Ricigliano SA 4 1144 2974
Romagnano al Monte SA 4 368 3342
Vietri di Potenza PZ 5 2832 6174
Salvitelle SA 6 560 6734
San Gregorio Magno SA 7 4286 11020
Caggiano SA 8 2765 13785
Savoia di Lucania PZ 10 1127 14912
Buccino SA 10 5047 19959
Auletta SA 10 2336 22295
Baragiano PZ 11 2671 24966
Pertosa SA 11 690 25656
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 12 1429 27085
Muro Lucano PZ 13 5497 32582
Picerno PZ 13 5985 38567
Polla SA 14 5279 43846
Bella PZ 14 5171 49017
Petina SA 15 1159 50176
Palomonte SA 16 3985 54161
Satriano di Lucania PZ 17 2374 56535
Castelgrande PZ 17 943 57478
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 17 3519 60997
Tito PZ 18 7332 68329
Sant'Arsenio SA 19 2815 71144
Ruoti PZ 19 3579 74723
Colliano SA 19 3638 78361

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
81 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
92 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
100 Km E of Acerra (59573 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 1.2 2022-08-06
22:53:03		 40.638 15.4832 13 2023-01-31
19:03:32		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 108639331
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2022-08-06
22:53:03		 40.6173 15.5225 11 2022-08-06
22:59:50		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 108210741
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-08-06 22:53:03 ± 0.15
Latitude 40.6380 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.4832 ± 0.0107
Depth (km) 13 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 108639331

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 910
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 320
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 312
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 910.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 46
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06115
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.47304
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 16
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 108210741
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-08-06 22:59:50

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 108639331
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-01-16 16:07:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PALZ.HHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:11.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 50 52.503 93 -0.69 59
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:11.43 0.3 undecidable manual S 222 22.2555 101 -0.12 74
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2022-08-06T22:53:10.57 0.6 undecidable manual S 187 16.9719 109 0.39 47
IV.SGO.HHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:10.79 0.6 undecidable manual S 240 17.1717 109 0.57 44
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:10.61 1.0 undecidable manual P 67 42.0246 94 -0.39 22
IX.RDM3.HHZ.02 2022-08-06T22:53:09.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 10 26.751 98 0.67 63
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:09.83 0.6 undecidable manual S 2 13.1757 120 0.58 45
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:09.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 324 39.3273 94 -0.9 56
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2022-08-06T22:53:09.37 0.6 undecidable manual S 293 13.9749 117 -0.08 50
IX.PGN3.HNZ.02 2022-08-06T22:53:09.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 105 27.3504 97 0.57 65
IV.MCRV.HHN. 2022-08-06T22:53:09.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 301 30.9468 96 -0.01 74
IV.CAGG.EHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:08.37 0.6 undecidable manual S 165 9.2796 134 -0.05 51
IX.PST3.HNZ.01 2022-08-06T22:53:08.47 0.6 undecidable manual P 247 21.9669 101 0.55 44
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2022-08-06T22:53:07.11 0.1 positive manual P 187 16.9719 109 -0.08 100
IX.BEL3.HNZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:07.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 56 15.4734 113 0.96 57
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:07.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 222 22.2555 101 -0.19 97
IX.STN3.HNZ.02 2022-08-06T22:53:07.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 130 18.5703 106 -0.13 74
IV.SGO.HHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:07.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 240 17.1717 109 0.08 75
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2022-08-06T22:53:07.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 21 6.7932 145 -0.14 50
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2022-08-06T22:53:06.63 0.3 undecidable manual P 293 13.9749 117 -0.13 75
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:06.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 2 13.1757 120 -0.08 75
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2022-08-06T22:53:05.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 21 6.7932 145 -0.4 71
IV.CAGG.EHZ. 2022-08-06T22:53:05.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 165 9.2796 134 -0.25 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IX.SCL3.EHE.02 ML:1.6 0.000428 0.12 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:09.16
IX.SCL3.EHN.02 ML:1.7 0.000643 0.12 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:09.33
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00009049999999999999 0.52 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:10.52
IX.SRN3.HHE.02 ML:1.3 0.00016399999999999997 0.4 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:11.25
IV.SGO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00010105 0.24 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:11.28
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0001013 0.74 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:11.30
IX.SRN3.HHN.02 ML:1.4 0.0002055 0.86 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:11.31
IV.SGO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001885 1.24 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:11.27
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000576 0.24 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:13.20
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00010105 0.98 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:13.68
IV.ACER.HNE. ML:1.2 0.000042624510000000006 0.5504 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:22.41
IV.ACER.HNN. ML:1.2 0.000047078425 0.9472 AML other m 2022-08-06T22:53:22.78
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