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Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 07-08-2022 and time 05:02:56 (UTC) in region Atena Lucana (SA)

A magnitude ML 0.9 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: Atena Lucana (SA), on

  • 07-08-2022 05:02:56 (UTC)
  • 07-08-2022 07:02:56 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.4550, 15.5560 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
Atena Lucana SA 0 2336 2336
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 6 1695 4031
Sant'Arsenio SA 6 2815 6846
Sala Consilina SA 6 12664 19510
Brienza PZ 7 4078 23588
San Rufo SA 8 1754 25342
Teggiano SA 8 7976 33318
Polla SA 9 5279 38597
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 10 1429 40026
Sasso di Castalda PZ 11 835 40861
Satriano di Lucania PZ 12 2374 43235
Sassano SA 12 5013 48248
Monte San Giacomo SA 13 1572 49820
Savoia di Lucania PZ 13 1127 50947
Pertosa SA 13 690 51637
Caggiano SA 14 2765 54402
Corleto Monforte SA 15 592 54994
Padula SA 15 5368 60362
Marsico Nuovo PZ 16 4098 64460
Auletta SA 16 2336 66796
Vietri di Potenza PZ 17 2832 69628
Paterno PZ 17 3368 72996
Salvitelle SA 17 560 73556
Sacco SA 17 492 74048
Tito PZ 18 7332 81380
Petina SA 18 1159 82539
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella SA 18 635 83174
Roscigno SA 19 817 83991
Piaggine SA 19 1311 85302
Valle dell'Angelo SA 20 248 85550

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
51 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
82 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
100 Km SE of Benevento (60091 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 0.9 2022-08-07
05:02:56		 40.4547 15.556 1 2023-01-31
19:03:48		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 110131711
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.1 2022-08-07
05:02:55		 40.4617 15.5713 9 2022-08-07
05:21:51		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 108219511
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-08-07 05:02:56 ± 0.12
Latitude 40.4547 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.5560 ± 0.0095
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 110131711

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 980
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 780
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 31
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 980.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 53
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.37
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06655
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.36153
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 110131711
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-25 08:35:11

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 27
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 108219511
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-08-07 05:21:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2022-08-07T05:03:03.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 139 40.1265 91 -0.78 58
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2022-08-07T05:03:01.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 352 26.9508 91 -0.37 68
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2022-08-07T05:03:01.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 125 25.2525 91 0.18 71
IV.MTSN.HNZ. 2022-08-07T05:03:01.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 142 26.6511 91 -0.68 62
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2022-08-07T05:03:01.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 235 26.1516 91 -0.2 71
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2022-08-07T05:03:01.71 0.3 undecidable manual P 57 24.1536 91 0.44 68
IV.SGO.HHZ. 2022-08-07T05:03:01.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 299 24.0537 91 -0.06 73
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-08-07T05:03:00.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 280 21.5673 91 -0.18 72
IX.MRN3.HNE. 2022-08-07T05:02:59.77 0.6 undecidable manual P 102 14.9739 92 0.33 47
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2022-08-07T05:02:58.70 0.1 positive manual P 44 11.5773 92 -0.06 100
IT.SLC1.HGN. 2022-08-07T05:02:58.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 153 7.3815 94 0.38 71
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2022-08-07T05:02:58.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 293 8.9799 93 0.31 95
IX.TEGI.HNE.01 2022-08-07T05:02:58.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 191 8.4804 93 0.52 68
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SGO.HNE. ML:1.2 0.00010342278500000001 1.4208 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:01.18
IV.CMPR.HNN. ML:1.5 0.00017767444999999997 0.8896 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:02.83
IV.CDRU.HNN. ML:0.9 0.000060812704999999995 0.8992 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:02.91
IV.CMPR.HNE. ML:1.0 0.000057121615 0.88 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:02.38
IV.SGO.HNN. ML:1.2 0.00011137642 0.9792 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:03.10
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000045037245000000006 1.8816 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:05.04
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000031 0.44 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:06.07
IV.SGO.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00003165 0.78 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:07.59
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00002026484 1.7184 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:08.91
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000016400474999999998 1.6608 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:08.88
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00005015 0.8 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:08.22
IV.SGO.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000037449999999999995 1.32 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:08.66
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:1.3 0.00011995 0.64 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:08.81
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000603 0.58 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:09.24
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:1.2 0.00010200000000000001 0.76 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:11.49
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000021923459999999998 0.48 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:12.58
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000023493105 0.2016 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:12.77
IV.CDRU.HNE. ML:1.0 0.00007093778 1.1104 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:13.04
IV.SIRI.HNN. ML:1.3 0.0000644 0.96 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:21.34
IV.SIRI.HNE. ML:1.0 0.0000412836433 0.9312 AML other m 2022-08-07T05:03:21.47
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