Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 15-08-2022 and time 03:37:23 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Salvitelle (SA)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Salvitelle (SA), on

  • 15-08-2022 01:37:23 (UTC)
  • 15-08-2022 03:37:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5800, 15.4690 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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
Salvitelle SA 2 560 560
Caggiano SA 3 2765 3325
Vietri di Potenza PZ 4 2832 6157
Pertosa SA 4 690 6847
Auletta SA 4 2336 9183
Romagnano al Monte SA 6 368 9551
Savoia di Lucania PZ 7 1127 10678
Polla SA 8 5279 15957
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 9 1429 17386
Balvano PZ 9 1830 19216
Petina SA 10 1159 20375
Ricigliano SA 10 1144 21519
Buccino SA 10 5047 26566
San Gregorio Magno SA 10 4286 30852
Sant'Arsenio SA 12 2815 33667
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 14 3519 37186
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 14 1695 38881
Satriano di Lucania PZ 15 2374 41255
Baragiano PZ 15 2671 43926
Picerno PZ 16 5985 49911
Atena Lucana SA 16 2336 52247
San Rufo SA 16 1754 54001
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella SA 17 635 54636
Corleto Monforte SA 17 592 55228
Palomonte SA 17 3985 59213
Brienza PZ 18 4078 63291
Tito PZ 18 7332 70623
Ottati SA 18 618 71241
Muro Lucano PZ 19 5497 76738

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
41 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
68 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
98 Km S of Foggia (151991 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 2022-08-15
01:37:23
40.5798 15.469 9 2023-01-31
19:03:58
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 113432771
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.4 2022-08-15
01:37:23
40.5893 15.4673 7 2022-08-15
01:43:47
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 108552101
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-08-15 01:37:23 ± 0.12
Latitude 40.5798 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.4690 ± 0.0071
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 113432771

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 640
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 470
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 72
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 640.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 60
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03957
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41459
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 113432771
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-01-09 15:41:08

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.6
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 108552101
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-08-15 01:43:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2022-08-15T01:37:38.75 0.6 undecidable manual S 330 44.1225 50 0.56 42
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2022-08-15T01:37:32.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 330 44.1225 50 0.2 93
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2022-08-15T01:37:31.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 60 46.0206 50 -0.43 66
IX.COL3.HNZ. 2022-08-15T01:37:29.92 0.6 undecidable manual S 316 16.6722 118 -0.03 50
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-08-15T01:37:29.99 0.3 undecidable manual S 234 17.0718 117 -0.09 74
IX.STN3.HNZ.02 2022-08-15T01:37:29.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 110 16.3725 118 -0.11 50
IX.SNR3.EHZ.02 2022-08-15T01:37:28.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 307 28.9488 107 -0.55 66
IX.VDS3.HNZ.01 2022-08-15T01:37:28.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 349 18.1707 116 0.93 57
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2022-08-15T01:37:28.41 0.6 undecidable manual S 185 10.4784 130 0.27 48
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2022-08-15T01:37:28.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 16 13.2756 123 -0.63 43
IV.CAGG.EHZ. 2022-08-15T01:37:27.25 0.6 undecidable manual S 125 4.3956 153 0.45 47
IX.COL3.HNZ. 2022-08-15T01:37:27.02 0.3 undecidable manual P 316 16.6722 118 -0.17 73
IX.PST3.HNZ.01 2022-08-15T01:37:27.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 264 19.1697 114 -0.13 74
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-08-15T01:37:27.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 234 17.0718 117 -0.2 97
IV.MRLC.HNZ. 2022-08-15T01:37:27.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 5 19.6692 114 0.17 73
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2022-08-15T01:37:26.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 16 13.2756 123 -0.07 75
IX.STN3.HNZ.02 2022-08-15T01:37:26.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 110 16.3725 118 -0.19 97
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2022-08-15T01:37:26.26 0.1 positive manual P 185 10.4784 130 0.11 100
IV.CAGG.EHZ. 2022-08-15T01:37:25.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 125 4.3956 153 0.17 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IX.SRN3.HHN.02 ML:1.7 0.0007284999999999999 0.22 AML other m 2022-08-15T01:37:28.86
IX.SRN3.HHE.02 ML:1.5 0.0003815 1.62 AML other m 2022-08-15T01:37:28.17
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00009895 0.08 AML other m 2022-08-15T01:37:30.44
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00016599999999999997 0.22 AML other m 2022-08-15T01:37:30.56
IX.SNR3.EHE.02 ML:0.7 0.00002685 0.3 AML other m 2022-08-15T01:37:36.26
IX.SNR3.EHN.02 ML:0.9 0.0000385 0.18 AML other m 2022-08-15T01:37:38.42
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