Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 26-08-2022 and time 07:59:18 (UTC) in region 6 km NW Escalaplano (CA)

A magnitude ML 1.6 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW Escalaplano (CA), on

  • 26-08-2022 07:59:18 (UTC)
  • 26-08-2022 09:59:18 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.6750, 9.3220 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
Escalaplano CA 6 2201 2201
Orroli CA 6 2298 4499
Nurri CA 9 2184 6683
Perdasdefogu OG 10 1957 8640
Goni CA 11 492 9132
Esterzili CA 12 668 9800
Siurgus Donigala CA 14 2028 11828
Ballao CA 14 831 12659
Villanova Tulo CA 15 1108 13767
Serri CA 15 660 14427
Sadali CA 16 971 15398
Ussassai OG 16 575 15973
Mandas CA 17 2201 18174
Escolca CA 17 594 18768
Silius CA 18 1202 19970
Armungia CA 18 481 20451
San Basilio CA 19 1251 21702
Seui OG 19 1310 23012
Gergei CA 19 1236 24248
Gesico CA 20 849 25097
Isili CA 20 2741 27838
San Nicolò Gerrei CA 20 788 28626

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km N of Quartu Sant'Elena (71125 inhabitants)
54 Km NE of Cagliari (154460 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 1.6 2022-08-26
07:59:18
39.6748 9.3223 1 2023-01-31
19:03:58
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 113449501
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.6 2022-08-26
07:59:18
39.6363 9.3933 11 2022-08-26
09:00:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 108953061
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-08-26 07:59:18 ± 0.09
Latitude 39.6748 ± 0.0054
Longitude 9.3223 ± 0.0210
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 113449501

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1760
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 570
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 272
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1760.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 148
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) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.18346
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.45510
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:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 113449501
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-01-13 23:44:43

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 108953061
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-08-26 09:00:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AGLI.HHE. 2022-08-26T07:59:46.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 356 161.5161 50 0.49 51
IV.BULT.EHE. 2022-08-26T07:59:35.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 346 95.6376 50 -0.08 66
TV.SU26.HHZ. 2022-08-26T07:59:35.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 230 94.0392 50 -0.01 67
MN.SENA.HHZ. 2022-08-26T07:59:34.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 8 86.1471 50 -0.12 89
IV.DGI.HHZ. 2022-08-26T07:59:32.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 19 75.369 50 -0.11 91
IV.CGL.HHE. 2022-08-26T07:59:25.04 0.3 undecidable manual P 184 34.3434 91 -0.16 73
MN.VSL.HHZ. 2022-08-26T07:59:22.54 0.1 positive manual P 167 20.3685 91 0.13 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.VSL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0004435 0.14 AML other m 2022-08-26T07:59:25.51
MN.VSL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0004235 0.16 AML other m 2022-08-26T07:59:25.53
IV.DGI.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00006075679 0.256 AML other m 2022-08-26T07:59:46.93
IV.DGI.HNN. ML:1.6 0.000061156705 0.2688 AML other m 2022-08-26T07:59:46.93
IV.DGI.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000040485625 0.2624 AML other m 2022-08-26T07:59:48.02
IV.DGI.HNE. ML:1.5 0.000044315655 0.2624 AML other m 2022-08-26T07:59:48.15
MN.SENA.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000055599999999999996 1.66 AML other m 2022-08-26T07:59:48.06
MN.SENA.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00004082669 0.1792 AML other m 2022-08-26T07:59:50.53
TV.SU26.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0000423 0.58 AML other m 2022-08-26T07:59:50.84
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