Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.2 on date 06-09-2022 and time 08:57:20 (UTC) in region Vesuvio

A magnitude Md 1.2 earthquake occured in region: Vesuvio, on

  • 06-09-2022 08:57:20 (UTC)
  • 06-09-2022 10:57:20 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8240, 14.4280 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli).

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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
Massa di Somma NA 5 5444 5444
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio NA 5 9196 14640
Ottaviano NA 5 23860 38500
Somma Vesuviana NA 5 35233 73733
Sant'Anastasia NA 5 27671 101404
Pollena Trocchia NA 6 13562 114966
Boscotrecase NA 6 10363 125329
Trecase NA 6 9097 134426
Terzigno NA 6 18968 153394
Portici NA 6 55274 208668
Torre del Greco NA 7 86275 294943
Boscoreale NA 7 28072 323015
San Giuseppe Vesuviano NA 7 30657 353672
Cercola NA 7 18267 371939
Ercolano NA 7 53709 425648
Torre Annunziata NA 7 42789 468437
San Giorgio a Cremano NA 8 45557 513994
Volla NA 9 23755 537749
San Gennaro Vesuviano NA 10 11966 549715
Pomigliano d'Arco NA 10 39922 589637
Poggiomarino NA 10 21976 611613
Pompei NA 10 25358 636971
Castello di Cisterna NA 11 7869 644840
Brusciano NA 11 16466 661306
Scisciano NA 12 5994 667300
Marigliano NA 12 30157 697457
Mariglianella NA 12 7787 705244
Scafati SA 12 50787 756031
Palma Campania NA 12 15978 772009
Saviano NA 12 15982 787991
San Vitaliano NA 12 6461 794452
Casalnuovo di Napoli NA 12 49855 844307
Striano NA 13 8397 852704
Santa Maria la Carità NA 13 11722 864426
Carbonara di Nola NA 14 2429 866855
San Paolo Bel Sito NA 14 3513 870368
Nola NA 14 34431 904799
Acerra NA 15 59573 964372
San Marzano sul Sarno SA 15 10442 974814
Liveri NA 15 1607 976421
Afragola NA 15 65057 1041478
Casoria NA 15 77642 1119120
Domicella AV 15 1862 1120982
Angri SA 15 34002 1154984
Napoli NA 15 974074 2129058
San Valentino Torio SA 15 10947 2140005
Castellammare di Stabia NA 15 66466 2206471
Sant'Antonio Abate NA 15 19743 2226214
Cimitile NA 15 7280 2233494
Marzano di Nola AV 16 1727 2235221
Casavatore NA 16 18661 2253882
Sarno SA 16 31529 2285411
Casamarciano NA 16 3289 2288700
Arzano NA 17 34886 2323586
Lettere NA 17 6188 2329774
Casola di Napoli NA 17 3898 2333672
Gragnano NA 17 29136 2362808
Camposano NA 17 5333 2368141
Pago del Vallo di Lauro AV 17 1830 2369971
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino SA 17 8909 2378880
Visciano NA 18 4454 2383334
Vico Equense NA 18 20969 2404303
Cardito NA 18 22755 2427058
Comiziano NA 18 1814 2428872
Corbara SA 18 2545 2431417
Pimonte NA 18 5980 2437397
Lauro AV 18 3509 2440906
Caivano NA 18 37879 2478785
Cicciano NA 18 12906 2491691
Frattamaggiore NA 19 30329 2522020
Pagani SA 19 35834 2557854
Tufino NA 19 3776 2561630
Taurano AV 19 1546 2563176
Crispano NA 19 12354 2575530
Grumo Nevano NA 19 18061 2593591
Quindici AV 19 1938 2595529
Casandrino NA 19 14336 2609865
Frattaminore NA 20 16208 2626073
Meta NA 20 8015 2634088
Melito di Napoli NA 20 37826 2671914

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
7 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
7 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
12 Km NW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
15 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
15 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
22 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
22 Km SE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
25 Km SE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
27 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
29 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
29 Km S of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
32 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
33 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
45 Km SW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
Md 1.2 2022-09-06
08:57:20
40.824 14.4285 0 2022-09-06
09:06:19
Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli) 109393471
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-09-06 08:57:20
Latitude 40.8240
Longitude 14.4285
Depth (km) 0 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-OV#SiSmi
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 109393471

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 100.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.03
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

Md:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 109393471
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli)
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-06 09:06:19
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