Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 21-09-2022 and time 14:04:31 (Italy) in region 3 km S Balvano (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Balvano (PZ), on

  • 21-09-2022 12:04:31 (UTC)
  • 21-09-2022 14:04:31 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6270, 15.5110 at 8 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.

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
Vietri di Potenza PZ 3 2832 4662
Ricigliano SA 5 1144 5806
Salvitelle SA 6 560 6366
Romagnano al Monte SA 6 368 6734
Caggiano SA 7 2765 9499
Savoia di Lucania PZ 7 1127 10626
Baragiano PZ 9 2671 13297
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 10 1429 14726
San Gregorio Magno SA 10 4286 19012
Auletta SA 11 2336 21348
Pertosa SA 11 690 22038
Picerno PZ 11 5985 28023
Buccino SA 12 5047 33070
Polla SA 13 5279 38349
Satriano di Lucania PZ 14 2374 40723
Muro Lucano PZ 14 5497 46220
Bella PZ 15 5171 51391
Tito PZ 15 7332 58723
Petina SA 16 1159 59882
Sant'Arsenio SA 17 2815 62697
Ruoti PZ 17 3579 66276
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 19 3519 69795
Palomonte SA 19 3985 73780
Castelgrande PZ 19 943 74723
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 19 1695 76418
Brienza PZ 19 4078 80496
Atena Lucana SA 20 2336 82832

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
45 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
83 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
93 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 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 1.8 2022-09-21
12:04:31
40.627 15.5107 8 2024-03-01
15:27:55
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 110573451
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.6 2022-09-21
12:04:31
40.6307 15.5312 9 2022-09-21
12:12:35
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 109960651
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-09-21 12:04:31 ± 0.1
Latitude 40.6270 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.5107 ± 0.0095
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 110573451

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 632
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 621
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 274
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 630.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 104
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) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06835
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.52071
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 17
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 110573451
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-04-11 16:58:50

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109960651
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-21 12:12:35
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:50.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 148 57.7977 50 -0.23 59
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:46.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 144 41.5251 50 0.2 61
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:46.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 323 41.7249 50 0.75 52
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:43.36 0.6 undecidable manual S 301 33.5442 103 -0.38 60
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:41.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 148 57.7977 50 -0.81 74
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:41.85 0.6 undecidable manual P 104 47.8188 50 0.81 50
IV.CDRU.HNZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:40.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 229 23.1546 108 0.06 65
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:40.26 0.6 undecidable manual P 323 41.7249 50 0.17 61
IV.MTSN.HNN. 2022-09-21T12:04:40.24 0.6 undecidable manual P 153 44.9217 50 -0.34 59
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:39.56 0.6 undecidable manual P 144 41.5251 50 -0.51 57
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2022-09-21T12:04:38.52 0.6 undecidable manual S 196 16.2726 115 0.5 60
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:38.51 0.6 undecidable manual P 301 33.5442 103 -0.18 62
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:37.27 0.6 undecidable manual S 353 14.4744 118 -0.2 64
IX.SNR3.EHN.02 2022-09-21T12:04:37.52 0.6 undecidable manual P 294 29.3484 104 -0.35 60
IX.PGN3.HHN.02 2022-09-21T12:04:37.78 0.6 undecidable manual P 104 24.8529 107 0.78 53
IV.CDRU.HNZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:36.47 0.3 undecidable manual P 229 23.1546 108 -0.2 95
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2022-09-21T12:04:36.27 0.6 undecidable manual P 294 16.5723 115 0.82 53
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2022-09-21T12:04:35.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 353 14.4744 118 -0.06 99
IX.VDS3.HNN.01 2022-09-21T12:04:35.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 331 14.4744 118 0.04 99
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2022-09-21T12:04:35.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 0 7.5813 135 -0.18 65
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2022-09-21T12:04:35.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 196 16.2726 115 0.16 97
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2022-09-21T12:04:35.22 0.6 undecidable manual P 132 15.9729 115 -0.13 65
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2022-09-21T12:04:33.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 0 7.5813 135 -0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IX.SCL3.EHN.02 ML:2.3 0.0033175565000000003 0.096 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:36.89
IX.SCL3.HNN.01 ML:2.3 0.0035319615 0.096 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:36.89
IX.SCL3.EHE.02 ML:2.2 0.002952796 0.128 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:37.16
IX.SCL3.HNE.01 ML:2.2 0.0029471499999999995 0.128 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:37.16
IX.SRN3.HNN.01 ML:2.3 0.0017836034999999999 0.256 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:39.12
IX.SRN3.HHN.02 ML:2.3 0.0018251604999999999 0.256 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:39.13
IX.SRN3.HNE.01 ML:2.2 0.0013669655 0.2368 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:39.20
IX.SRN3.HHE.02 ML:2.1 0.00131861 0.224 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:39.21
IX.COL3.HHE.02 ML:1.6 0.00039511555 0.1728 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:39.72
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00039200000000000004 0.38 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:40.79
IV.MRLC.HNN. ML:1.2 0.0001855 0.8 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:41.81
IV.MCRV.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00010645 0.16 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:45.51
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:1.6 0.00013599815 0.4224 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:50.28
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00005745 0.32 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:51.44
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000041739015 0.2432 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:52.18
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000053349999999999996 0.3 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:53.52
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00006998984999999999 0.2176 AML other m 2022-09-21T12:04:54.00
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