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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 03-10-2022 and time 23:40:32 (UTC) in region 7 km W Potenza (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Potenza (PZ), on

  • 03-10-2022 23:40:32 (UTC)
  • 04-10-2022 01:40:32 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6660, 15.7290 at 22 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Potenza PZ 7 67122 67122
Ruoti PZ 7 3579 70701
Avigliano PZ 7 11577 82278
Picerno PZ 8 5985 88263
Tito PZ 10 7332 95595
Pignola PZ 11 6962 102557
Baragiano PZ 11 2671 105228
Satriano di Lucania PZ 15 2374 107602
Pietragalla PZ 16 4160 111762
Filiano PZ 16 2926 114688
Vaglio Basilicata PZ 16 2047 116735
Cancellara PZ 18 1309 118044
Savoia di Lucania PZ 18 1127 119171
Balvano PZ 18 1830 121001
Abriola PZ 19 1531 122532
Brindisi Montagna PZ 19 908 123440
Bella PZ 19 5171 128611
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 19 1429 130040

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
7 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
68 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
95 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.3 2022-10-03
23:40:32		 40.6658 15.7288 22 2022-10-03
23:52:13		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 110466951
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-10-03 23:40:32 ± 0.32
Latitude 40.6658 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.7288 ± 0.0142
Depth (km) 22 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 110466951

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1190
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 336
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 114
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1190.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 116
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10702
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.34534
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 110466951
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-10-03 23:52:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2022-10-03T23:40:45.15 0.1 undecidable manual S 171 38.3283 111 -0.27 92
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2022-10-03T23:40:41.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 53 22.4553 127 0.02 74
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2022-10-03T23:40:41.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 203 16.3725 137 0.51 68
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2022-10-03T23:40:39.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 120 32.2455 116 0.63 85
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2022-10-03T23:40:39.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 151 11.877 147 -0.25 71
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2022-10-03T23:40:39.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 171 38.3283 111 0.08 95
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2022-10-03T23:40:38.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 229 30.3474 118 -0.16 96
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2022-10-03T23:40:37.45 0.1 positive manual P 53 22.4553 127 -0.22 94
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2022-10-03T23:40:37.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 297 22.5552 127 0.03 99
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2022-10-03T23:40:36.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 151 11.877 147 -0.05 100
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2022-10-03T23:40:36.80 0.3 undecidable manual P 203 16.3725 137 -0.19 73
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IX.PGN3.HHE.02 ML:1.3 0.00013000000000000002 0.36 AML other m 2022-10-03T23:40:40.19
IX.PGN3.HHN.02 ML:1.3 0.00014000000000000001 0.52 AML other m 2022-10-03T23:40:40.34
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000058099999999999996 0.42 AML other m 2022-10-03T23:40:43.02
IX.SRN3.HHN.02 ML:1.3 0.00007275 0.54 AML other m 2022-10-03T23:40:44.65
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:1.6 0.0001425 0.72 AML other m 2022-10-03T23:40:46.97
IX.SRN3.HHE.02 ML:1.3 0.00007494999999999999 0.26 AML other m 2022-10-03T23:40:47.17
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000502 1.42 AML other m 2022-10-03T23:40:48.81
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:1.6 0.00013209999999999999 0.32 AML other m 2022-10-03T23:40:48.31
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