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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 05-12-2022 and time 15:32:46 (UTC) in region 4 km W Paterno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Paterno (PZ), on

  • 05-12-2022 15:32:46 (UTC)
  • 05-12-2022 16:32:46 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.3930, 15.6900 at 17 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.

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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
Paterno PZ 4 3368 3368
Marsico Nuovo PZ 5 4098 7466
Padula SA 6 5368 12834
Sala Consilina SA 8 12664 25498
Sasso di Castalda PZ 11 835 26333
Brienza PZ 11 4078 30411
Tramutola PZ 12 3089 33500
Marsicovetere PZ 12 5546 39046
Sassano SA 12 5013 44059
Teggiano SA 13 7976 52035
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 13 6704 58739
Atena Lucana SA 13 2336 61075
Monte San Giacomo SA 14 1572 62647
Buonabitacolo SA 15 2549 65196
Calvello PZ 16 1948 67144
Abriola PZ 17 1531 68675
Satriano di Lucania PZ 18 2374 71049
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 18 1695 72744
Viggiano PZ 19 3329 76073
Sant'Arsenio SA 19 2815 78888
Casalbuono SA 20 1194 80082
San Rufo SA 20 1754 81836

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
95 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
99 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.1 2022-12-05
15:32:46		 40.3932 15.6905 17 2024-03-01
15:28:27		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 118777231
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2022-12-05
15:32:46		 40.4065 15.7097 19 2022-12-05
15:43:20		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 112529001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-12-05 15:32:46 ± 0.14
Latitude 40.3932 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.6905 ± 0.0130
Depth (km) 17 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 118777231

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 875
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 703
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 71
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 870.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 80
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 19
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39480
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 118777231
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-06-28 09:15:16

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 112529001
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-12-05 15:43:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:33:16.01 3.0 undecidable manual P 7.63 0
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:33:01.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 217 43.8228 101 1.15 33
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:59.61 0.6 undecidable manual S 123 39.0276 103 0.05 48
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:57.14 0.6 undecidable manual S 202 30.6471 107 -0.24 47
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:57.97 0.6 undecidable manual S 288 34.2435 105 -0.35 45
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:56.07 0.3 undecidable manual S 147 27.75 110 -0.6 63
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:55.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 217 43.8228 101 0.32 69
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:53.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 123 39.0276 103 -0.45 86
IX.STN3.EHN.02 2022-12-05T15:32:53.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 348 15.5733 129 -0.29 71
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:53.31 0.6 undecidable manual S 129 12.0768 138 0.19 50
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:53.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 160 14.9739 130 0.02 51
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:53.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 288 34.2435 105 0.14 73
IX.MRN3.HNE.01 2022-12-05T15:32:52.48 0.3 undecidable manual S 43 4.8951 161 0.35 73
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:52.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 202 30.6471 107 -0.02 73
IX.PGN3.HHN.02 2022-12-05T15:32:51.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 24 21.7671 117 0.39 71
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:51.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 147 27.75 110 -0.41 67
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:50.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 160 14.9739 130 0.14 100
IX.MRN3.HNE.01 2022-12-05T15:32:50.04 0.3 undecidable manual P 43 4.8951 161 0.29 74
IX.STN3.EHN.02 2022-12-05T15:32:50.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 348 15.5733 129 -0.49 66
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2022-12-05T15:32:50.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 129 12.0768 138 0 76
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000932 1.62 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:32:53.02
IV.MTSN.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00011549999999999999 1.78 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:32:53.92
IV.MTSN.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00009800000000000001 0.82 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:32:54.77
IV.MTSN.HNN. ML:1.2 0.00011999999999999999 0.32 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:32:54.66
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:1.6 0.0003005 1.22 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:32:54.08
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00008555 1.32 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:32:54.23
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:1.5 0.000249 0.78 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:32:55.54
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000566 1.04 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:32:57.52
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00004425 0.74 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:32:57.75
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:0.6 0.00001552 0.68 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:32:59.83
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000229 0.58 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:33:00.20
IV.MTSN.HNE. ML:1.5 0.0002475 0.42 AML other m 2022-12-05T15:33:04.56
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