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Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 06-12-2022 and time 17:37:12 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Serra San Quirico (AN)

A magnitude ML 0.5 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Serra San Quirico (AN), on

  • 06-12-2022 16:37:12 (UTC)
  • 06-12-2022 17:37:12 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.4280, 12.9910 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.

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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
Serra San Quirico AN 3 2850 2850
Genga AN 5 1797 4647
Mergo AN 6 1037 5684
Rosora AN 9 1985 7669
Arcevia AN 9 4612 12281
Poggio San Vicino MC 9 246 12527
Cupramontana AN 10 4756 17283
Castelplanio AN 11 3540 20823
Sassoferrato AN 11 7285 28108
Poggio San Marcello AN 12 693 28801
Maiolati Spontini AN 12 6248 35049
Cerreto d'Esi AN 12 3817 38866
Apiro MC 12 2280 41146
Fabriano AN 12 31480 72626
Montecarotto AN 13 1987 74613
Monte Roberto AN 13 3061 77674
Serra de' Conti AN 13 3746 81420
Castelbellino AN 14 4947 86367
San Paolo di Jesi AN 15 933 87300
Staffolo AN 16 2253 89553
Barbara AN 17 1368 90921
Serra Sant'Abbondio PU 19 1027 91948
Matelica MC 19 9981 101929
Cingoli MC 19 10352 112281
Pergola PU 20 6333 118614
Esanatoglia MC 20 2034 120648
San Lorenzo in Campo PU 20 3414 124062
Castelleone di Suasa AN 20 1676 125738

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
54 Km S of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
60 Km NE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
78 Km SE of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Terni (111501 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 0.5 2022-12-06
16:37:12		 43.4285 12.9912 1 2024-03-01
15:28:12		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 113057361
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.5 2022-12-06
16:37:12		 43.4422 13.0097 8 2022-12-06
16:51:39		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 112567881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-12-06 16:37:12 ± 0.06
Latitude 43.4285 ± 0.0045
Longitude 12.9912 ± 0.0050
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 113057361

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 510
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 350
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 29
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 510.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 91
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.14
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.26170
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 112567881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-12-06 16:51:39

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 113057361
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-06-28 14:39:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:28.40 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.06 0
IV.CSP1.EHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:27.40 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.01 0
IV.PIEI.HHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:26.30 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.12 0
IV.MML1.EHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:25.60 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.32 0
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:21.38 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.55 0
IV.CSP1.EHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:21.61 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.29 0
IV.PIEI.HHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:20.10 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.66 0
IV.MML1.EHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:19.30 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.8 0
IV.MPAG.EHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:18.32 0.6 undecidable manual P 320 29.0487 91 -0.36 45
IV.FOSV.EHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:17.79 1.0 undecidable manual P 231 23.754 91 0.16 24
IV.ATSC.EHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:17.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 269 24.5532 91 0 98
IV.FRON.EHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:17.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 295 23.5542 91 -0.14 71
IV.SSFR.HHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:16.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 273 16.872 92 0.16 96
IV.CING.HHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:16.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 110 17.4714 92 -0.02 74
IV.EL6.EHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:15.65 0.1 undecidable manual P 141 14.1747 92 -0.06 98
IV.ARVD.HHZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:14.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 333 8.6802 93 0.02 100
IV.MMUR.HNZ. 2022-12-06T16:37:13.33 0.1 undecidable manual P 19 1.5984 108 0.13 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EL6.EHN. ML:0.3 0.000023101484999999998 0.8448 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:18.21
IV.SSFR.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00009036162500000001 0.0768 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:20.45
IV.CING.HHE. ML:0.3 0.000018113885 0.0768 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:20.64
IV.SSFR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00007798051 0.1152 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:20.76
IV.EL6.EHE. ML:0.6 0.000049607445 0.1792 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:21.42
IV.CING.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000027056015 0.0768 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:21.52
IV.FRON.EHN. ML:0.5 0.000019078643999999998 0.1664 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:22.57
IV.FRON.EHE. ML:0.3 0.000016101285 0.1408 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:22.64
IV.MPAG.EHN. ML:0.3 0.000010539015000000003 0.1024 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:24.30
IV.MPAG.EHE. ML:0.4 0.0000140134405 0.256 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:24.62
IV.MML1.EHE. ML:0.6 0.0000139780725 0.3968 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:25.75
IV.MML1.EHN. ML:0.4 0.0000098040865 0.0256 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:27.49
IV.PIEI.HHE. ML:0.4 0.00001195948 0.1536 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:28.39
IV.PIEI.HHN. ML:0.4 0.0000118206475 0.2176 AML other m 2022-12-06T16:37:29.30
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