Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.2 on date 15-02-2023 and time 09:51:42 (UTC) in region 2 km W Roccavione (CN)

A magnitude ML 0.2 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Roccavione (CN), on

  • 15-02-2023 09:51:42 (UTC)
  • 15-02-2023 10:51:42 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.3070, 7.4570 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Roccavione CN 2 2761 2761
Borgo San Dalmazzo CN 4 12468 15229
Roaschia CN 4 107 15336
Roccasparvera CN 4 741 16077
Robilante CN 5 2306 18383
Gaiola CN 5 582 18965
Moiola CN 6 234 19199
Valdieri CN 6 935 20134
Vignolo CN 6 2600 22734
Rittana CN 7 109 22843
Valloriate CN 7 109 22952
Boves CN 8 9835 32787
Entracque CN 9 774 33561
Cervasca CN 9 5013 38574
Vernante CN 9 1178 39752
Bernezzo CN 9 4104 43856
Cuneo CN 12 56081 99937
Demonte CN 13 2003 101940
Caraglio CN 13 6836 108776
Valgrana CN 13 786 109562
Peveragno CN 13 5543 115105
Limone Piemonte CN 15 1485 116590
Monterosso Grana CN 16 505 117095
Montemale di Cuneo CN 16 241 117336
Beinette CN 17 3423 120759
Chiusa di Pesio CN 18 3676 124435
Pradleves CN 19 250 124685
Aisone CN 19 248 124933
Dronero CN 19 7035 131968

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km SW of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
60 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
79 Km S of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
87 Km S of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Asti (76202 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 0.2 2023-02-15
09:51:42
44.3067 7.4568 1 2024-03-01
17:18:16
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 121026731
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.2 2023-02-15
09:51:42
44.2663 7.4488 6 2023-02-15
10:01:18
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 114453171
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-02-15 09:51:42 ± 0.15
Latitude 44.3067 ± 0.0099
Longitude 7.4568 ± 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 121026731

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1120
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 320
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 350
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1120.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 226
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.09
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08184
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.47754
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:0.2

Field Value
Value 0.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 114453171
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-15 10:01:18

ML:0.2

Field Value
Value 0.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 121026731
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-09-13 13:54:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.RORO.HHE. 2023-02-15T09:51:52.97 0.6 undecidable manual P 114 53.0025 91 -0.16 45
GU.MGRO.HHZ. 2023-02-15T09:51:50.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 136 40.5261 91 -0.01 71
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2023-02-15T09:51:48.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 103 31.2465 91 0.09 71
GU.STV.HHZ. 2023-02-15T09:51:44.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 237 12.3765 92 -0.02 100
GU.ENR.HHZ. 2023-02-15T09:51:44.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 200 9.0798 93 0.03 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.STV.HHE. ML:0.1 0.000021199125 0.1216 AML other m 2023-02-15T09:51:46.89
GU.STV.HHN. ML:0.2 0.000023943244999999998 0.1408 AML other m 2023-02-15T09:51:47.84
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.3 0.0000093896335 0.7392 AML other m 2023-02-15T09:51:53.55
GU.GBOS.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000006890334499999999 1.056 AML other m 2023-02-15T09:51:54.02
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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