Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 23-02-2023 and time 11:28:51 (UTC) 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

  • 23-02-2023 11:28:51 (UTC)
  • 23-02-2023 12:28:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.4300, 12.9930 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
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 10 3540 20823
Sassoferrato AN 11 7285 28108
Poggio San Marcello AN 11 693 28801
Maiolati Spontini AN 12 6248 35049
Apiro MC 12 2280 37329
Cerreto d'Esi AN 12 3817 41146
Montecarotto AN 12 1987 43133
Fabriano AN 13 31480 74613
Serra de' Conti AN 13 3746 78359
Monte Roberto AN 13 3061 81420
Castelbellino AN 14 4947 86367
San Paolo di Jesi AN 15 933 87300
Staffolo AN 16 2253 89553
Barbara AN 17 1368 90921
Cingoli MC 19 10352 101273
Serra Sant'Abbondio PU 19 1027 102300
Matelica MC 19 9981 112281
Pergola PU 20 6333 118614
San Lorenzo in Campo PU 20 3414 122028
Castelleone di Suasa AN 20 1676 123704

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
54 Km S of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
58 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
61 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)
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 2023-02-23
11:28:51
43.4303 12.9933 1 2024-03-01
17:18:17
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 123088791
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.6 2023-02-23
11:28:50
43.4482 13.0392 4 2023-02-23
14:06:13
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 114734971
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-02-23 11:28:51 ± 0.13
Latitude 43.4303 ± 0.0072
Longitude 12.9933 ± 0.0149
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 123088791

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1220
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 760
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 256
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1220.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 128
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.26080
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123088791
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-11-13 17:16:22

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 114734971
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-23 14:06:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MTRA.HNZ. 2023-02-23T11:29:18.36 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.25 0
IV.MPAG.EHZ. 2023-02-23T11:28:56.59 0.6 undecidable manual P 320 28.9488 91 -0.5 44
IV.SNTG.HHZ. 2023-02-23T11:28:55.20 0.6 undecidable manual P 192 19.9689 91 -0.07 49
IV.EL6.EHE. 2023-02-23T11:28:54.10 0.6 undecidable manual P 142 14.1747 92 -0.03 50
IV.SSFR.HHZ. 2023-02-23T11:28:54.98 0.6 undecidable manual P 272 16.9719 92 0.29 47
IV.ARVD.HHZ. 2023-02-23T11:28:53.05 0.1 undecidable manual P 331 8.5803 93 0.05 99
IV.MMUR.HNZ. 2023-02-23T11:28:51.64 0.1 positive manual P 14 1.2987 111 0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SSFR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000047600000000000005 0.6 AML other m 2023-02-23T11:29:00.90
IV.SSFR.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00004835 1.38 AML other m 2023-02-23T11:29:00.01
IV.SNTG.HHN. ML:0.4 0.00002035 0.46 AML other m 2023-02-23T11:29:01.03
IV.SNTG.HHE. ML:0.2 0.000016 0.46 AML other m 2023-02-23T11:29:07.26
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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