Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.2 on date 23-02-2023 and time 14:46:41 (Italy) in region Confine Italia Francia (FRANCIA)

A magnitude ML 0.2 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: Confine Italia Francia (FRANCIA), on

  • 23-02-2023 13:46:41 (UTC)
  • 23-02-2023 14:46:41 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0480, 7.6310 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
Briga Alta CN 11 39 39
Triora IM 12 355 394
Pigna IM 13 859 1253
Molini di Triora IM 13 617 1870
Castel Vittorio IM 14 287 2157
Mendatica IM 14 185 2342
Montegrosso Pian Latte IM 15 118 2460
Cosio d'Arroscia IM 16 221 2681
Bajardo IM 17 312 2993
Rocchetta Nervina IM 18 298 3291
Limone Piemonte CN 18 1485 4776
Isolabona IM 19 679 5455
Apricale IM 19 629 6084
Pornassio IM 20 685 6769
Rezzo IM 20 366 7135

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
39 Km S of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Savona (61345 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 0.2 2023-02-23
13:46:41
44.0477 7.6307 1 2024-03-01
17:18:17
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 123088861
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.5 2023-02-23
13:46:40
44.0367 7.6155 9 2023-02-23
14:30:52
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 114735211
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-02-23 13:46:41 ± 0.17
Latitude 44.0477 ± 0.0126
Longitude 7.6307 ± 0.0125
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 123088861

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1360
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 960
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 359
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1360.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 130
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08274
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.31926
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.2

Field Value
Value 0.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123088861
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-11-13 17:18:20

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 114735211
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-23 14:30:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2023-02-23T13:46:47.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 78 35.4423 91 -0.5 87
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2023-02-23T13:46:47.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 38 27.2505 91 0.34 92
GU.STV.HHZ. 2023-02-23T13:46:47.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 312 32.6451 91 -0.17 94
GU.ENR.HHZ. 2023-02-23T13:46:46.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 320 26.3514 91 0.01 98
GU.MGRO.HHZ. 2023-02-23T13:46:44.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 92 14.1747 92 0.19 97
FR.SAOF.HHZ.00 2023-02-23T13:46:43.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 222 9.1797 93 0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.MGRO.HHN. ML:0.3 0.00002610972155 0.2816 AML other m 2023-02-23T13:46:47.31
GU.MGRO.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000032323855 1.8016 AML other m 2023-02-23T13:46:48.94
GU.STV.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000006824327 0.16 AML other m 2023-02-23T13:46:52.53
GU.STV.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000007359836 0.32 AML other m 2023-02-23T13:46:52.74
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