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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 08-03-2023 and time 06:40:29 (Italy) in region 4 km SE Ripabottoni (CB)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Ripabottoni (CB), on

  • 08-03-2023 05:40:29 (UTC)
  • 08-03-2023 06:40:29 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.6690, 14.8530 at 19 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
Ripabottoni CB 5 514 514
Sant'Elia a Pianisi CB 6 1818 2332
Provvidenti CB 6 119 2451
Monacilioni CB 7 523 2974
Bonefro CB 8 1384 4358
Morrone del Sannio CB 8 587 4945
Casacalenda CB 8 2135 7080
Campolieto CB 8 839 7919
San Giuliano di Puglia CB 10 1042 8961
Macchia Valfortore CB 10 576 9537
Pietracatella CB 10 1375 10912
Colletorto CB 10 1938 12850
Castellino del Biferno CB 11 545 13395
Montelongo CB 11 365 13760
Montorio nei Frentani CB 12 437 14197
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 12 580 14777
Santa Croce di Magliano CB 13 4435 19212
Toro CB 13 1391 20603
Matrice CB 13 1115 21718
Petrella Tifernina CB 13 1170 22888
Carlantino FG 13 980 23868
Lupara CB 14 505 24373
Montagano CB 15 1086 25459
Campodipietra CB 15 2570 28029
Castelbottaccio CB 15 312 28341
Lucito CB 15 696 29037
Larino CB 16 6793 35830
Rotello CB 16 1212 37042
Celenza Valfortore FG 16 1598 38640
Guardialfiera CB 16 1065 39705
Ripalimosani CB 17 3114 42819
Jelsi CB 17 1781 44600
Civitacampomarano CB 18 417 45017
Gambatesa CB 18 1464 46481
Limosano CB 19 768 47249
Gildone CB 20 809 48058

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
95 Km SE of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.2 2023-03-08
05:40:29		 41.6687 14.8532 19 2024-03-01
17:18:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 123523591
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2023-03-08
05:40:29		 41.6713 14.8517 19 2023-03-08
05:46:53		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 115087701
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-08 05:40:29 ± 0.26
Latitude 41.6687 ± 0.0099
Longitude 14.8532 ± 0.0144
Depth (km) 19 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 123523591

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1243
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 626
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 134
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1240.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 142
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04137
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.66999
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123523591
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-11-28 10:11:14

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115087701
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-08 05:46:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SGG.HHE. 2023-03-08T05:40:45.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 232 50.3163 101 0.31 47
IV.SGRT.HHZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:42.81 0.6 undecidable manual P 82 74.37 97 0.63 41
IV.SACR.HNZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:40.83 0.6 undecidable manual S 202 32.4453 110 0.1 51
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:38.53 0.6 undecidable manual S 80 23.0547 120 0.09 51
IV.SGG.HHE. 2023-03-08T05:40:38.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 232 50.3163 101 0.3 71
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:38.92 0.6 undecidable manual S 238 25.4523 117 -0.08 51
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:37.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 165 17.871 129 0.08 52
IT.LRNO.HNZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:37.37 0.6 undecidable manual S 20 16.2726 132 0.4 49
IV.SACR.HNZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:35.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 202 32.4453 110 -0.43 71
IV.CIGN.HHZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:35.41 0.6 undecidable manual S 110 4.5954 164 0.13 52
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:34.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 238 25.4523 117 0.06 78
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:34.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 80 23.0547 120 -0.24 100
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:34.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 165 17.871 129 0.57 69
IT.LRNO.HNZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:33.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 20 16.2726 132 -0.13 77
IV.CIGN.HHZ. 2023-03-08T05:40:31.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 110 4.5954 164 -0.93 82
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CIGN.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00030810114999999997 1.36 AML other m 2023-03-08T05:40:37.16
IV.MELA.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00006387536 0.1184 AML other m 2023-03-08T05:40:39.15
IV.CIGN.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00027795455000000004 0.4992 AML other m 2023-03-08T05:40:39.98
IV.BSSO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000055498184999999996 1.5808 AML other m 2023-03-08T05:40:40.93
IV.BSSO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000057145774999999996 0.4192 AML other m 2023-03-08T05:40:40.39
IV.BSSO.HNN. ML:1.1 0.00006504016 0.5024 AML other m 2023-03-08T05:40:40.39
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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