Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 13-03-2023 and time 16:37:10 (Italy) in region 5 km W Piteglio (PT)

A magnitude ML 0.6 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Piteglio (PT), on

  • 13-03-2023 15:37:10 (UTC)
  • 13-03-2023 16:37:10 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0330, 10.7080 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
Piteglio PT 5 1683 1683
San Marcello Pistoiese PT 7 6416 8099
Cutigliano PT 9 1488 9587
Bagni di Lucca LU 10 6161 15748
Marliana PT 12 3210 18958
Villa Basilica LU 13 1633 20591
Abetone PT 13 621 21212
Massa e Cozzile PT 14 7983 29195
Pescia PT 14 19644 48839
Borgo a Mozzano LU 14 6994 55833
Coreglia Antelminelli LU 15 5215 61048
Uzzano PT 17 5770 66818
Buggiano PT 17 8825 75643
Fiumalbo MO 17 1280 76923
Serravalle Pistoiese PT 17 11659 88582
Montecatini-Terme PT 17 20409 108991
Barga LU 18 10034 119025
Pieve a Nievole PT 18 9266 128291
Monsummano Terme PT 20 21338 149629

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
27 Km NE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
35 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
41 Km E of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
43 Km NE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
45 Km E of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
49 Km NW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
49 Km E of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
53 Km NW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
62 Km NE of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
71 Km S of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
71 Km E of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
74 Km S of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
85 Km S of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
94 Km NW of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Faenza (58541 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 0.6 2023-03-13
15:37:10
44.033 10.7083 1 2024-03-01
17:18:00
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 115815181
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 1.1 2023-03-13
15:37:10
44.0293 10.7033 0 2023-03-13
15:44:31
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 115324281
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-13 15:37:10 ± 0.12
Latitude 44.0330 ± 0.0099
Longitude 10.7083 ± 0.0088
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 115815181

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1180
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 670
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 15
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1180.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 127
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30757
Number of stations at which the event was observed 22
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115815181
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-11-28 15:47:42

Md:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 115324281
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-13 15:44:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:38:53.34 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 20.82 0
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:38:41.39 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 19.040001 0
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:38:41.50 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -1.44 0
IV.CERA.HNZ. 2023-03-13T15:38:38.15 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -4.21 0
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:38:34.29 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -1.67 0
IV.SACR.HNZ. 2023-03-13T15:38:13.36 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 10.18 0
IV.PTCC.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:38:08.65 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -1.42 0
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:38:07.54 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 11.15 0
IV.PP3.EHZ. 2023-03-13T15:38:05.55 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 0 0
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:38:04.53 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 3.67 0
IV.CERA.HNZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:52.65 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -4.12 0
IV.FOSV.EHZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:31.90 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 1.4 0
IV.RIBO.EHZ.01 2023-03-13T15:37:28.84 3.0 undecidable manual Pg -0.12 0
IV.MSSA.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:22.99 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 0.89 0
IV.CRMI.HNN. 2023-03-13T15:37:17.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 140 34.1436 91 -0.21 94
MN.VLC.HNZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:16.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 299 29.2485 91 -0.1 73
GU.GRAM.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:16.66 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 2.14 0
GU.SARM.EHZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:16.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 304 29.6481 91 -0.45 68
GU.MAIM.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:15.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 233 21.867 91 0.15 73
GU.CARD.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:14.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 268 18.0708 92 0.14 74
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:12.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 290 9.5793 93 0.18 99
GU.POPM.HHZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:11.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 71 4.0959 97 0.18 100
IV.IMOL.HNZ. 2023-03-13T15:37:08.34 3.0 positive manual P -1.74 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CARD.HHN. ML:0.7 0.0000452501 0.1408 AML other m 2023-03-13T15:37:18.87
GU.CARD.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00003342176 0.1408 AML other m 2023-03-13T15:37:17.91
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