Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 28-03-2023 and time 11:33:09 (Italy) in region 3 km S Molini di Triora (IM)

A magnitude ML 1.1 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Molini di Triora (IM), on

  • 28-03-2023 09:33:09 (UTC)
  • 28-03-2023 11:33:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.9670, 7.7790 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
Molini di Triora IM 3 617 617
Triora IM 3 355 972
Montalto Ligure IM 7 377 1349
Carpasio IM 7 168 1517
Badalucco IM 8 1136 2653
Bajardo IM 9 312 2965
Castel Vittorio IM 9 287 3252
Ceriana IM 10 1250 4502
Rezzo IM 10 366 4868
Pigna IM 10 859 5727
Montegrosso Pian Latte IM 12 118 5845
Aurigo IM 12 347 6192
Mendatica IM 12 185 6377
Cosio d'Arroscia IM 13 221 6598
Pietrabruna IM 13 501 7099
Briga Alta CN 13 39 7138
Apricale IM 13 629 7767
Borgomaro IM 13 865 8632
Castellaro IM 13 1256 9888
PrelĂ  IM 14 503 10391
Pornassio IM 14 685 11076
Perinaldo IM 14 870 11946
Pieve di Teco IM 14 1338 13284
Vasia IM 15 389 13673
Isolabona IM 15 679 14352
Caravonica IM 15 282 14634
Taggia IM 15 14116 28750
Lucinasco IM 15 272 29022
Pompeiana IM 15 823 29845
Dolcedo IM 15 1415 31260
Terzorio IM 16 216 31476
Sanremo IM 16 54807 86283
Cesio IM 16 283 86566
Chiusavecchia IM 16 577 87143
Riva Ligure IM 17 2910 90053
Rocchetta Nervina IM 17 298 90351
Civezza IM 17 609 90960
Seborga IM 17 315 91275
Chiusanico IM 17 607 91882
Vessalico IM 17 282 92164
Santo Stefano al Mare IM 17 2197 94361
Armo IM 17 111 94472
Cipressa IM 18 1290 95762
Costarainera IM 18 828 96590
Dolceacqua IM 18 2074 98664
Soldano IM 18 977 99641
Ospedaletti IM 19 3367 103008
Pontedassio IM 19 2323 105331
Vallebona IM 19 1310 106641
Borghetto d'Arroscia IM 19 456 107097
San Lorenzo al Mare IM 19 1297 108394
San Biagio della Cima IM 19 1329 109723

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km N of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
51 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Savona (61345 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 1.1 2023-03-28
09:33:09
43.9673 7.7793 1 2024-03-01
17:18:19
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 124322831
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.1 2023-03-28
09:33:09
43.9638 7.7928 8 2023-03-28
09:47:40
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 115818061
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-28 09:33:09 ± 0.14
Latitude 43.9673 ± 0.0090
Longitude 7.7793 ± 0.0112
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 124322831

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 970
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 900
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 336
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 970.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 96
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07824
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.79320
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115818061
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-28 09:47:40

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124322831
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-28 13:43:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2023-03-28T09:33:25.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 43 88.0452 50 0.04 67
GU.STV.HHZ. 2023-03-28T09:33:18.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 311 47.4192 91 -0.62 63
GU.ENR.HHZ. 2023-03-28T09:33:17.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 315 40.9257 91 -0.19 95
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2023-03-28T09:33:15.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 9 30.8469 91 0.05 99
GU.BURY.HHZ. 2023-03-28T09:33:15.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 221 27.1506 91 0.22 96
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2023-03-28T09:33:14.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 55 28.0497 91 -0.22 72
FR.SAOF.HHZ. 2023-03-28T09:33:13.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 277 18.1707 92 0.21 74
GU.MGRO.HHE. 2023-03-28T09:33:11.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 15 8.6802 93 0.51 93
GU.IMI.HHE. 2023-03-28T09:33:11.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 125 11.0778 93 -0.18 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
FR.SAOF.HHE.00 ML:1.2 0.00013508525 0.16 AML other m 2023-03-28T09:33:17.53
FR.SAOF.HHN.00 ML:0.9 0.000072774805 0.32 AML other m 2023-03-28T09:33:17.74
GU.BURY.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00008815542 0.3392 AML other m 2023-03-28T09:33:19.55
GU.RORO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00009545 0.12 AML other m 2023-03-28T09:33:19.67
GU.RORO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000041099424999999997 0.1408 AML other m 2023-03-28T09:33:19.68
GU.BURY.HNE. ML:1.1 0.0000711142135 0.1856 AML other m 2023-03-28T09:33:19.80
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000030278964999999997 0.1856 AML other m 2023-03-28T09:33:20.32
GU.BURY.HNN. ML:1.4 0.0001554685 0.2144 AML other m 2023-03-28T09:33:20.72
GU.BURY.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00010400732 1.5424 AML other m 2023-03-28T09:33:21.05
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