Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 18-09-2023 and time 14:42:51 (UTC) in region 6 km W Piteglio (PT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Piteglio (PT), on

  • 18-09-2023 14:42:51 (UTC)
  • 18-09-2023 16:42:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0520, 10.7040 at 3 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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 6 1683 1683
Cutigliano PT 7 1488 3171
San Marcello Pistoiese PT 7 6416 9587
Bagni di Lucca LU 10 6161 15748
Abetone PT 11 621 16369
Marliana PT 14 3210 19579
Coreglia Antelminelli LU 14 5215 24794
Villa Basilica LU 14 1633 26427
Fiumalbo MO 15 1280 27707
Borgo a Mozzano LU 15 6994 34701
Massa e Cozzile PT 16 7983 42684
Pescia PT 17 19644 62328
Barga LU 18 10034 72362
Pievepelago MO 19 2222 74584
Uzzano PT 19 5770 80354
Fanano MO 19 2989 83343
Buggiano PT 19 8825 92168
Serravalle Pistoiese PT 19 11659 103827
Montecatini-Terme PT 19 20409 124236
Lizzano in Belvedere BO 20 2212 126448

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km NW of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
28 Km NE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
37 Km NW of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
45 Km E of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
49 Km E of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
50 Km NW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
54 Km NW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
69 Km S of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
70 Km E of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
72 Km S of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
83 Km S of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
89 Km SE of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
96 Km NW of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.1 2023-09-18
14:42:51
44.0517 10.704 3 2023-09-18
14:49:31
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 121193101
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-09-18 14:42:51 ± 0.1
Latitude 44.0517 ± 0.0072
Longitude 10.7040 ± 0.0050
Depth (km) 3 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 121193101

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 752
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 469
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 192
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 750.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 159
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.25451
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 121193101
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-09-18 14:49:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VMGN.HHZ. 2023-09-18T14:43:05.50 3.0 positive manual P 0.21 0
GU.SARM.EHE. 2023-09-18T14:43:01.85 0.3 undecidable manual S 301 28.2495 97 0.25 68
IV.PSL.EHZ. 2023-09-18T14:42:58.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 105 18.4704 100 0.07 72
GU.SARM.EHE. 2023-09-18T14:42:57.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 301 28.2495 97 -0.19 92
MN.VLC.HNE. 2023-09-18T14:42:57.15 0.6 undecidable manual P 295 27.9498 97 -0.22 46
GU.MAIM.HHZ. 2023-09-18T14:42:56.33 0.3 negative manual P 228 22.8549 98 -0.03 72
IV.PSL.EHZ. 2023-09-18T14:42:55.52 0.1 positive manual P 105 18.4704 100 0.03 97
GU.CARD.HHZ. 2023-09-18T14:42:55.53 0.6 undecidable manual P 261 17.9709 101 0.16 47
GU.POPM.HHZ. 2023-09-18T14:42:53.58 0.1 undecidable manual S 100 4.2957 128 -0.03 99
GU.POPM.HHZ. 2023-09-18T14:42:52.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 100 4.2957 128 0 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.VMGN.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00002605 1.06 AML other m 2023-09-18T14:43:08.34
IV.VMGN.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000211 1.16 AML other m 2023-09-18T14:43:09.26
GU.POPM.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0009998546500000001 0.2048 AML other m 2023-09-18T14:42:54.03
GU.POPM.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0012666040000000002 0.16 AML other m 2023-09-18T14:42:53.66
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