Earthquake with magnitude of Md 0.8 on date 17-08-2016 and time 21:30:12 (Italy) in region 5 km SE Massa di Somma (NA)

A magnitude Md 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Massa di Somma (NA), on

  • 17-08-2016 19:30:12 (UTC)
  • 17-08-2016 21:30:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8210, 14.4230 at 0 km depth.

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

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
Massa di Somma NA 5 5444 5444
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio NA 5 9196 14640
Sant'Anastasia NA 6 27671 42311
Pollena Trocchia NA 6 13562 55873
Somma Vesuviana NA 6 35233 91106
Portici NA 6 55274 146380
Trecase NA 6 9097 155477
Ottaviano NA 6 23860 179337
Boscotrecase NA 6 10363 189700
Torre del Greco NA 6 86275 275975
Terzigno NA 7 18968 294943
Ercolano NA 7 53709 348652
Boscoreale NA 7 28072 376724
Cercola NA 7 18267 394991
Torre Annunziata NA 7 42789 437780
San Giuseppe Vesuviano NA 7 30657 468437
San Giorgio a Cremano NA 8 45557 513994
Volla NA 9 23755 537749
Pomigliano d'Arco NA 10 39922 577671
San Gennaro Vesuviano NA 10 11966 589637
Poggiomarino NA 10 21976 611613
Pompei NA 10 25358 636971
Castello di Cisterna NA 11 7869 644840
Brusciano NA 11 16466 661306
Mariglianella NA 12 7787 669093
Scafati SA 12 50787 719880
Scisciano NA 12 5994 725874
Marigliano NA 12 30157 756031
Casalnuovo di Napoli NA 12 49855 805886
Palma Campania NA 12 15978 821864
Saviano NA 13 15982 837846
San Vitaliano NA 13 6461 844307
Striano NA 13 8397 852704
Santa Maria la Carità NA 13 11722 864426
Carbonara di Nola NA 14 2429 866855
Napoli NA 15 974074 1840929
Acerra NA 15 59573 1900502
Casoria NA 15 77642 1978144
Nola NA 15 34431 2012575
Afragola NA 15 65057 2077632
Castellammare di Stabia NA 15 66466 2144098
San Paolo Bel Sito NA 15 3513 2147611
San Marzano sul Sarno SA 15 10442 2158053
Angri SA 15 34002 2192055
Sant'Antonio Abate NA 15 19743 2211798
Liveri NA 15 1607 2213405
Domicella AV 15 1862 2215267
Casavatore NA 15 18661 2233928
San Valentino Torio SA 15 10947 2244875
Cimitile NA 16 7280 2252155
Marzano di Nola AV 16 1727 2253882
Arzano NA 16 34886 2288768
Lettere NA 17 6188 2294956
Casola di Napoli NA 17 3898 2298854
Sarno SA 17 31529 2330383
Casamarciano NA 17 3289 2333672
Gragnano NA 17 29136 2362808
Vico Equense NA 17 20969 2383777
Camposano NA 17 5333 2389110
Pago del Vallo di Lauro AV 18 1830 2390940
Cardito NA 18 22755 2413695
Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino SA 18 8909 2422604
Pimonte NA 18 5980 2428584
Visciano NA 18 4454 2433038
Corbara SA 18 2545 2435583
Comiziano NA 18 1814 2437397
Caivano NA 18 37879 2475276
Frattamaggiore NA 18 30329 2505605
Crispano NA 19 12354 2517959
Pagani SA 19 35834 2553793
Lauro AV 19 3509 2557302
Grumo Nevano NA 19 18061 2575363
Cicciano NA 19 12906 2588269
Tufino NA 19 3776 2592045
Casandrino NA 19 14336 2606381
Taurano AV 19 1546 2607927
Meta NA 20 8015 2615942
Quindici AV 20 1938 2617880
Frattaminore NA 20 16208 2634088
Melito di Napoli NA 20 37826 2671914

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
6 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
7 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
12 Km NW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
15 Km S of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
15 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
15 Km NW of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
21 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
22 Km SE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
25 Km SE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
27 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
28 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
29 Km S of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
33 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
33 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Battipaglia (50786 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
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 0.8 2016-08-17
19:30:12
40.8212 14.4228 1 2016-08-17
19:38:32
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 26867171
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-08-17 19:30:12 ± 0.09
Latitude 40.8212 ± 0.0045
Longitude 14.4228 ± 0.0083
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 26867171

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 670
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 460
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 279
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 670.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 81
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01529
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 26867171
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-08-17 19:38:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VTIR.HHZ. 2016-08-17T19:30:13.22 0.3 undecidable manual S 176 1.6983 106 0.32 70
IV.VBKN.HHZ. 2016-08-17T19:30:12.97 0.3 undecidable manual S 31 1.1988 113 0.24 72
IV.CRTO.HHZ. 2016-08-17T19:30:12.39 0.1 undecidable manual S 282 175 -0.07 99
IV.VCRE.HHZ. 2016-08-17T19:30:12.55 0.1 undecidable manual S 108 0.7992 123 -0.06 99
IV.VBKN.HHZ. 2016-08-17T19:30:12.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 31 1.1988 113 -0.02 100
IV.CRTO.HHZ. 2016-08-17T19:30:12.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 282 175 -0.32 94
IV.VCRE.HHZ. 2016-08-17T19:30:12.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 108 0.7992 123 -0.23 96
IV.VTIR.HHZ. 2016-08-17T19:30:12.80 0.3 undecidable manual P 176 1.6983 106 0.15 73
IV.VARP.HHZ. 2016-08-17T19:30:12.47 0.6 undecidable manual P 244 1.1988 113 -0.08 49
IV.VVDG.HHZ. 2016-08-17T19:30:12.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 3 1.5984 107 0.24 72
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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