Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of Md 1.5 on date 26-09-2016 and time 11:10:42 (Italy) in region 6 km SE Genga (AN)

A magnitude Md 1.5 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 6 km SE Genga (AN), on

  • 26-09-2016 09:10:42 (UTC)
  • 26-09-2016 11:10:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.3900, 12.9860 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
Genga AN 6 1797 1797
Serra San Quirico AN 7 2850 4647
Cerreto d'Esi AN 8 3817 8464
Poggio San Vicino MC 8 246 8710
Fabriano AN 9 31480 40190
Mergo AN 10 1037 41227
Sassoferrato AN 11 7285 48512
Apiro MC 12 2280 50792
Cupramontana AN 12 4756 55548
Rosora AN 12 1985 57533
Arcevia AN 13 4612 62145
Castelplanio AN 14 3540 65685
Maiolati Spontini AN 15 6248 71933
Matelica MC 15 9981 81914
Poggio San Marcello AN 16 693 82607
Esanatoglia MC 16 2034 84641
Monte Roberto AN 16 3061 87702
Montecarotto AN 17 1987 89689
San Paolo di Jesi AN 17 933 90622
Castelbellino AN 17 4947 95569
Staffolo AN 17 2253 97822
Serra de' Conti AN 18 3746 101568
Gagliole MC 18 620 102188
Cingoli MC 19 10352 112540

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
51 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
53 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
58 Km NE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
82 Km SE of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
100 Km NW of Teramo (54892 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
Md 1.5 2016-09-26
09:10:42
43.3905 12.9858 1 2017-05-08
08:09:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 37832401
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 1.6 2016-09-26
09:10:42
43.4098 12.9963 9 2016-09-26
09:21:35
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 29551211
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-09-26 09:10:42 ± 0.1
Latitude 43.3905 ± 0.0063
Longitude 12.9858 ± 0.0099
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 37832401

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 860
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 600
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 240
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 860.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 87
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 24
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39031
Number of stations at which the event was observed 24
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 37832401
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-05-08 08:09:13

Md:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 29551211
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-09-26 09:21:35
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2016-09-26T09:11:14.56 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -5.58 0
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:11:05.27 3.0 negative manual Pn -7.11 0
BA.PZUN.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:11:04.65 3.0 positive manual Pg 11.19 0
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:11:02.40 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 14.95 0
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:55.09 3.0 negative manual Pn 1.96 0
IV.CSP1.EHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:50.04 0.6 undecidable manual P 152 37.5291 91 -0.23 46
CR.STON.BHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:50.72 3.0 negative manual Pn -1.92 0
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:50.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 168 40.1265 91 -0.55 63
IV.CESI.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:50.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 189 43.3233 91 -0.54 63
IV.MPAG.EHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:48.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 326 32.1456 91 -0.31 91
IV.FOSV.EHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:47.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 240 20.9679 91 0.17 71
IV.FRON.EHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:47.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 304 25.2525 91 -0.12 95
IV.SNTG.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:46.33 0.1 undecidable manual P 194 15.4734 92 0.48 90
IV.SSFR.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:46.48 0.1 undecidable manual P 287 17.1717 92 0.29 93
IV.CING.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:46.29 0.1 positive manual P 96 16.9719 92 0.14 96
IV.ARVD.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:45.24 0.1 positive manual P 343 12.4764 92 0 100
IV.EL6.EHE. 2016-09-26T09:10:45.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 126 11.5773 92 0.19 96
IV.MMUR.HNZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:43.95 0.1 positive manual P 9 5.7942 95 0.04 100
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:10:28.00 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -3.02 0
GU.BURY.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:09:49.31 3.0 negative manual Pn 0.48 0
GU.MGRO.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:09:42.03 3.0 undecidable manual Pg -2.52 0
GU.FIVI.HNZ. 2016-09-26T09:09:32.91 3.0 undecidable manual P -4.51 0
IV.ZONE.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:09:31.72 3.0 undecidable manual P -3.72 0
IV.SARZ.HHZ. 2016-09-26T09:09:26.35 3.0 undecidable manual P 2.1 0
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