Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 14-10-2016 and time 14:38:41 (Italy) in region 5 km S Piobbico (PU)

A magnitude ML 0.5 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 5 km S Piobbico (PU), on

  • 14-10-2016 12:38:41 (UTC)
  • 14-10-2016 14:38:41 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.5460, 12.4960 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
Piobbico PU 5 2029 2029
Apecchio PU 6 1882 3911
Pietralunga PG 12 2111 6022
Cagli PU 12 8731 14753
Cantiano PU 13 2245 16998
Urbania PU 14 7099 24097
Sant'Angelo in Vado PU 15 4133 28230
Acqualagna PU 16 4393 32623
Peglio PU 17 696 33319
Mercatello sul Metauro PU 17 1378 34697
Fermignano PU 19 8596 43293
Frontone PU 20 1300 44593

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km N of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
50 Km E of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
53 Km SW of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
54 Km SW of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
68 Km N of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
69 Km SE of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
100 Km S of Ravenna (159116 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 0.5 2016-10-14
12:38:41
43.5458 12.496 1 2017-05-03
08:51:44
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 43615941
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 1.4 2016-10-14
12:38:41
43.5357 12.5162 7 2016-10-14
12:57:58
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 30180381
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-10-14 12:38:41 ± 0.19
Latitude 43.5458 ± 0.0144
Longitude 12.4960 ± 0.0161
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 43615941

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1820
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 940
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 327
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1820.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.38
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02968
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.25091
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 43615941
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-05-03 08:51:44

Md:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 30180381
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-10-14 12:57:58
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.FSSB.HHN. 2016-10-14T12:38:46.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 54 27.8499 91 -0.49 69
IV.ATVO.HHE. 2016-10-14T12:38:45.09 0.1 positive manual P 202 19.5693 91 -0.15 100
IV.BADI.EHE. 2016-10-14T12:38:45.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 259 20.6682 91 -0.03 77
IV.FRON.EHZ. 2016-10-14T12:38:44.72 0.1 positive manual P 99 18.7701 92 -0.36 96
IV.ATPI.EHZ. 2016-10-14T12:38:44.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 216 12.9759 92 0.16 76
IV.NARO.HHZ. 2016-10-14T12:38:43.64 0.1 positive manual P 43 9.879 93 0.33 98
IV.PIEI.HHZ. 2016-10-14T12:38:42.43 0.1 positive manual P 110 3.2967 99 0.43 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.FRON.EHE. ML:0.4 0.00002641626 0.1216 AML other m 2016-10-14T12:38:47.62
IV.FRON.EHN. ML:0.6 0.000042254625 0.064 AML other m 2016-10-14T12:38:47.82
IV.NARO.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000045319725 1.1648 AML other m 2016-10-14T12:38:45.66
IV.NARO.HHE. ML:0.5 0.000049079905 0.0576 AML other m 2016-10-14T12:38:45.54
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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