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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 15-12-2016 and time 22:30:53 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Santa Vittoria in Matenano (FM)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Santa Vittoria in Matenano (FM), on

  • 15-12-2016 21:30:53 (UTC)
  • 15-12-2016 22:30:53 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0370, 13.5080 at 23 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Santa Vittoria in Matenano FM 2 1330 1330
Monteleone di Fermo FM 2 395 1725
Montelparo FM 3 778 2503
Servigliano FM 5 2336 4839
Monsampietro Morico FM 5 659 5498
Monte San Martino MC 6 765 6263
Smerillo FM 6 365 6628
Monte Rinaldo FM 6 379 7007
Montefalcone Appennino FM 7 424 7431
Belmonte Piceno FM 7 646 8077
Montottone FM 7 979 9056
Penna San Giovanni MC 7 1108 10164
Ortezzano FM 8 774 10938
Force AP 8 1354 12292
Falerone FM 8 3337 15629
Montedinove AP 10 488 16117
Monte Vidon Corrado FM 10 731 16848
Montalto delle Marche AP 10 2122 18970
Rotella AP 10 906 19876
Monte Vidon Combatte FM 10 433 20309
Montegiorgio FM 11 6851 27160
Grottazzolina FM 11 3398 30558
Comunanza AP 12 3166 33724
Montappone FM 12 1682 35406
Sant'Angelo in Pontano MC 12 1436 36842
Monte Giberto FM 12 801 37643
Petritoli FM 13 2335 39978
Massa Fermana FM 13 963 40941
Magliano di Tenna FM 13 1452 42393
Amandola FM 14 3629 46022
Gualdo MC 14 815 46837
Castignano AP 14 2796 49633
Ponzano di Fermo FM 14 1674 51307
Carassai AP 14 1100 52407
Rapagnano FM 16 2145 54552
Palmiano AP 16 196 54748
Cossignano AP 16 978 55726
Loro Piceno MC 16 2401 58127
Ripe San Ginesio MC 16 852 58979
Sarnano MC 17 3264 62243
Mogliano MC 17 4696 66939
Montefortino FM 17 1178 68117
Venarotta AP 17 2066 70183
San Ginesio MC 17 3498 73681
Francavilla d'Ete FM 18 964 74645
Monterubbiano FM 18 2230 76875
Monte San Pietrangeli FM 18 2458 79333
Torre San Patrizio FM 18 2048 81381
Colmurano MC 19 1263 82644
Offida AP 19 5058 87702
Moresco FM 19 598 88300
Roccafluvione AP 20 2010 90310
Montefiore dell'Aso AP 20 2123 92433
Appignano del Tronto AP 20 1785 94218

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
65 Km S of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
77 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
86 Km NW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
93 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Fano (60888 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 		ML 1.5 2016-12-15
21:30:53		 43.0368 13.5077 23 2019-07-19
13:23:28		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 46536351
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2016-12-15
21:30:53		 43.0377 13.5103 23 2016-12-15
21:39:06		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 36850351
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-12-15 21:30:53 ± 0.05
Latitude 43.0368 ± 0.0027
Longitude 13.5077 ± 0.0037
Depth (km) 23 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 46536351

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 351
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 126
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 58
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 350.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 120
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 50
Number of defining phases 50
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10432
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.62053
Number of stations at which the event was observed 35
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 35
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 46536351
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-01-08 16:23:32

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 36850351
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-12-15 21:39:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SNTG.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:10.45 0.6 undecidable manual S 298 51.9036 107 -0.2 45
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:09.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 170 46.62 109 0.09 70
IV.SEF1.HNZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:09.86 0.6 undecidable manual S 285 47.0196 109 0.45 43
IV.CING.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:08.69 0.6 undecidable manual S 326 45.2214 110 -0.29 45
IV.T1243.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:07.11 0.3 undecidable manual S 187 38.0286 114 -0.08 71
IV.FEMA.HNZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:07.35 0.3 undecidable manual S 258 38.0286 114 0.16 69
IV.T1219.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:07.79 0.3 undecidable manual S 273 40.8258 112 -0.08 72
IV.T1245.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:06.26 0.6 undecidable manual S 232 32.745 118 0.34 45
IV.ARVD.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:06.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 318 68.5758 102 0.2 88
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:06.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 270 34.0437 117 0.1 47
IV.ASSB.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:06.06 0.1 undecidable manual P 271 68.8755 102 -0.02 91
IV.MMUR.HNZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:05.34 0.6 undecidable manual P 318 60.9945 104 0.44 42
IV.MC2.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:05.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 242 29.3484 121 0.37 45
IV.GIGS.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:05.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 175 64.9905 103 -0.23 87
IV.FOSV.HNZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:05.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 296 66.8775 103 0.07 90
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:04.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 218 61.3941 104 0 92
IV.CSP1.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:04.03 0.3 undecidable manual S 284 25.2525 126 -0.2 72
IV.T1215.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:04.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 244 58.0974 105 0.07 91
IV.AOI.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:04.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 8 57.3981 105 -0.03 91
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:04.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 188 56.1993 105 0.18 90
IV.CESI.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:03.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 266 49.0176 108 -0.11 93
IV.T1246.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:03.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 181 50.3163 107 -0.15 91
IV.T1218.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:03.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 218 51.7038 107 0.16 91
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:03.03 0.3 undecidable manual S 224 21.1677 132 -0.34 70
IV.SEF1.HNZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:03.46 0.6 undecidable manual P 285 47.0196 109 0.62 41
IV.T1241.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:03.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 197 20.9679 132 0.06 49
IV.SNTG.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:03.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 298 51.9036 107 -0.05 93
IV.T1256.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:03.48 0.6 undecidable manual S 262 23.0547 129 -0.29 47
IV.SMA1.EHN. 2016-12-15T21:31:02.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 197 47.2194 109 -0.06 70
IV.T1299.HNZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:02.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 202 48.3183 108 -0.05 94
IV.CING.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:02.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 326 45.2214 110 -0.06 93
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:02.58 0.1 undecidable manual P 170 46.62 109 -0.2 90
IV.T1216.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:02.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 248 42.8238 111 0 95
IV.GUMA.HNE. 2016-12-15T21:31:02.23 0.3 undecidable manual S 282 14.2746 144 0.09 74
IV.EL6.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:02.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 315 46.1205 109 -0.06 94
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:01.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 235 39.1275 113 0 96
IV.T1219.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:01.93 0.1 undecidable manual P 273 40.8258 112 -0.02 96
IV.T1243.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:01.35 0.6 undecidable manual P 187 38.0286 114 -0.2 46
IV.FEMA.HNZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:01.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 258 38.0286 114 0.06 95
IV.SSM1.HNZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:00.94 0.6 undecidable manual P 309 34.2435 117 -0.08 48
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:00.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 270 34.0437 117 -0.46 89
IV.T1245.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:00.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 232 32.745 118 0.03 97
IV.MC2.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:31:00.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 242 29.3484 121 0.09 96
IV.T1241.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:30:59.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 197 20.9679 132 0.06 98
IV.OFFI.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:30:59.44 0.6 undecidable manual P 128 18.3705 137 0.4 47
IV.T1256.HHZ. 2016-12-15T21:30:59.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 262 23.0547 129 -0.12 97
IV.CSP1.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:30:59.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 284 25.2525 126 -0.02 74
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2016-12-15T21:30:59.28 0.1 negative manual P 224 21.1677 132 -0.07 98
IV.GUMA.HNE. 2016-12-15T21:30:58.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 282 14.2746 144 0.06 99
IV.MNTP.HNZ. 2016-12-15T21:30:58.41 0.1 undecidable manual P 344 11.5773 150 -0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.T1241.EHE. ML:1.6 0.0001815 0.94 AML other m 2016-12-15T21:31:03.73
IV.T1241.EHN. ML:1.6 0.0001735 0.16 AML other m 2016-12-15T21:31:03.72
IV.T1256.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00011195000000000001 0.78 AML other m 2016-12-15T21:31:04.45
IV.T1256.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00009235 1 AML other m 2016-12-15T21:31:04.36
IV.T1245.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00009325 0.7 AML other m 2016-12-15T21:31:06.49
IV.NRCA.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001475 1.88 AML other m 2016-12-15T21:31:11.99
IV.NRCA.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000127 0.14 AML other m 2016-12-15T21:31:11.64
IV.T1245.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0000738 0.62 AML other m 2016-12-15T21:31:12.66
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