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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 12-01-2017 and time 03:25:00 (Italy) in region 1 km E Vinchiaturo (CB)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Vinchiaturo (CB), on

  • 12-01-2017 02:25:00 (UTC)
  • 12-01-2017 03:25:00 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.5000, 14.6010 at 10 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
Vinchiaturo CB 1 3324 3324
Baranello CB 5 2673 5997
San Giuliano del Sannio CB 6 1029 7026
Mirabello Sannitico CB 6 2180 9206
Ferrazzano CB 7 3344 12550
Colle d'Anchise CB 7 807 13357
Busso CB 7 1273 14630
Cercepiccola CB 7 681 15311
Campobasso CB 8 49431 64742
Guardiaregia CB 9 801 65543
Campochiaro CB 10 646 66189
Oratino CB 10 1641 67830
San Polo Matese CB 10 470 68300
Sepino CB 10 1964 70264
Spinete CB 11 1320 71584
Bojano CB 11 8058 79642
Cercemaggiore CB 11 3777 83419
Casalciprano CB 11 564 83983
Gildone CB 12 809 84792
Ripalimosani CB 14 3114 87906
Campodipietra CB 14 2570 90476
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 14 275 90751
Castropignano CB 14 947 91698
Sassinoro BN 15 618 92316
Matrice CB 16 1115 93431
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 16 580 94011
San Massimo CB 16 855 94866
Toro CB 16 1391 96257
Jelsi CB 16 1781 98038
Santa Croce del Sannio BN 17 927 98965
Frosolone IS 17 3170 102135
Torella del Sannio CB 17 795 102930
Molise CB 17 167 103097
Pietraroja BN 17 545 103642
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 18 739 104381
Montagano CB 18 1086 105467
Macchiagodena IS 18 1854 107321
Morcone BN 18 4932 112253
Cusano Mutri BN 20 4091 116344
Riccia CB 20 5262 121606
Limosano CB 20 768 122374
Fossalto CB 20 1345 123719

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
68 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
75 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Salerno (135261 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 1.5 2017-01-12
02:25:00		 41.4998 14.6012 10 2018-01-10
09:44:32		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 49450271
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2017-01-12
02:25:00		 41.5087 14.6025 10 2017-01-12
03:17:00		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 38912531
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-01-12 02:25:00 ± 0.14
Latitude 41.4998 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.6012 ± 0.0120
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 49450271

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 970
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 811
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 210
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 970.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 77
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12860
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39210
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 49450271
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-08-28 11:01:11

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 38912531
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-01-12 03:17:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:14.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 301 43.5231 50 0.22 46
IV.PSB1.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:13.08 0.6 undecidable manual S 150 35.2425 50 0.52 43
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:12.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 299 32.8449 50 0.41 45
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:12.18 0.6 undecidable manual S 253 31.9458 50 0.51 44
IV.TRIV.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:11.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 352 29.9478 50 0.77 39
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:08.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 301 43.5231 50 -0.17 92
IV.PSB1.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:07.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 150 35.2425 50 -0.38 67
IV.CIGN.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:06.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 56 30.4473 50 -0.33 68
IV.GATE.HNN. 2017-01-12T02:25:06.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 87 25.752 110 0.34 69
IV.TRIV.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:06.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 352 29.9478 50 -0.2 94
IV.SACR.HNN. 2017-01-12T02:25:06.65 0.6 undecidable manual S 143 14.2746 123 0.38 46
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:06.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 299 32.8449 50 -0.3 91
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:06.98 0.6 undecidable manual P 176 35.2425 50 -0.4 45
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2017-01-12T02:25:06.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 253 31.9458 50 -0.2 70
IV.SACR.HNN. 2017-01-12T02:25:03.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 143 14.2746 123 -0.02 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MIDA.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00008925 0.3 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:16.80
IV.MIDA.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00009870000000000001 1.48 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:20.03
IV.PSB1.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00007275 0.96 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:17.68
IV.PSB1.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00009075 0.44 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:13.27
IV.SACR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000185 1.68 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:06.01
IV.SACR.HNN. ML:1.4 0.0002545 0.24 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:06.98
IV.SACR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000244 0.22 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:06.97
IV.SACR.HNE. ML:1.2 0.000178 1.06 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:08.13
IV.TRIV.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000231 0.44 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:12.25
IV.TRIV.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000115 0.68 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:12.53
IV.VAGA.HNE. ML:1.5 0.0001575 0.44 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:15.26
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0002405 1.4 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:13.73
IV.VAGA.HNN. ML:1.7 0.00022849999999999997 1.4 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:13.73
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000176 0.9 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:15.47
IV.VITU.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00011999999999999999 0.54 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:15.25
IV.VITU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001575 0.3 AML other m 2017-01-12T02:25:16.70
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