Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 12-01-2017 and time 05:17:14 (Italy) in region 3 km NW San Giuliano del Sannio (CB)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW San Giuliano del Sannio (CB), on

  • 12-01-2017 04:17:14 (UTC)
  • 12-01-2017 05:17:14 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.4800, 14.6260 at 17 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
San Giuliano del Sannio CB 3 1029 1029
Vinchiaturo CB 4 3324 4353
Cercepiccola CB 4 681 5034
Mirabello Sannitico CB 6 2180 7214
Ferrazzano CB 7 3344 10558
Baranello CB 8 2673 13231
Sepino CB 8 1964 15195
Cercemaggiore CB 8 3777 18972
Guardiaregia CB 9 801 19773
Campobasso CB 9 49431 69204
Colle d'Anchise CB 10 807 70011
Busso CB 10 1273 71284
Gildone CB 10 809 72093
Campochiaro CB 11 646 72739
San Polo Matese CB 11 470 73209
Sassinoro BN 12 618 73827
Oratino CB 12 1641 75468
Bojano CB 13 8058 83526
Campodipietra CB 13 2570 86096
Santa Croce del Sannio BN 14 927 87023
Spinete CB 14 1320 88343
Casalciprano CB 14 564 88907
Jelsi CB 15 1781 90688
Ripalimosani CB 15 3114 93802
Morcone BN 16 4932 98734
Toro CB 16 1391 100125
Pietraroja BN 16 545 100670
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 16 580 101250
Castropignano CB 17 947 102197
Matrice CB 17 1115 103312
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 17 275 103587
Castelpagano BN 17 1483 105070
Riccia CB 18 5262 110332
San Massimo CB 18 855 111187
Cusano Mutri BN 18 4091 115278
Montagano CB 19 1086 116364
Torella del Sannio CB 20 795 117159
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 20 739 117898
Frosolone IS 20 3170 121068

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
51 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
63 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
67 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2017-01-12
04:17:14		 41.4798 14.6257 17 2018-01-10
09:44:32		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 49450831
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2017-01-12
04:17:15		 41.4952 14.622 13 2017-01-12
04:24:00		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 38915971
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-01-12 04:17:14 ± 0.19
Latitude 41.4798 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.6257 ± 0.0096
Depth (km) 17 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 49450831

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 869
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 127
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 175
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 870.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 107
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.43707
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 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 49450831
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-08-28 11:25:53

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 38915971
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-01-12 04:24:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:30.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 59 48.5181 99 -0.01 74
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:27.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 300 35.742 104 0.47 46
IV.PSB1.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:26.83 0.6 undecidable manual S 151 32.3454 106 0.54 46
IV.TRIV.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:26.86 0.3 undecidable manual S 349 32.4453 106 0.56 67
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:23.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 59 48.5181 99 -0.69 63
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:23.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 302 46.4202 100 -0.34 94
IV.SACR.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:21.19 0.6 undecidable manual S 144 11.2776 140 -0.27 49
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:21.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 258 33.3444 106 0.16 99
IV.TRIV.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:21.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 349 32.4453 106 -0.15 100
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:21.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 300 35.742 104 -0.33 96
IV.CIGN.HHN. 2017-01-12T04:17:21.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 50 30.1476 108 0.21 74
IV.PSB1.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:21.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 151 32.3454 106 0.17 99
IV.GATE.HHE. 2017-01-12T04:17:20.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 81 23.9538 114 0.46 71
IV.SACR.HHZ. 2017-01-12T04:17:18.46 0.1 negative manual P 144 11.2776 140 -0.25 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MIDA.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00008295 0.58 AML other m 2017-01-12T04:17:28.59
IV.MIDA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00009575 1.66 AML other m 2017-01-12T04:17:32.04
IV.MIDA.HNE. ML:1.4 0.0000996 1.64 AML other m 2017-01-12T04:17:32.05
IV.MIDA.HNN. ML:1.9 0.00028799999999999995 1.56 AML other m 2017-01-12T04:17:38.15
IV.SACR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0002785 0.26 AML other m 2017-01-12T04:17:22.07
IV.SACR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00017099999999999998 1.24 AML other m 2017-01-12T04:17:23.84
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00008319999999999999 1.14 AML other m 2017-01-12T04:17:30.99
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001695 1.36 AML other m 2017-01-12T04:17:30.12
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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