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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 16-03-2017 and time 17:21:50 (UTC) in region 3 km NE Tufara (CB)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Tufara (CB), on

  • 16-03-2017 17:21:50 (UTC)
  • 16-03-2017 18:21:50 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.4960, 14.9780 at 30 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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.

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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
Tufara CB 3 925 925
San Marco la Catola FG 4 1012 1937
Gambatesa CB 6 1464 3401
Volturara Appula FG 6 430 3831
Castelvetere in Val Fortore BN 7 1240 5071
Celenza Valfortore FG 7 1598 6669
San Bartolomeo in Galdo BN 10 4867 11536
Carlantino FG 11 980 12516
Baselice BN 11 2397 14913
Motta Montecorvino FG 11 730 15643
Riccia CB 12 5262 20905
Macchia Valfortore CB 12 576 21481
Volturino FG 12 1743 23224
Pietracatella CB 13 1375 24599
Pietramontecorvino FG 14 2721 27320
Alberona FG 14 985 28305
Castelnuovo della Daunia FG 15 1445 29750
Jelsi CB 15 1781 31531
Casalvecchio di Puglia FG 16 1877 33408
Foiano di Val Fortore BN 16 1410 34818
Sant'Elia a Pianisi CB 16 1818 36636
Roseto Valfortore FG 17 1074 37710
Casalnuovo Monterotaro FG 17 1556 39266
Castelpagano BN 18 1483 40749
Colletorto CB 19 1938 42687
Colle Sannita BN 19 2431 45118
Monacilioni CB 19 523 45641
Montefalcone di Val Fortore BN 19 1525 47166
Toro CB 20 1391 48557
Gildone CB 20 809 49366

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km SW of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
66 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
80 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
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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 1.4 2017-03-16
17:21:50		 41.4963 14.9782 31 2018-01-10
09:55:05		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 50684631
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2017-03-16
17:21:49		 41.5113 14.9887 33 2017-03-16
17:34:10		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 42501671
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-03-16 17:21:50 ± 0.41
Latitude 41.4963 ± 0.0180
Longitude 14.9782 ± 0.0156
Depth (km) 31 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 50684631

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2005
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 611
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 344
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2000.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 72
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 32
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.62773
Number of stations at which the event was observed 25
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 50684631
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-10-04 10:56:13

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 42501671
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-03-16 17:34:10
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:23:40.93 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -4.67 0
IV.CAPR.HNZ. 2017-03-16T17:23:17.08 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 2.16 0
IV.NDIM.HNZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:59.03 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -1.97 0
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:58.50 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 2.81 0
IV.T1211.EHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:49.56 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.59 0
IV.T1241.EHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:47.04 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.22 0
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:46.13 3.0 undecidable manual S 4.17 0
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:45.78 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 0.35 0
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:43.13 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.46 0
IV.T1299.EHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:43.74 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.64 0
IV.LIK.EHZ.01 2017-03-16T17:22:31.56 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 0.53 0
CR.STON.BHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:31.98 3.0 negative manual Pn 0.37 0
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:30.60 3.0 positive manual Pn 3.62 0
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:28.38 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -3.09 0
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:20.02 3.0 undecidable manual S -2.7 0
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:18.53 3.0 positive manual Pn -1.96 0
IV.LIK.EHZ.01 2017-03-16T17:22:15.66 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 1.88 0
IV.BSSO.HHN. 2017-03-16T17:22:04.12 0.6 undecidable manual S 280 32.4453 129 0.45 45
IV.PSB1.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:03.71 0.3 undecidable manual S 205 33.3444 128 -0.15 74
IV.SGRT.HHN. 2017-03-16T17:22:03.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 65 69.6747 109 0.19 68
IV.MOCO.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:02.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 133 20.4684 143 0.56 69
IV.SACR.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:02.02 0.6 undecidable manual S 244 25.1526 137 -0.23 49
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:01.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 28 26.3514 135 -0.96 56
IV.APRC.HNN. 2017-03-16T17:22:01.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 58 55.1004 114 0.7 61
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:22:00.22 0.6 undecidable manual S 288 5.994 168 0.42 48
IV.PSB1.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:21:58.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 205 33.3444 128 -0.08 100
IV.BSSO.HHN. 2017-03-16T17:21:58.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 280 32.4453 129 0.28 71
IV.SACR.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:21:57.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 244 25.1526 137 -0.14 100
IV.CIGN.HHN. 2017-03-16T17:21:57.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 341 18.5703 146 0.76 63
IV.MOCO.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:21:56.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 133 20.4684 143 -0.25 97
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:21:56.94 0.1 positive manual P 28 26.3514 135 -0.51 91
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2017-03-16T17:21:55.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 288 5.994 168 -0.43 72
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GATE.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000143 0.34 AML other m 2017-03-16T17:22:01.47
IV.GATE.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00008765 0.54 AML other m 2017-03-16T17:22:02.08
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