Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 24-11-2012 and time 12:42:01 (UTC) in region 4 km S Rotonda (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Rotonda (PZ), on

  • 24-11-2012 12:42:01 (UTC)
  • 24-11-2012 13:42:01 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.9170, 16.0240 at 6 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Rotonda PZ 4 3494 3494
Mormanno CS 4 3027 6521
Laino Castello CS 5 848 7369
Laino Borgo CS 6 1921 9290
Viggianello PZ 8 3025 12315
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 11 2131 14446
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 11 824 15270
Papasidero CS 11 734 16004
Morano Calabro CS 13 4576 20580
San Severino Lucano PZ 15 1563 22143
Orsomarso CS 16 1265 23408
San Basile CS 17 1055 24463
Aieta CS 17 823 25286
Santa Domenica Talao CS 18 1263 26549
Episcopia PZ 19 1434 27983
Latronico PZ 19 4556 32539
Castrovillari CS 19 22240 54779
Saracena CS 19 3828 58607

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
72 Km N of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
83 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Matera (60436 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.7 2012-11-24
12:42:00
39.916 16.0198 8 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 2626701
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 0.7 2012-11-24
12:42:01
39.9172 16.0237 6 2014-09-19
08:14:18
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 3216031
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-11-24 12:42:01 ± 0.09
Latitude 39.9172 ± 0.0045
Longitude 16.0237 ± 0.0070
Depth (km) 6 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 3216031

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 640
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 440
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 234
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 640.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 123
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13220
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29048
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 3216031
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-18 12:46:05

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 2626701
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2012-11-24 12:47:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2012-11-24T12:42:13.06 0.6 undecidable manual S 336 32.2455 101 0.57 44
IV.T0702.EHZ. 2012-11-24T12:42:09.03 0.6 undecidable manual S 167 22.3554 105 -0.11 49
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2012-11-24T12:42:07.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 336 32.2455 101 -0.08 98
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2012-11-24T12:42:07.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 296 19.6692 107 -0.29 48
IV.T0724.EHZ. 2012-11-24T12:42:06.68 0.6 undecidable manual S 239 14.6742 112 0.08 50
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2012-11-24T12:42:06.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 99 27.75 102 -0.1 98
IV.T0702.EHZ. 2012-11-24T12:42:05.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 167 22.3554 105 0.17 98
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2012-11-24T12:42:05.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 296 19.6692 107 -0.19 98
IV.T0724.EHZ. 2012-11-24T12:42:04.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 239 14.6742 112 0.11 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CUC.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000058450000000000005 0.52 AML other m 2012-11-24T12:42:08.09
MN.CUC.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000040999999999999994 1.26 AML other m 2012-11-24T12:42:08.35
IV.SALB.HHN. ML:0.3 0.000011515 0.64 AML other m 2012-11-24T12:42:13.82
IV.SALB.HHE. ML:0.6 0.0000248 1.12 AML other m 2012-11-24T12:42:15.20
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000027 1.16 AML other m 2012-11-24T12:42:14.56
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000023100000000000002 1.18 AML other m 2012-11-24T12:42:14.73
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