Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 08-08-2018 and time 08:45:54 (Italy) in region 3 km W Borgo a Mozzano (LU)

A magnitude ML 1.2 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Borgo a Mozzano (LU), on

  • 08-08-2018 06:45:54 (UTC)
  • 08-08-2018 08:45:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.9720, 10.5130 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: quarry blast.

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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Borgo a Mozzano LU 3 6994 6994
Bagni di Lucca LU 8 6161 13155
Pescaglia LU 8 3526 16681
Coreglia Antelminelli LU 11 5215 21896
Barga LU 12 10034 31930
Gallicano LU 12 3807 35737
Villa Basilica LU 12 1633 37370
Molazzana LU 14 1043 38413
Fabbriche di Vergemoli LU 14 768 39181
Lucca LU 14 89046 128227
Capannori LU 15 46252 174479
Pescia PT 16 19644 194123
Fosciandora LU 17 602 194725
Porcari LU 17 8845 203570
Camaiore LU 17 32513 236083
Stazzema LU 18 3193 239276
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana LU 18 5950 245226
Massarosa LU 18 22471 267697
Montecarlo LU 18 4428 272125
Uzzano PT 19 5770 277895
Pieve Fosciana LU 20 2414 280309
Massa e Cozzile PT 20 7983 288292

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km N of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
24 Km E of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
30 Km NE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
31 Km E of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
33 Km W of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
35 Km E of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
57 Km E of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
81 Km S of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
94 Km S of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
98 Km NW of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.2 2018-08-08
06:45:54
43.9717 10.5127 1 2019-04-24
14:51:12
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 66671891
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.4 2018-08-08
06:45:54
43.9627 10.5153 9 2018-08-08
07:08:32
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 59506011
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-08-08 06:45:54 ± 0.15
Latitude 43.9717 ± 0.0072
Longitude 10.5127 ± 0.0175
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 66671891

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1350
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 760
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 272
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1350.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 162
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.25
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.32286
Number of stations at which the event was observed 18
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 59506011
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-08-08 07:08:32

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66671891
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-03-19 01:14:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:47:44.56 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 11.77 0
MN.PDG.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:47:29.75 3.0 positive manual Pn 2.13 0
CR.STON.BHZ. 2018-08-08T06:47:19.10 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 8.42 0
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:47:10.13 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 12.6 0
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:57.21 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 8.92 0
IV.IMI.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:50.35 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 8.27 0
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:43.87 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 1.5 0
IV.CAFI.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:34.00 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 2.32 0
IV.TOLF.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:25.42 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -1.19 0
IV.MILN.HNZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:19.34 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.54 0
IV.CAFI.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:18.54 3.0 positive manual Pg 4.58 0
IV.OSSC.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:15.94 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.36 0
IV.CASP.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:14.57 3.0 negative manual Pg 1.96 0
IV.NDIM.HNZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:08.65 3.0 positive manual P -0.47 0
GU.EQUI.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:01.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 307 35.8419 91 -0.35 67
GU.SARM.EHZ. 2018-08-08T06:46:00.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 339 25.1526 91 0.17 71
MN.VLC.HNZ. 2018-08-08T06:45:59.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 334 23.1546 91 -0.07 97
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:45:57.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 33 12.0768 92 -0.12 98
GU.CARD.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:45:56.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 338 6.4935 94 0.26 96
GU.MAIM.HHZ. 2018-08-08T06:45:56.36 0.1 positive manual P 195 6.5934 94 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.BDI.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00022600000000000002 0.46 AML other m 2018-08-08T06:46:00.11
IV.BDI.HNN. ML:1.1 0.000191 0.28 AML other m 2018-08-08T06:46:01.28
IV.BDI.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000219 0.26 AML other m 2018-08-08T06:46:01.44
IV.BDI.HNE. ML:1.3 0.0002735 0.66 AML other m 2018-08-08T06:46:01.45
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