Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 14-10-2009 and time 23:51:48 (Italy) in region W Melizzano (BN)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: W Melizzano (BN), on

  • 14-10-2009 21:51:48 (UTC)
  • 14-10-2009 23:51:48 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.1630, 14.5010 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Melizzano BN 0 1858 1858
Frasso Telesino BN 2 2318 4176
Castel Campagnano CE 5 1581 5757
Dugenta BN 5 2798 8555
Solopaca BN 6 3820 12375
Amorosi BN 6 2797 15172
Telese Terme BN 7 7486 22658
Puglianello BN 8 1349 24007
Sant'Agata de' Goti BN 8 11216 35223
San Salvatore Telesino BN 8 3999 39222
Castelvenere BN 9 2562 41784
Limatola BN 9 4073 45857
Ruviano CE 9 1655 47512
Moiano BN 10 4094 51606
Bucciano BN 11 2100 53706
Caiazzo CE 11 5595 59301
Valle di Maddaloni CE 12 2742 62043
Cautano BN 12 2044 64087
Airola BN 12 8195 72282
Tocco Caudio BN 12 1508 73790
Durazzano BN 12 2230 76020
Vitulano BN 13 2944 78964
Campoli del Monte Taburno BN 13 1546 80510
Castel Morrone CE 13 3858 84368
San Lorenzello BN 13 2227 86595
Faicchio BN 13 3634 90229
Guardia Sanframondi BN 13 5078 95307
Bonea BN 14 1448 96755
Piana di Monte Verna CE 14 2390 99145
Cerreto Sannita BN 14 3940 103085
Paupisi BN 14 1633 104718
San Lorenzo Maggiore BN 14 2154 106872
Foglianise BN 14 3385 110257
Arpaia BN 15 1992 112249
Cervino CE 15 5031 117280
Forchia BN 15 1235 118515
Arienzo CE 15 5365 123880
Santa Maria a Vico CE 15 14022 137902
Paolisi BN 15 2072 139974
Torrecuso BN 15 3407 143381
San Lupo BN 16 801 144182
Gioia Sannitica CE 16 3638 147820
Montesarchio BN 16 13500 161320
Rotondi AV 16 3591 164911
Alvignano CE 17 4824 169735
Maddaloni CE 17 39166 208901
San Felice a Cancello CE 17 17568 226469
Castelpoto BN 17 1254 227723
Ponte BN 17 2580 230303
Caserta CE 17 76326 306629
Casagiove CE 18 13651 320280
Castel di Sasso CE 19 1171 321451
Cervinara AV 19 9658 331109
San Nicola la Strada CE 19 22448 353557
Apollosa BN 19 2658 356215
San Marco Evangelista CE 19 6532 362747
Liberi CE 19 1153 363900
Cusano Mutri BN 20 4091 367991
Casalduni BN 20 1378 369369

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
24 Km W of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
26 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
31 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
32 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
34 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
36 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
37 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
39 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
40 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
41 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
42 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
43 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
46 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
54 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
58 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
74 Km NW of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of San Severo (53905 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
Md 1.9
ML 1.5
2009-10-14
21:51:48
41.163 14.501 11 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 979519
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-10-14 21:51:48 ± 0.63
Latitude 41.1630 ± 0.0324
Longitude 14.5010 ± 0.0311
Depth (km) 11 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 979519

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4158
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1526
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 34
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 4440.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 263
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.54
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.25990
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 979519
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:44:18

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 979519
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:44:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PSB1.HHE. 2009-10-14T21:51:58.73 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 75 26.751 0.504 60
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2009-10-14T21:51:57.06 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 6 22.3554 -0.006 67
IV.SGG.HHN. 2009-10-14T21:51:57.72 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 338 26.751 -0.517 59
IV.SGG.HHN. 2009-10-14T21:51:54.71 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 338 26.751 0.59 87
IV.PE9.EHZ. 2009-10-14T21:51:54.00 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 74 28.8489 -0.437 60
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2009-10-14T21:51:53.47 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 6 22.3554 0.022 100
IV.PSB1.HHE. 2009-10-14T21:51:53.82 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 75 26.751 -0.293 94
IV.CDCA.EHE. 2009-10-14T21:51:30.53 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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