Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 06-01-2019 and time 18:30:16 (UTC) in region Golfo di Policastro (Salerno, Potenza)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Golfo di Policastro (Salerno, Potenza), on

  • 06-01-2019 18:30:16 (UTC)
  • 06-01-2019 19:30:16 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.0060, 15.6000 at 16 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.

Hai sentito il terremoto? Clicca qui

Did you feel it? Fill in the questionnaire.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Sapri SA 8 6770 6770
Ispani SA 10 1026 7796
Maratea PZ 11 5139 12935
Vibonati SA 11 3293 16228
Santa Marina SA 12 3243 19471
Torraca SA 12 1263 20734
San Giovanni a Piro SA 14 3780 24514
Tortorella SA 15 523 25037
Morigerati SA 16 665 25702
Trecchina PZ 16 2316 28018
Rivello PZ 16 2767 30785
Casaletto Spartano SA 16 1420 32205
Tortora CS 17 6187 38392
Torre Orsaia SA 18 2118 40510
Roccagloriosa SA 18 1722 42232
Nemoli PZ 18 1495 43727
Lagonegro PZ 19 5584 49311
Celle di Bulgheria SA 19 1922 51233
Caselle in Pittari SA 19 1956 53189
Camerota SA 20 6985 60174
Praia a Mare CS 20 6725 66899

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
73 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
85 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
97 Km NW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.0 2019-01-06
18:30:16		 40.0062 15.5998 16 2019-08-22
08:24:53		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 66680241
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2019-01-06
18:30:16		 40.0158 15.6033 18 2019-01-06
18:38:51		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 64555321
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-01-06 18:30:16 ± 0.14
Latitude 40.0062 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.5998 ± 0.0117
Depth (km) 16 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 66680241

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1208
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 507
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 42
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1210.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 145
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13580
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.91281
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66680241
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-03-29 15:28:04

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64555321
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-01-06 18:38:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SPS2.HHE. 2019-01-06T18:30:32.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 141 101.3208 93 -0.37 79
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:32.43 0.6 undecidable manual P 148 98.5236 93 -0.34 40
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:28.05 0.1 undecidable manual P 102 65.0904 95 0.42 84
IV.MMN.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:28.39 0.3 undecidable manual S 111 35.5422 101 0.16 71
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:26.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 335 59.1963 96 -0.57 61
IX.SRN3.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:25.65 0.1 undecidable manual P 347 54.6009 96 -0.38 87
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:24.55 0.3 undecidable manual S 293 20.4684 115 0.17 73
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:24.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 4 42.7239 99 0.29 68
IV.MMN.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:23.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 111 35.5422 101 -0.02 96
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:23.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 345 15.0738 126 -0.13 73
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:23.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 26 39.3273 100 0.21 69
MN.CUC.HNZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:23.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 94 18.3705 119 -0.37 69
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:22.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 49 29.9478 104 0.14 71
IV.GRIS.HNZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:22.40 3.0 undecidable manual S 36.5412 -6.07 0
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:21.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 293 20.4684 115 0.3 94
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:20.23 0.1 positive manual P 345 15.0738 126 0.04 100
MN.CUC.HNZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:20.68 0.1 undecidable manual P 94 18.3705 119 0.07 99
IV.GRIS.HNZ. 2019-01-06T18:30:17.19 3.0 undecidable manual P 36.5412 -6.08 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MGR.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0010030000000000002 0.28 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:23.41
IV.MGR.HNE. ML:2.1 0.0010635 0.28 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:23.43
IV.MGR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0009565 0.68 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:23.44
MN.CUC.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0005729999999999999 1.02 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:24.71
MN.CUC.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0006245000000000001 1.1 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:24.99
IV.MGR.HNN. ML:2.1 0.0009425 1.74 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:25.94
IV.BULG.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0007325000000000001 1 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:26.95
IV.BULG.HNN. ML:2.0 0.000745 1 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:26.95
IV.BULG.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0006855 0.22 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:26.59
IV.BULG.HNE. ML:2.0 0.000656 0.2 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:26.59
IV.MMN.HHN. ML:2.4 0.001092 0.68 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:29.05
IV.MMN.HHE. ML:2.3 0.000734 0.3 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:29.64
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00034199999999999996 0.22 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:30.51
IV.SIRI.HNN. ML:1.9 0.0003265 0.22 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:30.52
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0003955 0.92 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:30.42
IV.SIRI.HNE. ML:1.9 0.0003525 0.36 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:30.70
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00008455 0.44 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:35.69
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0001955 0.48 AML other m 2019-01-06T18:30:36.36
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download
Waveforms Seismic signals in miniseed + resp format Download