Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 20-02-2019 and time 11:18:35 (Italy) in region 1 km W Roccavignale (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.9 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Roccavignale (SV), on

  • 20-02-2019 10:18:35 (UTC)
  • 20-02-2019 11:18:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.3660, 8.1810 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
Roccavignale SV 1 752 752
Millesimo SV 2 3383 4135
Montezemolo CN 3 259 4394
Cengio SV 3 3563 7957
Castelnuovo di Ceva CN 4 110 8067
Cosseria SV 4 1105 9172
Plodio SV 5 650 9822
Saliceto CN 6 1323 11145
Murialdo SV 6 841 11986
Camerana CN 7 631 12617
Priero CN 7 529 13146
Perlo CN 8 116 13262
Sale delle Langhe CN 8 486 13748
Cairo Montenotte SV 9 13269 27017
Pallare SV 9 923 27940
Carcare SV 9 5587 33527
Sale San Giovanni CN 9 183 33710
Osiglia SV 10 444 34154
Nucetto CN 10 430 34584
Bormida SV 11 387 34971
Gottasecca CN 11 148 35119
Massimino SV 11 113 35232
Paroldo CN 11 211 35443
Ceva CN 12 5782 41225
Monesiglio CN 12 645 41870
Mallare SV 12 1146 43016
Bagnasco CN 13 1035 44051
Altare SV 14 2108 46159
Torresina CN 14 52 46211
Mombarcaro CN 14 268 46479
Roascio CN 14 97 46576
Dego SV 14 1985 48561
Prunetto CN 14 451 49012
Castelletto Uzzone CN 14 331 49343
Battifollo CN 14 219 49562
Calizzano SV 15 1475 51037
Scagnello CN 16 194 51231
Igliano CN 16 74 51305
Gorzegno CN 17 304 51609
Mombasiglio CN 17 609 52218
Piana Crixia SV 17 788 53006
San Benedetto Belbo CN 17 179 53185
Castellino Tanaro CN 17 312 53497
Lisio CN 17 201 53698
Lesegno CN 17 794 54492
Murazzano CN 18 834 55326
Rialto SV 18 564 55890
Priola CN 18 701 56591
Niella Belbo CN 18 372 56963
Marsaglia CN 18 245 57208
Viola CN 19 391 57599
Levice CN 19 231 57830
Monasterolo Casotto CN 19 89 57919
Pezzolo Valle Uzzone CN 19 344 58263
Merana AL 19 189 58452
Giusvalla SV 19 441 58893
Bardineto SV 20 756 59649
Orco Feglino SV 20 890 60539
Magliolo SV 20 974 61513
Calice Ligure SV 20 1730 63243

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km W of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
50 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
60 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
81 Km SE of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Torino (890529 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 0.9 2019-02-20
10:18:35
44.3657 8.1807 1 2019-08-22
08:25:01
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 69355491
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.0 2019-02-20
10:18:35
44.3287 8.2072 10 2019-02-20
10:26:27
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 65728771
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-02-20 10:18:35 ± 0.2
Latitude 44.3657 ± 0.0117
Longitude 8.1807 ± 0.0138
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 69355491

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1540
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 840
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 323
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1540.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 173
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12501
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.31386
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:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 69355491
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-06-21 12:24:15

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 65728771
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-02-20 10:26:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2019-02-20T10:18:42.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 56 34.8429 91 -0.15 95
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2019-02-20T10:18:41.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 243 30.3474 91 0.23 70
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2019-02-20T10:18:41.23 0.1 undecidable manual P 198 29.5482 91 -0.23 94
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2019-02-20T10:18:39.16 0.1 positive manual P 166 18.1707 92 -0.01 100
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2019-02-20T10:18:38.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 109 13.875 92 0.21 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00016458319999999998 0.2368 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:42.03
IV.QLNO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00011496895 0.5184 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:42.28
IV.QLNO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00011842317999999999 0.4608 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:42.46
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00011820354999999999 1.2608 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:42.82
GU.RORO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000030600000000000005 0.84 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:45.08
GU.GBOS.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000029677254999999998 0.8 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:45.68
GU.RORO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000042999999999999995 0.16 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:45.43
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.3 0.000012279476000000001 2.1184 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:46.15
GU.PCP.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000014532535 0.16 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:48.24
GU.PCP.HHN. ML:0.7 0.0000192982405 0.2368 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:48.35
GU.ENR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000200160975 0.0832 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:57.16
GU.ENR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000019343836 0.0832 AML other m 2019-02-20T10:18:57.48
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