Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 27-12-2019 and time 03:44:20 (Italy) in region 1 km SW Pioraco (MC)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SW Pioraco (MC), on

  • 27-12-2019 02:44:20 (UTC)
  • 27-12-2019 03:44:20 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.1710, 12.9810 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Pioraco MC 1 1134 1134
Sefro MC 4 422 1556
Fiuminata MC 4 1402 2958
Castelraimondo MC 8 4587 7545
Camerino MC 8 6974 14519
Esanatoglia MC 10 2034 16553
Matelica MC 10 9981 26534
Gagliole MC 11 620 27154
Serravalle di Chienti MC 11 1070 28224
Muccia MC 11 915 29139
Pievebovigliana MC 15 866 30005
Pieve Torina MC 15 1458 31463
Nocera Umbra PG 17 5839 37302
Cerreto d'Esi AN 17 3817 41119
Serrapetrona MC 17 966 42085
Gualdo Tadino PG 17 15208 57293
Fiordimonte MC 17 202 57495
San Severino Marche MC 17 12726 70221
Fabriano AN 20 31480 101701
Monte Cavallo MC 20 145 101846

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
49 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
75 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
82 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
83 Km S of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
97 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 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 0.6 2019-12-27
02:44:20		 43.1707 12.9808 10 2019-12-27
02:48:24		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 75007781
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-12-27 02:44:20 ± 0.08
Latitude 43.1707 ± 0.0027
Longitude 12.9808 ± 0.0074
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 75007781

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 521
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 225
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 91
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08903
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.32825
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75007781
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-27 02:48:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ATCC.EHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:30.07 0.1 undecidable manual S 273 27.6501 50 -0.03 97
IV.EL6.EHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:28.11 0.1 undecidable manual S 29 20.1687 117 0.21 95
IV.CESI.HHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:27.93 0.1 undecidable manual S 199 19.3695 118 0.26 94
IV.ARVD.HHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:27.15 0.6 positive manual P 355 36.4413 50 -0.07 47
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:26.78 0.1 undecidable manual S 150 17.1717 121 -0.22 95
IV.ATCC.EHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:25.79 1.0 negative manual P 273 27.6501 50 -0.07 24
IV.SNTG.HHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:24.78 0.1 undecidable manual S 341 9.879 136 -0.22 96
IV.EL6.EHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:24.67 0.6 negative manual P 29 20.1687 117 0.08 49
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:24.04 0.3 negative manual P 150 17.1717 121 -0.03 74
IV.CESI.HHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:24.46 0.6 undecidable manual P 199 19.3695 118 0 50
IV.SNTG.HHZ. 2019-12-27T02:44:22.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 341 9.879 136 0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SNTG.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00007485 0.12 AML other m 2019-12-27T02:44:24.86
IV.SNTG.HHN. ML:0.6 0.00004765 0.1 AML other m 2019-12-27T02:44:25.15
IV.FDMO.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000026949999999999998 0.6 AML other m 2019-12-27T02:44:27.33
IV.FDMO.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000022100000000000002 1.24 AML other m 2019-12-27T02:44:27.21
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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