Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 15-02-2022 and time 01:05:44 (Italy) in region 3 km E Atena Lucana (SA)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Atena Lucana (SA), on

  • 15-02-2022 00:05:44 (UTC)
  • 15-02-2022 01:05:44 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.4620, 15.5900 at 21 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.

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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
Atena Lucana SA 3 2336 2336
Brienza PZ 4 4078 6414
Sala Consilina SA 7 12664 19078
Sasso di Castalda PZ 8 835 19913
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 9 1695 21608
Sant'Arsenio SA 9 2815 24423
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 10 1429 25852
Teggiano SA 10 7976 33828
Polla SA 10 5279 39107
Satriano di Lucania PZ 10 2374 41481
San Rufo SA 11 1754 43235
Savoia di Lucania PZ 13 1127 44362
Marsico Nuovo PZ 13 4098 48460
Sassano SA 13 5013 53473
Monte San Giacomo SA 14 1572 55045
Caggiano SA 14 2765 57810
Padula SA 15 5368 63178
Pertosa SA 15 690 63868
Paterno PZ 15 3368 67236
Tito PZ 16 7332 74568
Vietri di Potenza PZ 17 2832 77400
Auletta SA 18 2336 79736
Corleto Monforte SA 18 592 80328
Salvitelle SA 18 560 80888
Abriola PZ 20 1531 82419
Picerno PZ 20 5985 88404

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
54 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
93 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 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 2022-02-15
00:05:44		 40.4622 15.5898 21 2022-07-08
12:33:29		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 101046601
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.8 2022-02-15
00:05:45		 40.4585 15.5737 17 2022-02-15
00:18:27		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 101001321
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-02-15 00:05:44 ± 0.12
Latitude 40.4622 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.5898 ± 0.0047
Depth (km) 21 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 101046601

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 422
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 162
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 199
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 420.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 81
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07914
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35074
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 101046601
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-02-16 09:15:10

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 101001321
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-02-15 00:18:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SIRI.HNE. 2022-02-15T00:05:57.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 143 38.9277 110 -0.2 68
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2022-02-15T00:05:55.47 0.3 undecidable manual S 237 29.0487 118 0.09 71
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-02-15T00:05:54.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 277 24.2535 124 -0.28 70
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2022-02-15T00:05:54.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 148 25.6521 122 0.2 71
IV.MCEL.HHN. 2022-02-15T00:05:54.39 0.3 undecidable manual S 130 23.5542 125 0.26 70
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2022-02-15T00:05:53.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 55 21.2676 128 0.19 71
IV.SIRI.HNE. 2022-02-15T00:05:52.10 0.3 undecidable manual P 143 38.9277 110 -0.05 71
IV.SLCN.HNZ. 2022-02-15T00:05:51.45 0.3 undecidable manual S 156 8.7801 154 -0.09 74
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2022-02-15T00:05:51.42 0.3 undecidable manual S 35 9.1797 154 -0.16 73
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2022-02-15T00:05:51.98 0.3 undecidable manual S 283 11.4774 148 0.1 73
IV.MRLC.HHE. 2022-02-15T00:05:51.17 0.6 undecidable manual P 345 33.744 114 -0.23 46
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2022-02-15T00:05:50.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 237 29.0487 118 0.16 70
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2022-02-15T00:05:50.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 148 25.6521 122 -0.23 70
IV.MCEL.HHN. 2022-02-15T00:05:50.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 130 23.5542 125 -0.03 73
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2022-02-15T00:05:50.21 0.1 undecidable manual P 277 24.2535 124 0.08 96
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2022-02-15T00:05:49.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 55 21.2676 128 0.12 96
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2022-02-15T00:05:48.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 283 11.4774 148 0.19 72
IV.SLCN.HNZ. 2022-02-15T00:05:48.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 156 8.7801 154 -0.25 72
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2022-02-15T00:05:48.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 35 9.1797 154 -0.02 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000025149999999999998 0.3 AML other m 2022-02-15T00:05:55.08
IX.PGN3.HHE.02 ML:1.1 0.000058 1.6 AML other m 2022-02-15T00:05:56.95
IX.PGN3.HHN.02 ML:0.9 0.000040050000000000004 0.46 AML other m 2022-02-15T00:05:56.17
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000030550000000000004 0.88 AML other m 2022-02-15T00:05:56.49
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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