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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 15-02-2014 and time 01:53:00 (Italy) in region 4 km SW Castelsaraceno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Castelsaraceno (PZ), on

  • 15-02-2014 00:53:00 (UTC)
  • 15-02-2014 01:53:00 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.1400, 15.9560 at 14 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
Castelsaraceno PZ 4 1384 1384
Latronico PZ 7 4556 5940
Carbone PZ 12 638 6578
San Chirico Raparo PZ 12 1084 7662
Sarconi PZ 13 1404 9066
Moliterno PZ 14 4062 13128
San Martino d'Agri PZ 14 801 13929
Spinoso PZ 14 1462 15391
Episcopia PZ 14 1434 16825
Lauria PZ 14 12919 29744
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 15 824 30568
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 15 2131 32699
Nemoli PZ 16 1495 34194
Calvera PZ 16 387 34581
Lagonegro PZ 16 5584 40165
Teana PZ 17 613 40778
Grumento Nova PZ 17 1700 42478
Rivello PZ 18 2767 45245
Montemurro PZ 18 1235 46480
Fardella PZ 18 627 47107
Trecchina PZ 19 2316 49423

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.2 2014-02-15
00:53:00		 40.14 15.9555 14 2015-09-21
09:34:15		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 16568621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-02-15 00:53:00 ± 0.15
Latitude 40.1400 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.9555 ± 0.0071
Depth (km) 14 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 16568621

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 670
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 630
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 12
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 670.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 117
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07914
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30757
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 16568621
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-17 18:06:38
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:11.79 0.3 undecidable manual S 270 34.1436 98 -0.17 70
IV.MMN.HHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:10.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 174 27.75 101 0.64 43
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:09.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 328 24.2535 104 0.2 47
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:09.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 309 22.2555 106 0.14 48
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:06.22 0.3 undecidable manual S 57 12.1767 128 -0.22 72
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:06.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 270 34.1436 98 -0.15 94
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:05.32 0.1 undecidable manual P 309 22.2555 106 0.05 98
IV.MMN.HHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:05.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 174 27.75 101 -0.24 69
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:05.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 328 24.2535 104 0.1 97
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:05.98 0.6 undecidable manual S 302 8.7801 140 0.18 48
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:03.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 302 8.7801 140 -0.11 99
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2014-02-15T00:53:03.91 0.1 positive manual P 57 12.1767 128 0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SCHR.EHE. ML:1.4 0.00022250000000000001 0.28 AML other m 2014-02-15T00:53:06.30
IV.SCHR.EHN. ML:1.4 0.0002035 0.18 AML other m 2014-02-15T00:53:06.52
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00014099999999999998 0.2 AML other m 2014-02-15T00:53:07.86
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0001455 1.56 AML other m 2014-02-15T00:53:09.39
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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