Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 04-10-2022 and time 08:31:31 (UTC) in region 6 km NW Escalaplano (CA)

A magnitude ML 1.5 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW Escalaplano (CA), on

  • 04-10-2022 08:31:31 (UTC)
  • 04-10-2022 10:31:31 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.6800, 9.3330 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
Escalaplano CA 6 2201 2201
Orroli CA 7 2298 4499
Perdasdefogu OG 9 1957 6456
Nurri CA 10 2184 8640
Goni CA 12 492 9132
Esterzili CA 12 668 9800
Ballao CA 15 831 10631
Villanova Tulo CA 15 1108 11739
Siurgus Donigala CA 15 2028 13767
Ussassai OG 16 575 14342
Sadali CA 16 971 15313
Serri CA 16 660 15973
Mandas CA 18 2201 18174
Seui OG 18 1310 19484
Escolca CA 18 594 20078
Armungia CA 18 481 20559
Silius CA 18 1202 21761
San Basilio CA 19 1251 23012
Gergei CA 20 1236 24248

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km N of Quartu Sant'Elena (71125 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of Cagliari (154460 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 1.5 2022-10-04
08:31:31
39.6797 9.3328 1 2024-03-01
15:28:20
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 115431621
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2022-10-04
08:31:32
39.6667 9.393 5 2022-10-04
08:39:28
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 110475521
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-10-04 08:31:31 ± 0.03
Latitude 39.6797 ± 0.0018
Longitude 9.3328 ± 0.0070
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 115431621

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 570
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 210
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 274
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 570.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 151
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) 0.06
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.18706
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.85885
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115431621
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-16 11:55:08

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 110475521
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-10-04 08:39:28
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
TV.SU26.HHZ. 2022-10-04T08:31:49.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 230 95.0382 50 -0.04 65
IV.BULT.EHE. 2022-10-04T08:31:49.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 345 95.3379 50 0.06 65
MN.SENA.HHZ. 2022-10-04T08:31:47.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 7 85.4478 50 0.03 89
IV.DGI.HHZ. 2022-10-04T08:31:46.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 18 74.5698 50 -0.07 90
MN.VSL.HHZ. 2022-10-04T08:31:36.16 0.1 positive manual P 169 20.7681 91 0.02 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.VSL.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00023250935 0.1408 AML other m 2022-10-04T08:31:39.24
MN.VSL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00021426075 0.1408 AML other m 2022-10-04T08:31:39.27
IV.DGI.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000042 0.3 AML other m 2022-10-04T08:31:56.96
IV.DGI.HNE. ML:1.4 0.00003982278 0.1984 AML other m 2022-10-04T08:32:00.61
IV.DGI.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000059459664999999993 0.1984 AML other m 2022-10-04T08:32:01.12
IV.DGI.HNN. ML:1.5 0.00005137623 1.7248 AML other m 2022-10-04T08:32:01.12
TV.SU26.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000038443439999999995 0.3776 AML other m 2022-10-04T08:32:03.50
MN.SENA.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00006515 0.24 AML other m 2022-10-04T08:32:04.22
MN.SENA.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00006065 0.22 AML other m 2022-10-04T08:32:04.54
TV.SU26.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000037211535000000004 0.1984 AML other m 2022-10-04T08:32:04.60
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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