Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 04-01-2023 and time 10:53:42 (UTC) in region 1 km SW Erli (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.7 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 1 km SW Erli (SV), on

  • 04-01-2023 10:53:42 (UTC)
  • 04-01-2023 11:53:42 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.1310, 8.0940 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
Erli SV 1 245 245
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena SV 2 145 390
Castelbianco SV 2 330 720
Zuccarello SV 3 309 1029
Nasino SV 5 207 1236
Arnasco SV 6 645 1881
Cisano sul Neva SV 6 2085 3966
Vendone SV 6 388 4354
Balestrino SV 7 595 4949
Onzo SV 8 219 5168
Bardineto SV 8 756 5924
Alto CN 8 128 6052
Ortovero SV 8 1586 7638
Aquila d'Arroscia IM 9 166 7804
Garessio CN 9 3244 11048
Toirano SV 9 2644 13692
Ranzo IM 10 557 14249
Villanova d'Albenga SV 10 2657 16906
Boissano SV 10 2492 19398
Garlenda SV 11 1254 20652
Caprauna CN 11 104 20756
Casanova Lerrone SV 12 749 21505
Ceriale SV 12 5561 27066
Calizzano SV 12 1475 28541
Borghetto d'Arroscia IM 12 456 28997
Borghetto Santo Spirito SV 12 4948 33945
Giustenice SV 13 977 34922
Albenga SV 13 24213 59135
Loano SV 13 11407 70542
Vessalico IM 14 282 70824
Priola CN 14 701 71525
Magliolo SV 14 974 72499
Stellanello SV 15 808 73307
Testico SV 15 196 73503
Ormea CN 15 1617 75120
Alassio SV 15 10934 86054
Armo IM 15 111 86165
Tovo San Giacomo SV 15 2582 88747
Pietra Ligure SV 15 8992 97739
Cesio IM 17 283 98022
Pieve di Teco IM 17 1338 99360
Borgio Verezzi SV 17 2205 101565
Rialto SV 18 564 102129
Laigueglia SV 18 1810 103939
Villa Faraldi IM 18 444 104383
Calice Ligure SV 18 1730 106113
Caravonica IM 19 282 106395
Pornassio IM 19 685 107080
Osiglia SV 19 444 107524
Massimino SV 19 113 107637
Chiusanico IM 19 607 108244
Andora SV 19 7552 115796
Bagnasco CN 20 1035 116831
Bormida SV 20 387 117218
Chiusavecchia IM 20 577 117795

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km SW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
42 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
52 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
86 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 0.7 2023-01-04
10:53:42
44.1307 8.0937 1 2024-03-01
17:18:05
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 116832881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-01-04 10:53:42 ± 0.15
Latitude 44.1307 ± 0.0144
Longitude 8.0937 ± 0.0150
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 116832881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1820
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 750
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 326
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1820.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 174
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.26440
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 116832881
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-07-29 22:59:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PII.HHZ. 2023-01-04T10:54:14.01 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.07 0
GU.PZZ.HHZ. 2023-01-04T10:53:57.98 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.2 0
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2023-01-04T10:53:53.00 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.1 0
GU.MGRO.HHZ. 2023-01-04T10:53:47.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 247 24.753 91 -0.26 70
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2023-01-04T10:53:47.86 0.6 undecidable manual P 43 29.3484 91 -0.33 46
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2023-01-04T10:53:47.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 301 23.6541 91 0.12 72
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2023-01-04T10:53:45.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 53 14.2746 92 0.12 98
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2023-01-04T10:53:43.02 0.1 undecidable manual P 227 2.997 100 0.12 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00007825 0.42 AML other m 2023-01-04T10:53:47.52
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0001395 1.56 AML other m 2023-01-04T10:53:47.89
GU.MGRO.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00003037622 0.32 AML other m 2023-01-04T10:53:51.66
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.2 0.000009942927500000001 0.416 AML other m 2023-01-04T10:53:52.04
GU.GBOS.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000018886565 3.5584 AML other m 2023-01-04T10:53:51.35
GU.MGRO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000422135 3.8976 AML other m 2023-01-04T10:53:54.55
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