Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 18-04-2023 and time 11:42:55 (Italy) in region 2 km S Molini di Triora (IM)

A magnitude ML 0.8 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Molini di Triora (IM), on

  • 18-04-2023 09:42:55 (UTC)
  • 18-04-2023 11:42:55 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.9710, 7.7750 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
Molini di Triora IM 2 617 617
Triora IM 3 355 972
Montalto Ligure IM 7 377 1349
Carpasio IM 8 168 1517
Badalucco IM 8 1136 2653
Bajardo IM 9 312 2965
Castel Vittorio IM 9 287 3252
Rezzo IM 10 366 3618
Pigna IM 10 859 4477
Ceriana IM 10 1250 5727
Montegrosso Pian Latte IM 11 118 5845
Aurigo IM 12 347 6192
Mendatica IM 12 185 6377
Cosio d'Arroscia IM 13 221 6598
Briga Alta CN 13 39 6637
Apricale IM 14 629 7266
Pietrabruna IM 14 501 7767
Pornassio IM 14 685 8452
Borgomaro IM 14 865 9317
PrelĂ  IM 14 503 9820
Castellaro IM 14 1256 11076
Perinaldo IM 14 870 11946
Pieve di Teco IM 14 1338 13284
Isolabona IM 15 679 13963
Caravonica IM 15 282 14245
Vasia IM 15 389 14634
Lucinasco IM 15 272 14906
Taggia IM 15 14116 29022
Dolcedo IM 16 1415 30437
Pompeiana IM 16 823 31260
Terzorio IM 16 216 31476
Rocchetta Nervina IM 17 298 31774
Sanremo IM 17 54807 86581
Cesio IM 17 283 86864
Chiusavecchia IM 17 577 87441
Riva Ligure IM 17 2910 90351
Armo IM 17 111 90462
Vessalico IM 17 282 90744
Seborga IM 17 315 91059
Chiusanico IM 17 607 91666
Civezza IM 17 609 92275
Santo Stefano al Mare IM 18 2197 94472
Dolceacqua IM 18 2074 96546
Cipressa IM 18 1290 97836
Costarainera IM 19 828 98664
Soldano IM 19 977 99641
Borghetto d'Arroscia IM 19 456 100097
Vallebona IM 19 1310 101407
Ospedaletti IM 19 3367 104774
Pontedassio IM 19 2323 107097
San Biagio della Cima IM 20 1329 108426
San Lorenzo al Mare IM 20 1297 109723

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km N of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
50 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 0.8 2023-04-18
09:42:55
43.971 7.7753 1 2024-03-01
17:18:16
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 120746311
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.1 2023-04-18
09:42:55
43.9608 7.7973 9 2023-04-18
09:48:30
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 116484461
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-04-18 09:42:55 ± 0.16
Latitude 43.9710 ± 0.0108
Longitude 7.7753 ± 0.0125
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 120746311

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1220
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 970
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 4
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1220.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 95
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) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07554
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.79320
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 120746311
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-02-07 10:33:53

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 116484461
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-04-18 09:48:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.PCP.HHN. 2023-04-18T09:43:12.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 44 88.0452 50 0.17 65
GU.PZZ.HHZ. 2023-04-18T09:43:10.48 0.6 undecidable manual P 319 79.2651 50 -0.37 42
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2023-04-18T09:43:04.20 1.0 undecidable manual P 54 45.2214 91 -0.72 20
GU.STV.HHZ. 2023-04-18T09:43:04.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 311 46.9197 91 -0.52 87
GU.ENR.HHZ. 2023-04-18T09:43:03.68 0.6 undecidable manual P 315 40.4262 91 -0.28 47
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2023-04-18T09:43:01.97 0.6 undecidable manual P 10 30.4473 91 0 50
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2023-04-18T09:43:01.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 56 28.0497 91 -0.17 73
GU.BURY.HNZ. 2023-04-18T09:43:01.69 0.6 undecidable manual P 220 27.2505 91 0.37 47
FR.SAOF.HHZ.00 2023-04-18T09:42:59.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 275 17.871 92 0.3 96
GU.MGRO.HHZ. 2023-04-18T09:42:58.24 0.1 positive manual P 18 8.3805 93 0.7 87
GU.IMI.HHZ. 2023-04-18T09:42:58.01 0.1 positive manual P 125 11.5773 92 -0.17 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.IMI.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000268 0.18 AML other m 2023-04-18T09:42:59.85
GU.IMI.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00021050000000000002 0.32 AML other m 2023-04-18T09:43:00.38
FR.SAOF.HHN.00 ML:0.6 0.0000399 0.22 AML other m 2023-04-18T09:43:03.73
GU.RORO.HHN. ML:0.7 0.0000303 0.12 AML other m 2023-04-18T09:43:05.77
FR.SAOF.HHE.00 ML:0.7 0.0000435 0.32 AML other m 2023-04-18T09:43:06.45
GU.RORO.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00002315 0.68 AML other m 2023-04-18T09:43:06.52
GU.STV.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000023600000000000004 0.22 AML other m 2023-04-18T09:43:11.47
GU.STV.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00001615 0.5 AML other m 2023-04-18T09:43:13.57
GU.PZZ.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000007170715999999999 0.224 AML other m 2023-04-18T09:43:22.55
GU.PZZ.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000008291952 0.2624 AML other m 2023-04-18T09:43:23.23
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