Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 19-04-2023 and time 18:51:58 (Italy) in region 2 km S Vignolo (CN)

A magnitude ML 0.9 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Vignolo (CN), on

  • 19-04-2023 16:51:58 (UTC)
  • 19-04-2023 18:51:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.3460, 7.4680 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
Vignolo CN 2 2600 2600
Roccasparvera CN 2 741 3341
Borgo San Dalmazzo CN 3 12468 15809
Roccavione CN 4 2761 18570
Cervasca CN 4 5013 23583
Gaiola CN 5 582 24165
Rittana CN 5 109 24274
Bernezzo CN 5 4104 28378
Robilante CN 7 2306 30684
Moiola CN 7 234 30918
Boves CN 7 9835 40753
Valloriate CN 7 109 40862
Roaschia CN 8 107 40969
Cuneo CN 9 56081 97050
Caraglio CN 9 6836 103886
Valdieri CN 9 935 104821
Valgrana CN 10 786 105607
Peveragno CN 12 5543 111150
Vernante CN 12 1178 112328
Montemale di Cuneo CN 13 241 112569
Entracque CN 13 774 113343
Monterosso Grana CN 13 505 113848
Demonte CN 14 2003 115851
Beinette CN 14 3423 119274
Dronero CN 16 7035 126309
Villar San Costanzo CN 17 1547 127856
Pradleves CN 17 250 128106
Chiusa di Pesio CN 17 3676 131782
Castelletto Stura CN 18 1351 133133
Tarantasca CN 18 2122 135255
Roccabruna CN 18 1585 136840
Limone Piemonte CN 18 1485 138325
Margarita CN 19 1441 139766
Busca CN 19 10181 149947
Pianfei CN 20 2202 152149
Aisone CN 20 248 152397

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km SW of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
64 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
75 Km S of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
83 Km S of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Asti (76202 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 0.9 2023-04-19
16:51:58
44.3463 7.4678 1 2024-03-01
17:18:20
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 124698761
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.0 2023-04-19
16:51:58
44.3283 7.4655 8 2023-04-19
17:03:07
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 116525671
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-04-19 16:51:58 ± 0.22
Latitude 44.3463 ± 0.0144
Longitude 7.4678 ± 0.0189
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 124698761

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1600
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1470
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 30
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 92
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.46
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12231
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.79320
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124698761
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-17 17:10:29

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 116525671
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-04-19 17:03:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2023-04-19T16:52:15.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 75 88.0452 50 0.77 53
GU.BHB.HHZ. 2023-04-19T16:52:09.61 0.3 undecidable manual P 343 56.5989 91 -0.32 66
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2023-04-19T16:52:08.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 118 54.2013 91 -0.92 53
GU.PZZ.HHZ. 2023-04-19T16:52:05.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 303 33.0447 91 0.05 72
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2023-04-19T16:52:05.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 111 31.746 91 0.22 70
GU.STV.HHZ. 2023-04-19T16:52:01.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 225 15.873 92 0.04 100
GU.ENR.HHZ. 2023-04-19T16:52:01.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 197 13.5753 92 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.ENR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000142 0.14 AML other m 2023-04-19T16:52:03.17
GU.ENR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00017749999999999998 0.42 AML other m 2023-04-19T16:52:03.33
GU.STV.HHN. ML:0.3 0.00002165 0.54 AML other m 2023-04-19T16:52:03.79
GU.STV.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00003455 0.24 AML other m 2023-04-19T16:52:03.51
GU.PZZ.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00002705 0.78 AML other m 2023-04-19T16:52:11.48
GU.PZZ.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00003205 1.12 AML other m 2023-04-19T16:52:11.39
GU.RORO.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000020150000000000002 0.18 AML other m 2023-04-19T16:52:16.20
GU.RORO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000242 0.94 AML other m 2023-04-19T16:52:16.52
GU.BHB.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00002775 0.46 AML other m 2023-04-19T16:52:17.15
GU.BHB.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000028400000000000003 1.44 AML other m 2023-04-19T16:52:17.99
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