Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 27-04-2023 and time 11:49:12 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Arnasco (SV)

A magnitude ML 0.7 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Arnasco (SV), on

  • 27-04-2023 09:49:12 (UTC)
  • 27-04-2023 11:49:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0930, 8.1160 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
Arnasco SV 2 645 645
Zuccarello SV 2 309 954
Cisano sul Neva SV 2 2085 3039
Vendone SV 4 388 3427
Castelbianco SV 4 330 3757
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena SV 4 145 3902
Ortovero SV 5 1586 5488
Erli SV 5 245 5733
Villanova d'Albenga SV 6 2657 8390
Onzo SV 6 219 8609
Balestrino SV 6 595 9204
Garlenda SV 7 1254 10458
Nasino SV 7 207 10665
Toirano SV 8 2644 13309
Casanova Lerrone SV 9 749 14058
Aquila d'Arroscia IM 9 166 14224
Ranzo IM 9 557 14781
Alto CN 9 128 14909
Albenga SV 9 24213 39122
Ceriale SV 9 5561 44683
Boissano SV 10 2492 47175
Alassio SV 10 10934 58109
Borghetto Santo Spirito SV 11 4948 63057
Stellanello SV 11 808 63865
Bardineto SV 11 756 64621
Borghetto d'Arroscia IM 11 456 65077
Testico SV 12 196 65273
Loano SV 12 11407 76680
Caprauna CN 13 104 76784
Vessalico IM 13 282 77066
Garessio CN 14 3244 80310
Laigueglia SV 14 1810 82120
Giustenice SV 14 977 83097
Villa Faraldi IM 14 444 83541
Cesio IM 15 283 83824
Pietra Ligure SV 15 8992 92816
Andora SV 15 7552 100368
Tovo San Giacomo SV 15 2582 102950
Magliolo SV 15 974 103924
Calizzano SV 16 1475 105399
Armo IM 16 111 105510
Chiusanico IM 17 607 106117
Caravonica IM 17 282 106399
Pieve di Teco IM 17 1338 107737
Borgio Verezzi SV 17 2205 109942
Diano Arentino IM 17 722 110664
Chiusavecchia IM 17 577 111241
Ormea CN 18 1617 112858
San Bartolomeo al Mare IM 18 3129 115987
Diano San Pietro IM 18 1145 117132
Lucinasco IM 18 272 117404
Cervo IM 19 1187 118591
Priola CN 19 701 119292
Pontedassio IM 19 2323 121615
Borgomaro IM 19 865 122480
Rialto SV 19 564 123044
Calice Ligure SV 19 1730 124774
Diano Castello IM 19 2214 126988
Aurigo IM 20 347 127335
Pornassio IM 20 685 128020

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km SW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
40 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
56 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
100 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 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 0.7 2023-04-27
09:49:12
44.0932 8.1162 1 2024-03-01
17:18:20
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 124928611
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.7 2023-04-27
09:49:12
44.1187 8.1018 6 2023-04-27
10:10:39
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 116795951
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-04-27 09:49:12 ± 0.18
Latitude 44.0932 ± 0.0099
Longitude 8.1162 ± 0.0138
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 124928611

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1290
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 780
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 316
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1290.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 184
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) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04047
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.24731
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:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124928611
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-29 14:43:23

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 116795951
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-04-27 10:10:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.IMI.HHZ. 2023-04-27T09:49:18.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 221 26.9508 91 -0.04 74
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2023-04-27T09:49:18.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 307 27.4503 91 -0.28 71
GU.MGRO.HHZ. 2023-04-27T09:49:17.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 257 25.1526 91 0.03 100
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2023-04-27T09:49:16.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 37 15.9729 92 0.02 76
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2023-04-27T09:49:14.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 299 4.4955 96 0.19 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00006375 1.18 AML other m 2023-04-27T09:49:19.67
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00011 0.74 AML other m 2023-04-27T09:49:21.27
GU.GBOS.HHN. ML:0.5 0.0000177 1.38 AML other m 2023-04-27T09:49:22.81
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000013375 1.6 AML other m 2023-04-27T09:49:22.81
GU.MGRO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000039649999999999995 1.16 AML other m 2023-04-27T09:49:22.25
GU.MGRO.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00002525 0.68 AML other m 2023-04-27T09:49:23.42
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