Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.0 on date 18-05-2023 and time 18:40:24 (Italy) in region Campi Flegrei

A magnitude Md 1.0 earthquake occured in region: Campi Flegrei, on

  • 18-05-2023 16:40:24 (UTC)
  • 18-05-2023 18:40:24 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8120, 14.1530 at 3 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli).

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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
Bacoli NA 6 26560 26560
Pozzuoli NA 7 81661 108221
Quarto NA 8 40930 149151
Monte di Procida NA 8 12886 162037
Napoli NA 9 974074 1136111
Marano di Napoli NA 10 59874 1195985
Calvizzano NA 11 12329 1208314
Procida NA 12 10530 1218844
Mugnano di Napoli NA 12 34828 1253672
Qualiano NA 12 25702 1279374
Villaricca NA 13 31122 1310496
Giugliano in Campania NA 14 122974 1433470
Melito di Napoli NA 14 37826 1471296
Casavatore NA 14 18661 1489957
Arzano NA 15 34886 1524843
Sant'Antimo NA 15 33905 1558748
San Giorgio a Cremano NA 15 45557 1604305
Casoria NA 16 77642 1681947
Casandrino NA 16 14336 1696283
Parete CE 16 11442 1707725
Ercolano NA 16 53709 1761434
Grumo Nevano NA 17 18061 1779495
Portici NA 17 55274 1834769
Frattamaggiore NA 18 30329 1865098
Volla NA 18 23755 1888853
Lusciano CE 18 15362 1904215
Cesa CE 18 8841 1913056
Torre del Greco NA 18 86275 1999331
Afragola NA 18 65057 2064388
Cercola NA 18 18267 2082655
Sant'Arpino CE 18 14307 2096962
Trentola-Ducenta CE 19 19429 2116391
Aversa CE 19 53047 2169438
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio NA 19 9196 2178634
Frattaminore NA 19 16208 2194842
Succivo CE 19 8457 2203299
Ischia NA 19 19915 2223214
Cardito NA 19 22755 2245969
Crispano NA 19 12354 2258323
Massa di Somma NA 19 5444 2263767
San Marcellino CE 20 14155 2277922
Pollena Trocchia NA 20 13562 2291484
Orta di Atella CE 20 27191 2318675
Casapesenna CE 20 6987 2325662

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
7 Km SE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
9 Km W of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
10 Km SW of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
14 Km SW of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
16 Km SW of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
16 Km W of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
17 Km W of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
18 Km SW of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
18 Km W of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
19 Km S of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
24 Km SW of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
31 Km W of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
32 Km W of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
33 Km SW of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
64 Km SW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
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Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
Md 1.0 2023-05-18
16:40:24
40.8115 14.153 3 2023-05-18
16:57:08
Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli) 117457951
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-05-18 16:40:24
Latitude 40.8115
Longitude 14.1530
Depth (km) 3 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-OV#SiSmi
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 117457951

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 158
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.08
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

Md:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 117457951
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OV (Napoli)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-05-18 16:57:08
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