Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 06-05-2014 and time 09:33:46 (Italy) in region 9 km E Matera (MT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 9 km E Matera (MT), on

  • 06-05-2014 07:33:46 (UTC)
  • 06-05-2014 09:33:46 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6760, 16.7060 at 6 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
Matera MT 9 60436 60436
Laterza TA 10 15290 75726
Ginosa TA 12 22632 98358
Santeramo in Colle BA 14 26734 125092
Montescaglioso MT 14 9942 135034
Castellaneta TA 20 17170 152204

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km E of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
21 Km SE of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
48 Km S of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Taranto (201100 inhabitants)
52 Km S of Bari (326344 inhabitants)
60 Km S of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
65 Km S of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
70 Km SE of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
71 Km SE of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
80 Km SE of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Cerignola (58396 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 1.7 2014-05-06
07:33:46
40.6763 16.7062 6 2015-09-21
09:36:50
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 9758881
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.7 2014-05-06
07:33:46
40.679 16.7017 5 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 6396511
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-05-06 07:33:46 ± 0.31
Latitude 40.6763 ± 0.0108
Longitude 16.7062 ± 0.0154
Depth (km) 6 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 9758881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1291
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 798
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 301
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) 116
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.54
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02698
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35973
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:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 9758881
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-11-18 10:36:53

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 6396511
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-05-06 07:40:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CRAC.EHE. 2014-05-06T07:34:01.07 0.3 undecidable manual S 215 39.9267 98 0.76 58
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2014-05-06T07:33:58.68 0.3 undecidable manual S 67 32.6451 100 0.87 56
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2014-05-06T07:33:56.07 0.1 undecidable manual S 342 26.9508 102 0.17 94
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2014-05-06T07:33:55.54 0.3 undecidable manual S 250 23.6541 103 0.76 60
IV.CRAC.EHE. 2014-05-06T07:33:53.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 215 39.9267 98 -0.64 81
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2014-05-06T07:33:52.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 67 32.6451 100 -0.29 91
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2014-05-06T07:33:51.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 342 26.9508 102 -0.32 91
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2014-05-06T07:33:50.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 250 23.6541 103 -0.38 90
GE.MATE.HHZ. 2014-05-06T07:33:48.35 0.1 undecidable manual S 183 2.997 152 -0.19 97
GE.MATE.HHZ. 2014-05-06T07:33:47.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 183 2.997 152 0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AMUR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000155 3.32 AML other m 2014-05-06T07:33:59.77
IV.AMUR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00019700000000000002 1.2 AML other m 2014-05-06T07:34:00.15
IV.MIGL.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0010025 0.66 AML other m 2014-05-06T07:34:01.59
IV.MIGL.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0008095 2.8 AML other m 2014-05-06T07:34:04.84
IV.NOCI.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000221 1.08 AML other m 2014-05-06T07:34:04.10
IV.NOCI.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0002 2.74 AML other m 2014-05-06T07:34:05.39
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