Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 18-07-2023 and time 07:42:41 (Italy) in region 7 km SW Castelgrande (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SW Castelgrande (PZ), on

  • 18-07-2023 05:42:41 (UTC)
  • 18-07-2023 07:42:41 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.7280, 15.4010 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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
Castelgrande PZ 7 943 943
Muro Lucano PZ 8 5497 6440
San Gregorio Magno SA 8 4286 10726
Colliano SA 9 3638 14364
Ricigliano SA 10 1144 15508
Laviano SA 10 1438 16946
Valva SA 11 1643 18589
Buccino SA 11 5047 23636
Santomenna SA 11 443 24079
Romagnano al Monte SA 11 368 24447
Palomonte SA 12 3985 28432
Bella PZ 12 5171 33603
Pescopagano PZ 12 1910 35513
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 12 619 36132
Balvano PZ 13 1830 37962
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 13 1539 39501
Oliveto Citra SA 14 3802 43303
Conza della Campania AV 16 1373 44676
San Fele PZ 16 3004 47680
Rapone PZ 16 990 48670
Salvitelle SA 16 560 49230
Contursi Terme SA 16 3394 52624
Calabritto AV 16 2391 55015
Senerchia AV 17 842 55857
Vietri di Potenza PZ 17 2832 58689
Baragiano PZ 17 2671 61360
Caposele AV 18 3483 64843
Ruvo del Monte PZ 18 1083 65926
Teora AV 19 1537 67463
Auletta SA 19 2336 69799
Cairano AV 19 326 70125
Caggiano SA 20 2765 72890
Calitri AV 20 4666 77556

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
38 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
54 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
55 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
69 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
83 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.6 2023-07-18
05:42:41
40.7277 15.4007 8 2023-07-18
05:48:30
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 119361241
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-07-18 05:42:41 ± 0.27
Latitude 40.7277 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.4007 ± 0.0107
Depth (km) 8 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 119361241

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 841
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 344
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) 840.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 86
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02428
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.24911
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 119361241
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-07-18 05:48:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2023-07-18T05:42:52.22 0.6 undecidable manual S 324 27.1506 106 0.68 41
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2023-07-18T05:42:51.97 0.6 undecidable manual S 197 27.6501 106 0.29 46
IX.SNR3.EHZ.02 2023-07-18T05:42:48.72 0.3 undecidable manual S 273 17.4714 114 0.35 69
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2023-07-18T05:42:47.39 0.6 undecidable manual P 197 27.6501 106 -0.08 48
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2023-07-18T05:42:46.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 324 27.1506 106 -0.67 82
IX.SNR3.EHZ.02 2023-07-18T05:42:45.62 0.6 negative manual P 273 17.4714 114 0.06 49
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2023-07-18T05:42:45.27 0.3 undecidable manual S 233 7.3815 136 -0.19 73
IX.SCL3.EHE.02 2023-07-18T05:42:44.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 111 9.9789 128 0.31 71
IX.VDS3.HNZ.02 2023-07-18T05:42:44.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 57 2.6973 161 -0.01 76
IX.CSG3.HNE.01 2023-07-18T05:42:44.67 0.3 undecidable manual P 28 11.2776 125 0.19 73
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2023-07-18T05:42:43.67 0.1 positive manual P 233 7.3815 136 -0.21 97
IX.VDS3.HNZ.02 2023-07-18T05:42:43.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 57 2.6973 161 -0.1 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IX.SNR3.EHE.02 ML:1.4 0.0001975 0.54 AML other m 2023-07-18T05:42:49.53
IX.SNR3.EHN.02 ML:1.5 0.00028399999999999996 0.6 AML other m 2023-07-18T05:42:50.51
IX.COL3.HHE.02 ML:1.8 0.00116688 0.848 AML other m 2023-07-18T05:42:45.39
IX.COL3.HHN.02 ML:1.6 0.0007738479499999999 0.112 AML other m 2023-07-18T05:42:46.29
IX.COL3.HNE.01 ML:1.8 0.00117101645 0.224 AML other m 2023-07-18T05:42:45.70
IX.COL3.HNN.01 ML:1.6 0.0007266149 0.112 AML other m 2023-07-18T05:42:46.29
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