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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 16-05-2014 and time 22:32:21 (Italy) in region 5 km E Cantoira (TO)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 5 km E Cantoira (TO), on

  • 16-05-2014 20:32:21 (UTC)
  • 16-05-2014 22:32:21 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 45.3480, 7.4460 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Cantoira TO 5 564 564
Monastero di Lanzo TO 5 350 914
Coassolo Torinese TO 5 1547 2461
Ceres TO 6 1065 3526
Pessinetto TO 7 606 4132
Mezzenile TO 7 786 4918
Corio TO 8 3277 8195
Locana TO 8 1498 9693
Chialamberto TO 8 345 10038
Lanzo Torinese TO 9 5086 15124
Traves TO 9 518 15642
Germagnano TO 10 1201 16843
Balangero TO 10 3156 19999
Ribordone TO 10 53 20052
Sparone TO 11 1038 21090
Forno Canavese TO 11 3446 24536
Rocca Canavese TO 11 1708 26244
Ala di Stura TO 12 469 26713
Pratiglione TO 12 535 27248
Canischio TO 12 277 27525
Mathi TO 13 3921 31446
Alpette TO 13 261 31707
Cafasse TO 13 3451 35158
Groscavallo TO 13 204 35362
Levone TO 13 442 35804
Viù TO 13 1051 36855
Grosso TO 13 1018 37873
Prascorsano TO 14 745 38618
San Colombano Belmonte TO 14 383 39001
Rivara TO 14 2659 41660
Pont-Canavese TO 14 3483 45143
Villanova Canavese TO 14 1186 46329
Vallo Torinese TO 14 774 47103
Nole TO 15 6892 53995
Pertusio TO 15 778 54773
Fiano TO 16 2695 57468
Vauda Canavese TO 16 1464 58932
Varisella TO 16 810 59742
Noasca TO 16 137 59879
Barbania TO 16 1607 61486
Frassinetto TO 16 274 61760
Ingria TO 17 52 61812
Busano TO 17 1687 63499
Cuorgnè TO 17 9906 73405
Valperga TO 17 3166 76571
San Carlo Canavese TO 17 4031 80602
San Ponso TO 17 267 80869
Lemie TO 18 179 81048
Ciriè TO 18 18909 99957
Chiesanuova TO 18 205 100162
Balme TO 18 115 100277
Ronco Canavese TO 19 314 100591
Front TO 19 1677 102268
Favria TO 19 5196 107464
Borgiallo TO 19 569 108033
Robassomero TO 19 3057 111090
Salassa TO 19 1838 112928
Ceresole Reale TO 19 156 113084
La Cassa TO 19 1788 114872
Oglianico TO 19 1506 116378

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km NW of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
43 Km NW of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Novara (104380 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.5 2014-05-16
20:32:21		 45.3478 7.4462 8 2015-09-21
09:36:50		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 9249931
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2014-05-16
20:32:21		 45.3465 7.4612 9 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 6506891
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-05-16 20:32:21 ± 0.2
Latitude 45.3478 ± 0.0108
Longitude 7.4462 ± 0.0256
Depth (km) 8 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 9249931

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2139
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 516
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 117
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2140.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 142
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.51
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.23652
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.78960
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 6506891
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-05-16 20:36:48

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 9249931
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-11-07 11:09:10
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
CH.MMK.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:48.12 0.3 undecidable manual S 27 87.6456 50 0.32 89
CH.DIX.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:45.19 0.3 undecidable manual S 358 81.252 50 -0.91 74
MN.BNI.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:42.25 0.3 undecidable manual S 242 68.4759 50 -0.42 91
GU.BHB.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:39.24 0.3 undecidable manual S 194 58.6968 50 -0.81 80
GU.REMY.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:39.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 338 58.7967 50 -0.54 89
CH.MMK.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:37.31 0.3 positive manual P 27 87.6456 50 0.71 79
CH.DIX.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:36.23 0.3 positive manual P 358 81.252 50 0.61 83
MN.BNI.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:34.16 0.3 negative manual P 242 68.4759 50 0.51 89
GU.REMY.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:32.99 0.3 positive manual P 338 58.7967 50 0.83 79
GU.BHB.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:32.44 0.3 positive manual P 194 58.6968 50 0.3 95
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:31.41 0.3 undecidable manual S 19 29.748 105 -0.61 92
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:31.12 0.3 undecidable manual S 52 29.748 106 -0.89 81
GU.RSP.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:30.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 213 26.2515 107 -0.38 99
GU.RSP.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:27.15 0.3 positive manual P 213 26.2515 107 0.32 100
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:27.80 0.3 positive manual P 52 29.748 106 0.31 100
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:32:27.92 0.3 positive manual P 19 29.748 105 0.43 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.BHB.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00003185 1.58 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:40.10
GU.BHB.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00002765 1.24 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:40.60
GU.CIRO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00009435 0.3 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:31.90
GU.CIRO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00008315 0.9 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:33.59
CH.DIX.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0000229 1.28 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:48.19
CH.DIX.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000033350000000000004 1.42 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:49.08
CH.MMK.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0000552 0.8 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:51.53
CH.MMK.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00004685 1.58 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:51.97
GU.REMY.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00008155 1.22 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:40.57
GU.REMY.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00008444999999999999 0.98 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:44.20
GU.RSP.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000262 0.66 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:30.96
GU.RSP.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0003265 0.28 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:30.86
GU.TRAV.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000375 0.16 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:31.50
GU.TRAV.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0004055 0.16 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:32:31.43
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