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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 16-05-2014 and time 22:36:19 (Italy) in region 3 km NE Cantoira (TO)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Cantoira (TO), on

  • 16-05-2014 20:36:19 (UTC)
  • 16-05-2014 22:36:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 45.3600, 7.4150 at 7 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 3 564 564
Chialamberto TO 5 345 909
Ceres TO 5 1065 1974
Monastero di Lanzo TO 7 350 2324
Mezzenile TO 8 786 3110
Locana TO 8 1498 4608
Coassolo Torinese TO 8 1547 6155
Pessinetto TO 8 606 6761
Ala di Stura TO 10 469 7230
Traves TO 10 518 7748
Groscavallo TO 10 204 7952
Corio TO 11 3277 11229
Ribordone TO 11 53 11282
Lanzo Torinese TO 11 5086 16368
Germagnano TO 12 1201 17569
Sparone TO 12 1038 18607
Balangero TO 13 3156 21763
Noasca TO 13 137 21900
Forno Canavese TO 14 3446 25346
Viù TO 14 1051 26397
Rocca Canavese TO 14 1708 28105
Alpette TO 14 261 28366
Canischio TO 14 277 28643
Pratiglione TO 14 535 29178
Mathi TO 15 3921 33099
Cafasse TO 15 3451 36550
Levone TO 16 442 36992
Pont-Canavese TO 16 3483 40475
Prascorsano TO 16 745 41220
Grosso TO 16 1018 42238
San Colombano Belmonte TO 16 383 42621
Ceresole Reale TO 16 156 42777
Vallo Torinese TO 17 774 43551
Balme TO 17 115 43666
Rivara TO 17 2659 46325
Villanova Canavese TO 17 1186 47511
Ingria TO 17 52 47563
Frassinetto TO 17 274 47837
Lemie TO 17 179 48016
Nole TO 18 6892 54908
Pertusio TO 18 778 55686
Varisella TO 18 810 56496
Fiano TO 18 2695 59191
Vauda Canavese TO 18 1464 60655
Barbania TO 19 1607 62262
Cuorgnè TO 19 9906 72168
Ronco Canavese TO 19 314 72482
Valperga TO 19 3166 75648
Busano TO 19 1687 77335
San Carlo Canavese TO 20 4031 81366
San Ponso TO 20 267 81633

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km NW of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
45 Km NW of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
95 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 1.6 2014-05-16
20:36:19		 45.3597 7.4147 7 2015-09-21
09:36:50		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 9249951
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2014-05-16
20:36:19		 45.3698 7.4073 5 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 6506931
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-05-16 20:36:19 ± 0.17
Latitude 45.3597 ± 0.0108
Longitude 7.4147 ± 0.0269
Depth (km) 7 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 9249951

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2284
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 482
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 116
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2280.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 135
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.41
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.23562
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:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 9249951
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-11-07 11:18:56

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 6506931
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-05-16 20:42:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
CH.MMK.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:46.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 29 87.6456 50 -0.03 90
CH.DIX.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:43.62 0.3 undecidable manual S 360 79.9644 50 -0.75 75
GU.RRL.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:41.11 0.3 undecidable manual S 225 68.9754 50 -0.32 88
GU.REMY.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:37.96 0.3 undecidable manual S 339 56.6988 50 -0.21 93
CH.MMK.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:35.43 0.3 positive manual P 29 87.6456 50 0.32 85
CH.DIX.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:34.40 0.3 positive manual P 360 79.9644 50 0.49 84
GU.RRL.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:32.78 0.3 positive manual P 225 68.9754 50 0.56 83
GU.REMY.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:31.12 0.3 negative manual P 339 56.6988 50 0.78 78
GU.BHB.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:30.44 0.3 positive manual P 192 59.3961 50 -0.31 90
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:29.51 0.3 undecidable manual S 24 29.4483 103 -0.6 88
GU.RSP.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:28.58 0.3 undecidable manual S 206 26.1516 105 -0.45 93
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:26.08 0.3 positive manual P 24 29.4483 103 0.4 93
GU.RSP.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:25.33 0.3 positive manual P 206 26.1516 105 0.27 97
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2014-05-16T20:36:25.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 57 30.9468 102 -0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CIRO.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000127 0.4 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:29.99
GU.CIRO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001215 0.26 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:32.50
CH.DIX.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0000339 0.88 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:45.42
CH.DIX.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00002845 0.86 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:48.21
CH.MMK.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00005615 0.82 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:49.71
CH.MMK.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00005985 0.84 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:50.16
IV.MONC.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0001515 0.26 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:41.19
IV.MONC.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000221 0.34 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:41.37
GU.REMY.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00011999999999999999 0.32 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:38.94
GU.REMY.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0000897 0.64 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:42.70
GU.RRL.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0000332 0.38 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:42.78
GU.RRL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00003925 0.66 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:44.10
GU.RSP.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000328 0.66 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:28.81
GU.RSP.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0004095 0.28 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:29.18
GU.TRAV.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0005484999999999999 0.14 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:29.68
GU.TRAV.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0005780000000000001 0.16 AML other m 2014-05-16T20:36:29.68
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