Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 15-08-2023 and time 18:21:57 (Italy) in region Confine Italia Svizzera (SVIZZERA)

A magnitude ML 0.5 earthquake occured in region: Confine Italia Svizzera (SVIZZERA), on

  • 15-08-2023 16:21:57 (UTC)
  • 15-08-2023 18:21:57 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 45.9390, 7.8640 at 3 km depth.

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

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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
Macugnaga VB 9 557 557
Alagna Valsesia VC 11 408 965
Gressoney-La-Trinité AO 13 303 1268
Riva Valdobbia VC 14 258 1526
Carcoforo VC 15 78 1604
Rima San Giuseppe VC 15 59 1663
Ceppo Morelli VB 16 321 1984
Rimasco VC 18 106 2090
Gressoney-Saint-Jean AO 18 807 2897
Mollia VC 19 95 2992
Ayas AO 19 1401 4393
Vanzone con San Carlo VB 20 407 4800
Valtournenche AO 20 2277 7077

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
76 Km W of Varese (80799 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Gallarate (53343 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Novara (104380 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Busto Arsizio (83106 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Legnano (60262 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Como (84495 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Torino (890529 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 0.5 2023-08-15
16:21:57
45.9387 7.8642 3 2023-08-15
16:29:18
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 120158121
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-08-15 16:21:57 ± 0.17
Latitude 45.9387 ± 0.0072
Longitude 7.8642 ± 0.0155
Depth (km) 3 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 120158121

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1240
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 740
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 294
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1240.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 159
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.50272
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 120158121
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-08-15 16:29:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2023-08-15T16:22:13.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 191 48.2184 93 -0.81 39
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2023-08-15T16:22:12.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 212 43.8228 93 -0.22 47
CH.DIX.HHZ. 2023-08-15T16:22:10.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 294 38.4282 94 -0.46 45
GU.REMY.HHE. 2023-08-15T16:22:09.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 259 55.7997 50 0.03 96
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2023-08-15T16:22:07.83 0.3 negative manual P 191 48.2184 93 0.18 70
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2023-08-15T16:22:07.28 0.3 undecidable manual P 212 43.8228 93 0.51 66
CH.DIX.HHZ. 2023-08-15T16:22:05.99 0.3 negative manual P 294 38.4282 94 0.28 70
GU.SATI.HHZ. 2023-08-15T16:22:03.47 3.0 undecidable manual S 0
CH.MMK.HHE. 2023-08-15T16:22:02.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 32 14.5743 100 -0.51 46
GU.SATI.HHZ. 2023-08-15T16:22:01.65 3.0 positive manual P 0 0
CH.MMK.HHE. 2023-08-15T16:22:01.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 32 14.5743 100 0.17 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.SATI.HHN. ML:0.6 0.00007754999999999999 0.06 AML other m 2023-08-15T16:22:03.55
GU.SATI.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00006850000000000001 0.36 AML other m 2023-08-15T16:22:03.52
GU.CIRO.HHE. ML:0.2 0.000004498187 0.0768 AML other m 2023-08-15T16:22:13.23
GU.CIRO.HHN. ML:0.5 0.0000111134185 0.2432 AML other m 2023-08-15T16:22:13.43
GU.TRAV.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000013153855 0.1024 AML other m 2023-08-15T16:22:14.15
GU.TRAV.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000007885743 0.1024 AML other m 2023-08-15T16:22:14.29
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