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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 11-10-2023 and time 02:53:36 (UTC) in region 3 km SE Picerno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Picerno (PZ), on

  • 11-10-2023 02:53:36 (UTC)
  • 11-10-2023 04:53:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6150, 15.6620 at 10 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.

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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
Picerno PZ 3 5985 5985
Tito PZ 4 7332 13317
Satriano di Lucania PZ 8 2374 15691
Baragiano PZ 9 2671 18362
Savoia di Lucania PZ 11 1127 19489
Pignola PZ 11 6962 26451
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 12 1429 27880
Ruoti PZ 12 3579 31459
Potenza PZ 12 67122 98581
Vietri di Potenza PZ 13 2832 101413
Balvano PZ 13 1830 103243
Avigliano PZ 14 11577 114820
Sasso di Castalda PZ 14 835 115655
Caggiano SA 15 2765 118420
Brienza PZ 16 4078 122498
Ricigliano SA 16 1144 123642
Salvitelle SA 17 560 124202
Abriola PZ 17 1531 125733
Polla SA 18 5279 131012
Bella PZ 19 5171 136183
Romagnano al Monte SA 19 368 136551
Pertosa SA 20 690 137241
Atena Lucana SA 20 2336 139577

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
75 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
95 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.2 2023-10-11
02:53:36		 40.6152 15.6623 10 2023-10-11
03:02:44		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 121973881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-11 02:53:36 ± 0.09
Latitude 40.6152 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.6623 ± 0.0071
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 121973881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 668
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 566
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 7
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 670.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 47
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
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) 0.06925
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.59085
Number of stations at which the event was observed 18
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 18
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 121973881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-11 03:02:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2023-10-11T02:53:47.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 91 65.5899 50 0.04 91
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2023-10-11T02:53:44.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 160 51.1155 50 -0.67 80
IX.RDM3.HHZ.02 2023-10-11T02:53:43.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 340 30.747 50 0.66 83
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2023-10-11T02:53:43.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 107 35.1426 50 0.53 86
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2023-10-11T02:53:42.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 160 34.2435 50 -0.06 96
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2023-10-11T02:53:42.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 286 29.0487 50 0.46 89
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2023-10-11T02:53:42.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 245 33.2445 50 -0.32 91
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2023-10-11T02:53:42.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 113 12.2766 130 0.57 88
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2023-10-11T02:53:42.14 0.3 undecidable manual P 51 30.3474 50 -0.22 94
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2023-10-11T02:53:41.39 0.3 undecidable manual S 186 9.4794 137 0.41 93
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2023-10-11T02:53:41.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 230 22.3554 114 -0.07 98
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2023-10-11T02:53:41.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 317 21.3675 115 0.17 96
IX.BEL3.HNZ.01 2023-10-11T02:53:41.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 349 11.2776 132 0.05 100
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2023-10-11T02:53:41.65 0.3 undecidable manual S 74 12.6762 129 -0.14 98
IX.VDP3.HNZ.01 2023-10-11T02:53:40.74 0.3 undecidable manual S 262 7.6812 143 0.16 98
IX.AVG3.HNZ.01 2023-10-11T02:53:40.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 18 17.0718 121 0.34 93
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2023-10-11T02:53:39.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 113 12.2766 130 -0.26 96
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2023-10-11T02:53:39.38 0.3 undecidable manual P 305 15.4734 123 -0.49 91
IX.CGG3.HNZ.01 2023-10-11T02:53:39.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 235 14.2746 125 0.17 97
IX.VDP3.HNZ.01 2023-10-11T02:53:38.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 262 7.6812 143 -0.25 97
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2023-10-11T02:53:38.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 186 9.4794 137 -0.12 99
IX.BEL3.HNZ.01 2023-10-11T02:53:38.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 349 11.2776 132 -0.43 92
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2023-10-11T02:53:38.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 74 12.6762 129 -0.49 91
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IX.PGN3.HHE.02 ML:1.5 0.0003195 0.28 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:43.30
IV.PZUN.HNE. ML:1.4 0.0003015 1.4 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:44.89
IV.PZUN.HNN. ML:1.6 0.0003855 0.62 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:44.36
IV.PZUN.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00035749999999999996 0.62 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:44.67
IV.PZUN.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002745 0.4 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:44.68
IX.PGN3.HHN.02 ML:1.4 0.0003085 0.16 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:45.36
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000334 0.36 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:49.67
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00005395 0.48 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:50.20
IV.ACER.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00007175000000000001 0.44 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:51.32
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000849 0.52 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:51.61
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00002605 0.56 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:52.96
IV.ACER.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000579 0.4 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:54.67
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000042 0.46 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:56.27
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000029949999999999996 0.52 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:57.06
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000035449999999999994 0.24 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:58.41
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000042250000000000004 0.54 AML other m 2023-10-11T02:53:58.61
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