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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 24-10-2023 and time 08:11:44 (Italy) in region 7 km W Castelsaraceno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Castelsaraceno (PZ), on

  • 24-10-2023 06:11:44 (UTC)
  • 24-10-2023 08:11:44 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.1700, 15.9070 at 8 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
Castelsaraceno PZ 7 1384 1384
Moliterno PZ 9 4062 5446
Sarconi PZ 9 1404 6850
Spinoso PZ 12 1462 8312
Latronico PZ 13 4556 12868
Grumento Nova PZ 13 1700 14568
Lagonegro PZ 13 5584 20152
San Martino d'Agri PZ 14 801 20953
San Chirico Raparo PZ 15 1084 22037
Nemoli PZ 15 1495 23532
Lauria PZ 15 12919 36451
Carbone PZ 16 638 37089
Rivello PZ 16 2767 39856
Montemurro PZ 16 1235 41091
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 19 824 41915
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 19 2131 44046
Viggiano PZ 19 3329 47375
Trecchina PZ 19 2316 49691
Episcopia PZ 19 1434 51125
Casalbuono SA 20 1194 52319
Tramutola PZ 20 3089 55408

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
53 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
81 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 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 1.8 2023-10-24
06:11:44		 40.1695 15.9073 8 2023-10-24
06:18:44		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 122326241
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-24 06:11:44 ± 0.07
Latitude 40.1695 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.9073 ± 0.0047
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 122326241

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 428
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 191
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 233
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 430.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 62
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.61783
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitude information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 30
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122326241
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-24 06:18:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2023-10-24T06:12:09.48 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.07 0
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:57.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 2 68.5758 50 0.29 85
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:56.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 43 66.0894 50 -0.34 85
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:54.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 288 53.8017 50 -0.41 85
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:53.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 257 46.0206 50 0.01 94
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:52.59 0.3 undecidable manual P 18 41.1255 50 0.01 95
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:52.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 333 19.3695 113 0.23 94
IX.VGG3.HNZ.01 2023-10-24T06:11:51.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 358 18.4704 114 0.08 97
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:50.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 77 14.6742 119 -0.2 96
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:50.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 309 16.9719 116 -0.21 95
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:50.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 263 30.2475 105 -0.21 93
XE.T0701.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:50.04 0.3 undecidable manual P 139 26.9508 107 -0.07 96
XE.LAICA.HNZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:49.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 167 25.1526 108 0.2 94
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:49.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 202 20.9679 112 0.36 91
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:48.67 0.3 undecidable manual P 333 19.3695 113 -0.01 98
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:48.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 309 16.9719 116 0.32 93
IX.VGG3.HNZ.01 2023-10-24T06:11:48.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 358 18.4704 114 0.19 95
IV.SIRI.HNZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:47.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 293 3.6963 156 -0.26 96
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:47.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 77 14.6742 119 0.05 98
IV.SIRI.HNZ. 2023-10-24T06:11:46.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 293 3.6963 156 -0.07 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SCHR.EHN. ML:1.9 0.000829 0.48 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:50.53
IV.SCHR.EHE. ML:1.6 0.000431 1.16 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:50.99
IV.MTSN.HNN. ML:2.1 0.001105 1.18 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:51.84
IV.MTSN.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00123 1.16 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:51.26
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0007545 0.48 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:52.48
IV.MTSN.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0008705000000000001 0.28 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:52.26
IV.MTSN.HNE. ML:2.0 0.0008960000000000001 0.3 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:52.26
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0007270000000000001 1.08 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:52.44
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:2.2 0.0014455 0.32 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:53.70
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:2.2 0.00127 0.3 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:54.15
IV.MGR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001915 0.7 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:55.51
IV.MGR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001655 0.5 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:57.40
MN.CUC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00021799999999999999 0.6 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:58.13
MN.CUC.HNN. ML:1.5 0.000244 0.6 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:58.43
MN.CUC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000211 1.08 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:59.03
MN.CUC.HNE. ML:1.5 0.000224 1.04 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:11:59.47
IV.PTRP.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00008885 0.94 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:00.16
IV.BULG.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00006735 0.2 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:00.79
IV.BULG.HNE. ML:1.4 0.00007885 0.48 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:02.47
IV.BULG.HNN. ML:1.7 0.00014050000000000003 1.68 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:03.04
IV.BULG.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000142 1.68 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:03.88
IV.PTRP.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00010525000000000001 0.46 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:03.25
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0000441 1.26 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:04.13
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00003645 0.86 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:04.50
IV.MIGL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00016649999999999998 0.88 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:06.50
IV.ACER.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000235 0.54 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:07.49
IV.ACER.HNE. ML:2.1 0.00023449999999999998 0.54 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:07.49
IV.MIGL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00019250000000000002 0.76 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:07.97
IV.ACER.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000179 0.98 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:08.57
IV.ACER.HNN. ML:2.0 0.00017749999999999998 0.98 AML other m 2023-10-24T06:12:08.57
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