Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 21-11-2023 and time 09:34:20 (Italy) in region Confine Italia Svizzera (SVIZZERA)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: Confine Italia Svizzera (SVIZZERA), on

  • 21-11-2023 08:34:20 (UTC)
  • 21-11-2023 09:34:20 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 45.9380, 7.8330 at 7 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 11 557 557
Gressoney-La-Trinité AO 12 303 860
Alagna Valsesia VC 12 408 1268
Riva Valdobbia VC 15 258 1526
Rima San Giuseppe VC 17 59 1585
Carcoforo VC 17 78 1663
Valtournenche AO 18 2277 3940
Ayas AO 18 1401 5341
Gressoney-Saint-Jean AO 18 807 6148
Ceppo Morelli VB 19 321 6469
Chamois AO 20 97 6566
Rimasco VC 20 106 6672

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
78 Km W of Varese (80799 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Gallarate (53343 inhabitants)
82 Km NW of Novara (104380 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Busto Arsizio (83106 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Legnano (60262 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Como (84495 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 0.9 2023-11-21
08:34:20
45.9378 7.8328 7 2023-11-21
08:40:40
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 123302991
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-11-21 08:34:20 ± 0.11
Latitude 45.9378 ± 0.0063
Longitude 7.8328 ± 0.0103
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 123302991

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 778
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 660
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 71
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 780.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 119
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06745
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.48114
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123302991
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-11-21 08:40:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.REMY.HNZ. 2023-11-21T08:34:37.88 0.6 undecidable manual S 258 53.4021 50 -0.05 50
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2023-11-21T08:34:34.68 0.6 undecidable manual S 209 42.5241 50 -0.35 48
CH.DIX.HHZ. 2023-11-21T08:34:33.06 0.6 undecidable manual S 296 36.3414 101 -0.09 51
GU.REMY.HNZ. 2023-11-21T08:34:30.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 258 53.4021 50 0.14 98
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2023-11-21T08:34:28.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 209 42.5241 50 0.16 100
CH.DIX.HHZ. 2023-11-21T08:34:27.77 0.6 negative manual P 296 36.3414 101 0.04 52
CH.MMK.HHZ. 2023-11-21T08:34:26.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 39 16.0728 113 0.25 51
GU.SATI.HHZ. 2023-11-21T08:34:23.69 0.6 undecidable manual S 158 7.4814 133 -0.16 53
CH.MMK.HHZ. 2023-11-21T08:34:23.23 0.6 undecidable manual P 39 16.0728 113 -0.6 47
GU.SATI.HHZ. 2023-11-21T08:34:22.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 158 7.4814 133 0.2 79
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
CH.MMK.HHN. ML:-0.3 0.0000070279315000000004 0.2816 AML other m 2023-11-21T08:34:29.76
CH.MMK.HHE. ML:-0.3 0.000006181340000000001 0.416 AML other m 2023-11-21T08:34:29.27
GU.SATI.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00021256706 0.1408 AML other m 2023-11-21T08:34:23.68
GU.SATI.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00019576170000000002 0.1216 AML other m 2023-11-21T08:34:23.76
GU.SATI.HNE. ML:1.1 0.000218509485 0.1344 AML other m 2023-11-21T08:34:23.68
GU.SATI.HNN. ML:1.0 0.0001810465 0.1152 AML other m 2023-11-21T08:34:23.76
CH.DIX.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000027766947999999998 0.192 AML other m 2023-11-21T08:34:36.25
CH.DIX.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000393229335 0.2688 AML other m 2023-11-21T08:34:34.80
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