Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 21-11-2023 and time 19:08:06 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Vietri di Potenza (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Vietri di Potenza (PZ), on

  • 21-11-2023 19:08:06 (UTC)
  • 21-11-2023 20:08:06 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6100, 15.5270 at 9 km depth.

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

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Vietri di Potenza PZ 2 2832 2832
Savoia di Lucania PZ 5 1127 3959
Balvano PZ 5 1830 5789
Caggiano SA 5 2765 8554
Salvitelle SA 6 560 9114
Ricigliano SA 8 1144 10258
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 8 1429 11687
Romagnano al Monte SA 8 368 12055
Baragiano PZ 10 2671 14726
Pertosa SA 10 690 15416
Picerno PZ 10 5985 21401
Auletta SA 10 2336 23737
Polla SA 11 5279 29016
Satriano di Lucania PZ 12 2374 31390
San Gregorio Magno SA 12 4286 35676
Tito PZ 13 7332 43008
Buccino SA 14 5047 48055
Sant'Arsenio SA 16 2815 50870
Petina SA 16 1159 52029
Muro Lucano PZ 16 5497 57526
Bella PZ 17 5171 62697
Brienza PZ 17 4078 66775
Atena Lucana SA 17 2336 69111
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 18 1695 70806
Ruoti PZ 18 3579 74385
Sasso di Castalda PZ 19 835 75220
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 19 3519 78739

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
46 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
70 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
85 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
95 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.7 2023-11-21
19:08:06
40.6098 15.5272 9 2023-11-21
19:18:46
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 123313301
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-11-21 19:08:06 ± 0.2
Latitude 40.6098 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.5272 ± 0.0166
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 123313301

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1353
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 290
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 269
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1350.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 69
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) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03417
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.50002
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123313301
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-11-21 19:18:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2023-11-21T19:08:16.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 149 55.5 50 -0.51 62
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2023-11-21T19:08:15.82 1.0 negative manual P 61 40.1265 50 1.15 16
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2023-11-21T19:08:13.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 203 14.874 120 0.76 40
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2023-11-21T19:08:13.09 0.6 undecidable manual S 349 16.5723 118 -0.16 48
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2023-11-21T19:08:12.45 0.6 undecidable manual P 100 23.0547 111 0.75 40
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2023-11-21T19:08:11.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 352 9.5793 132 0.15 49
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2023-11-21T19:08:11.03 0.6 undecidable manual P 297 18.6702 115 0.15 48
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2023-11-21T19:08:10.60 0.3 negative manual P 349 16.5723 118 0.09 73
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2023-11-21T19:08:10.89 0.6 undecidable manual P 235 22.9548 111 -0.8 39
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2023-11-21T19:08:10.42 0.1 negative manual P 203 14.874 120 0.2 96
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2023-11-21T19:08:09.39 0.1 positive manual P 352 9.5793 132 0.04 100
IX.VDP3.HNZ. 2023-11-21T19:08:09.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 98 3.7962 156 -0.3 48
IX.VDP3.HNZ. 2023-11-21T19:08:08.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 98 3.7962 156 -0.28 96
IX.CGG3.HNZ.02 2023-11-21T19:08:08.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 183 7.4814 139 -0.09 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IX.SCL3.EHE.02 ML:2.0 0.001539911 0.128 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:11.50
IX.SRN3.HNN.01 ML:2.2 0.001675 0.26 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:14.63
IX.SRN3.HHN.02 ML:2.2 0.001715 0.26 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:14.50
IX.SCL3.EHN.02 ML:2.3 0.00271 0.26 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:14.66
IX.SRN3.HHE.02 ML:1.9 0.0007645 1.6 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:15.07
IX.SRN3.HNE.01 ML:1.9 0.00084 1.62 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:15.07
IV.MRLC.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00027550000000000003 0.64 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:15.17
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00010159999999999999 0.36 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:16.46
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00013475700000000002 0.3328 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:16.35
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002375 0.6 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:16.32
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00019700000000000002 1.32 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:17.89
IV.MRLC.HNN. ML:1.4 0.0002385 1.32 AML other m 2023-11-21T19:08:17.89
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