Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.4 on date 09-12-2023 and time 06:13:24 (Italy) in region 7 km W Castelsaraceno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.4 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Castelsaraceno (PZ), on

  • 09-12-2023 05:13:24 (UTC)
  • 09-12-2023 06:13:24 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.1880, 15.9220 at 6 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
Castelsaraceno PZ 7 1384 1384
Sarconi PZ 7 1404 2788
Moliterno PZ 8 4062 6850
Spinoso PZ 10 1462 8312
Grumento Nova PZ 11 1700 10012
San Martino d'Agri PZ 12 801 10813
Latronico PZ 13 4556 15369
San Chirico Raparo PZ 13 1084 16453
Montemurro PZ 14 1235 17688
Lagonegro PZ 15 5584 23272
Carbone PZ 15 638 23910
Nemoli PZ 17 1495 25405
Viggiano PZ 17 3329 28734
Lauria PZ 17 12919 41653
Armento PZ 18 631 42284
Rivello PZ 19 2767 45051
Tramutola PZ 19 3089 48140
Calvera PZ 19 387 48527
Episcopia PZ 20 1434 49961

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 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 0.4 2023-12-09
05:13:24
40.1877 15.922 6 2023-12-09
05:22:03
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 123909591
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-09 05:13:24 ± 0.11
Latitude 40.1877 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.9220 ± 0.0024
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 123909591

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 441
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 283
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 196
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 440.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 178
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.07
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.16458
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:0.4

Field Value
Value 0.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123909591
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-09 05:22:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CRTC.HHZ. 2023-12-09T05:15:02.92 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 11.17 0
MN.TRI.HHZ. 2023-12-09T05:14:46.65 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 17.049999 0
IV.SFI.EHZ. 2023-12-09T05:14:29.23 3.0 negative manual Pg 13.28 0
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2023-12-09T05:14:28.56 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.24 0
IV.FIAM.HHZ. 2023-12-09T05:14:20.14 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.67 0
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2023-12-09T05:13:31.22 0.6 undecidable manual S 326 18.2706 109 0 50
IV.MTSN.HHE. 2023-12-09T05:13:30.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 301 16.872 110 -0.01 50
IV.PAOL.HHZ. 2023-12-09T05:13:29.14 3.0 undecidable manual P 1.77 0
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2023-12-09T05:13:29.55 0.6 undecidable manual S 84 13.0758 115 0.01 51
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2023-12-09T05:13:28.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 326 18.2706 109 -0.04 100
IV.MTSN.HHE. 2023-12-09T05:13:28.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 301 16.872 110 0.07 100
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2023-12-09T05:13:27.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 262 4.6953 143 0.04 51
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2023-12-09T05:13:27.42 0.3 positive manual P 84 13.0758 115 0.01 76
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2023-12-09T05:13:25.84 1.0 undecidable manual P 262 4.6953 143 -0.22 25
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2023-12-09T05:13:13.45 3.0 undecidable manual P -1.6 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000022449115 0.2592 AML other m 2023-12-09T05:13:27.58
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000026702710000000002 1.6192 AML other m 2023-12-09T05:13:38.83
IV.SIRI.HNE. ML:0.0 0.000044721331500000004 0.7296 AML other m 2023-12-09T05:13:25.71
IV.SIRI.HNN. ML:0.0 0.00004457891 0.7904 AML other m 2023-12-09T05:13:39.35
IV.SCHR.EHE. ML:0.2 0.000017575785 1.1968 AML other m 2023-12-09T05:13:44.45
IV.SCHR.EHN. ML:0.2 0.000018694639999999998 0.2208 AML other m 2023-12-09T05:13:29.83
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:0.6 0.00003545247 0.56 AML other m 2023-12-09T05:13:32.60
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:0.6 0.000034611854999999997 2.08 AML other m 2023-12-09T05:13:32.24
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:0.2 0.00001252743835 0.9792 AML other m 2023-12-09T05:13:31.55
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000042265980000000004 1.5392 AML other m 2023-12-09T05:13:30.53
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