Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 17-12-2023 and time 21:40:58 (UTC) in region Costa Ligure centro orientale (Genova)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure centro orientale (Genova), on

  • 17-12-2023 21:40:58 (UTC)
  • 17-12-2023 22:40:58 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.1290, 8.9680 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km S of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
44 Km E of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
69 Km W of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Massa (69479 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 0.9 2023-12-17
21:40:58
44.1288 8.9675 10 2023-12-17
21:51:34
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124115251
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-17 21:40:58 ± 0.27
Latitude 44.1288 ± 0.0117
Longitude 8.9675 ± 0.0138
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124115251

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1550
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 820
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 324
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1550.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 281
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.34264
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.52970
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124115251
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-17 21:51:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2023-12-17T21:41:16.37 0.3 undecidable manual S 279 58.7967 50 -0.12 73
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2023-12-17T21:41:16.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 324 56.6988 50 0.39 46
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2023-12-17T21:41:15.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 294 53.9016 50 -0.16 49
GU.RNCA.HHZ. 2023-12-17T21:41:10.43 1.0 undecidable manual S 358 38.0286 50 -0.51 23
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2023-12-17T21:41:08.40 0.6 undecidable manual P 324 56.6988 50 0 50
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2023-12-17T21:41:08.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 294 53.9016 50 0.02 100
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2023-12-17T21:41:08.78 0.1 positive manual P 279 58.7967 50 0.06 98
GU.RNCA.HHZ. 2023-12-17T21:41:05.52 0.3 positive manual P 358 38.0286 50 0.01 77
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.RNCA.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000036297805000000004 0.064 AML other m 2023-12-17T21:41:05.74
GU.RNCA.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000021418 0.064 AML other m 2023-12-17T21:41:05.75
IV.QLNO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.0000136199945 0.2688 AML other m 2023-12-17T21:41:19.76
GU.PCP.HHN. ML:0.8 0.0000158317005 1.5872 AML other m 2023-12-17T21:41:34.72
GU.PCP.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000013770663 0.96 AML other m 2023-12-17T21:41:25.73
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00007534397500000001 0.768 AML other m 2023-12-17T21:41:20.55
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