Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 19-12-2023 and time 21:58:21 (UTC) in region 3 km W Picerno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Picerno (PZ), on

  • 19-12-2023 21:58:21 (UTC)
  • 19-12-2023 22:58:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6410, 15.6000 at 24 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
Picerno PZ 3 5985 5985
Baragiano PZ 4 2671 8656
Balvano PZ 7 1830 10486
Savoia di Lucania PZ 9 1127 11613
Vietri di Potenza PZ 9 2832 14445
Tito PZ 9 7332 21777
Ricigliano SA 10 1144 22921
Ruoti PZ 11 3579 26500
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 11 1429 27929
Satriano di Lucania PZ 11 2374 30303
Caggiano SA 12 2765 33068
Salvitelle SA 13 560 33628
Romagnano al Monte SA 14 368 33996
Avigliano PZ 14 11577 45573
Bella PZ 14 5171 50744
Muro Lucano PZ 16 5497 56241
Polla SA 17 5279 61520
Pertosa SA 17 690 62210
San Gregorio Magno SA 17 4286 66496
Auletta SA 17 2336 68832
Pignola PZ 17 6962 75794
Potenza PZ 17 67122 142916
Brienza PZ 18 4078 146994
Sasso di Castalda PZ 18 835 147829
Buccino SA 20 5047 152876

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
52 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
92 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Trani (56217 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 2023-12-19
21:58:21
40.6408 15.5998 24 2023-12-19
22:03:46
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124148901
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-19 21:58:21 ± 0.17
Latitude 40.6408 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.5998 ± 0.0059
Depth (km) 24 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124148901

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 764
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 336
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 333
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 760.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 97
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29768
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124148901
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-19 22:03:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2023-12-19T21:58:43.39 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 0.01 0
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2023-12-19T21:58:33.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 61 33.0447 118 -0.11 72
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2023-12-19T21:58:32.46 0.6 undecidable manual S 236 30.0477 121 -0.04 49
IV.SGO.HNZ. 2023-12-19T21:58:31.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 250 26.1516 126 -0.05 49
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2023-12-19T21:58:31.09 0.6 undecidable manual S 283 23.2545 129 0.07 50
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2023-12-19T21:58:30.25 0.3 undecidable manual S 215 20.9679 133 -0.31 71
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2023-12-19T21:58:30.72 0.6 undecidable manual S 115 18.2706 137 0.66 41
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2023-12-19T21:58:29.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 324 15.873 142 -0.07 73
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2023-12-19T21:58:28.99 0.3 undecidable manual S 160 13.0758 147 -0.21 74
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2023-12-19T21:58:28.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 309 9.5793 155 0.06 76
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2023-12-19T21:58:27.64 0.6 negative manual P 236 30.0477 121 -0.02 49
IV.SGO.HNZ. 2023-12-19T21:58:27.14 0.3 undecidable manual P 250 26.1516 126 -0.03 74
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2023-12-19T21:58:27.92 0.3 positive manual P 61 33.0447 118 -0.15 71
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2023-12-19T21:58:27.27 0.6 undecidable manual P 283 23.2545 129 0.46 45
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2023-12-19T21:58:26.49 0.1 positive manual P 215 20.9679 133 -0.05 100
IX.PGN3.HHZ.02 2023-12-19T21:58:26.49 0.6 undecidable manual P 115 18.2706 137 0.24 47
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2023-12-19T21:58:26.06 0.6 positive manual P 324 15.873 142 0.05 50
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2023-12-19T21:58:25.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 160 13.0758 147 -0.04 76
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2023-12-19T21:58:25.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 309 9.5793 155 -0.04 76
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000020850000000000002 0.32 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:29.71
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000039149999999999996 0.28 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:30.41
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:0.6 0.0000155 0.18 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:32.90
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000027096275 0.1408 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:33.57
IV.MRLC.HNE. ML:1.1 0.00007725136 1.0112 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:39.37
IV.MRLC.HNN. ML:1.0 0.000052548755000000004 1.0624 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:33.22
IV.CDRU.HNE. ML:1.2 0.000053980475 0.896 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:42.73
IV.CDRU.HNN. ML:1.0 0.00003872792 0.8064 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:41.22
IV.ACER.HNE. ML:1.1 0.000047169105 0.7296 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:36.50
IV.ACER.HNN. ML:1.1 0.00004348484 0.2944 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:33.81
IV.ACER.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000022219215 0.4224 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:33.63
IV.ACER.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000035176890000000005 0.2816 AML other m 2023-12-19T21:58:33.80
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