Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 26-12-2023 and time 06:33:04 (Italy) in region Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia), on

  • 26-12-2023 05:33:04 (UTC)
  • 26-12-2023 06:33:04 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.7410, 7.9530 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
Santo Stefano al Mare IM 12 2197 2197
Riva Ligure IM 12 2910 5107
Cipressa IM 13 1290 6397
San Lorenzo al Mare IM 13 1297 7694
Costarainera IM 13 828 8522
Terzorio IM 13 216 8738
Pompeiana IM 14 823 9561
Taggia IM 14 14116 23677
Castellaro IM 15 1256 24933
Civezza IM 16 609 25542
Sanremo IM 16 54807 80349
Pietrabruna IM 17 501 80850
Imperia IM 17 42034 122884
Dolcedo IM 19 1415 124299
Ospedaletti IM 20 3367 127666

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km SE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
79 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 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 0.8 2023-12-26
05:33:04
43.741 7.9527 7 2023-12-26
05:47:37
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124271391
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-26 05:33:04 ± 0.44
Latitude 43.7410 ± 0.0189
Longitude 7.9527 ± 0.0187
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 124271391

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2222
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1039
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 335
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2220.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 250
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 26
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.41
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.97217
Number of stations at which the event was observed 21
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124271391
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-26 05:47:37
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SENI.EHZ. 2023-12-26T05:34:56.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 2.22 0
IV.CSP1.EHZ. 2023-12-26T05:34:55.05 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.56 0
IV.MRB1.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:34:48.85 3.0 negative manual Pg 13.46 0
IV.RIBO.EHZ.01 2023-12-26T05:34:24.57 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 3.87 0
IV.CESX.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:34:14.61 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 10.21 0
IV.OSSC.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:34:13.91 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -6.3 0
IV.FRON.EHZ. 2023-12-26T05:34:08.02 3.0 positive manual Pg 5.44 0
IV.FEMA.HNZ. 2023-12-26T05:34:06.34 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -0.96 0
GU.CIRO.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:34:00.50 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.09 0
CH.DAVOX.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:33:58.86 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 1.08 0
GU.PZZ.HHE. 2023-12-26T05:33:36.45 0.3 undecidable manual S 322 107.9142 50 -0.08 63
IV.QLNO.HHE. 2023-12-26T05:33:27.18 0.6 undecidable manual S 26 71.8725 50 0.27 43
GU.PZZ.HHE. 2023-12-26T05:33:23.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 107.9142 50 0.31 60
GU.PCP.HHE. 2023-12-26T05:33:21.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 28 100.5216 50 -0.61 56
GU.STV.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:33:18.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 318 74.9694 50 0.53 60
FR.SAOF.HHZ.00 2023-12-26T05:33:17.92 0.6 undecidable manual S 311 41.9247 50 -1 35
IV.QLNO.HHE. 2023-12-26T05:33:17.48 0.6 undecidable manual P 26 71.8725 50 0.12 44
GU.ENR.HHE. 2023-12-26T05:33:17.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 68.9754 50 0.63 59
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:33:15.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 351 56.2992 50 0.44 64
GU.BURY.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:33:14.88 0.6 undecidable manual S 278 32.0457 102 -0.8 39
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:33:14.18 0.6 undecidable manual P 24 56.499 50 -0.81 37
FR.SAOF.HHZ.00 2023-12-26T05:33:13.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 311 41.9247 50 0.37 67
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:33:12.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 12 42.2244 50 -0.65 61
GU.IMI.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:33:11.55 0.3 undecidable manual S 346 19.3695 109 0.1 74
GU.BURY.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:33:11.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 278 32.0457 102 0.12 72
GU.IMI.HHZ. 2023-12-26T05:33:08.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 346 19.3695 109 0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.IMI.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00006953435499999999 0.0608 AML other m 2023-12-26T05:33:12.03
GU.IMI.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000084615445 0.0992 AML other m 2023-12-26T05:33:12.11
GU.BURY.HHE. ML:0.5 0.000013579945 0.3008 AML other m 2023-12-26T05:33:15.12
GU.BURY.HHN. ML:0.3 0.000010560705 0.9408 AML other m 2023-12-26T05:33:15.41
GU.RORO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00003674976 0.16 AML other m 2023-12-26T05:33:20.68
GU.RORO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000025447569999999998 0.1408 AML other m 2023-12-26T05:33:20.78
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000018456845 0.3616 AML other m 2023-12-26T05:33:24.10
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000008064884 0.88 AML other m 2023-12-26T05:33:22.29
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