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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 29-12-2023 and time 14:36:48 (Italy) in region 5 km W Castelsaraceno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Castelsaraceno (PZ), on

  • 29-12-2023 13:36:48 (UTC)
  • 29-12-2023 14:36:48 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.1690, 15.9350 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.

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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 5 1384 1384
Sarconi PZ 10 1404 2788
Moliterno PZ 10 4062 6850
Latronico PZ 11 4556 11406
Spinoso PZ 11 1462 12868
San Chirico Raparo PZ 12 1084 13952
San Martino d'Agri PZ 13 801 14753
Grumento Nova PZ 13 1700 16453
Carbone PZ 14 638 17091
Lagonegro PZ 15 5584 22675
Montemurro PZ 16 1235 23910
Lauria PZ 16 12919 36829
Nemoli PZ 16 1495 38324
Episcopia PZ 17 1434 39758
Calvera PZ 18 387 40145
Rivello PZ 18 2767 42912
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 18 824 43736
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 18 2131 45867
Armento PZ 19 631 46498
Teana PZ 19 613 47111
Viggiano PZ 19 3329 50440

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
54 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 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 0.6 2023-12-29
13:36:48		 40.1688 15.9347 10 2023-12-29
13:52:09		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124341511
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-29 13:36:48 ± 0.29
Latitude 40.1688 ± 0.0126
Longitude 15.9347 ± 0.0059
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124341511

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1352
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 510
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 193
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) 210
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.13
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.18616
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124341511
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-29 13:52:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:38:03.90 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 5.03 0
IV.LMD.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:37:48.35 3.0 negative manual Pn 0.06 0
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:37:28.42 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.48 0
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:37:18.34 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.12 0
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:37:17.47 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.6 0
IV.TDS.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:37:02.23 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.51 0
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:36:55.99 1.0 undecidable manual S 327 20.6682 115 0.11 25
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2023-12-29T13:36:53.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 74 12.4764 127 -0.12 50
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:36:52.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 327 20.6682 115 -0.05 100
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:36:51.92 0.6 undecidable manual S 284 5.8941 148 0.06 51
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2023-12-29T13:36:51.23 0.1 positive manual P 74 12.4764 127 0.1 100
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:36:50.01 1.0 undecidable manual P 284 5.8941 148 -0.22 25
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2023-12-29T13:36:47.81 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.94 0
IX.STN3.HNZ.01 2023-12-29T13:36:43.64 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.21 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SCHR.EHE. ML:0.6 0.00005044999999999999 0.1 AML other m 2023-12-29T13:36:53.42
IV.SCHR.EHN. ML:0.8 0.00007394999999999998 0.4 AML other m 2023-12-29T13:36:53.57
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:0.3 0.0000367 1.72 AML other m 2023-12-29T13:36:54.03
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000046200000000000005 0.48 AML other m 2023-12-29T13:36:54.87
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:0.5 0.00002255 0.34 AML other m 2023-12-29T13:36:57.19
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:0.5 0.0000258 0.62 AML other m 2023-12-29T13:36:57.85
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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