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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 09-01-2024 and time 00:43:36 (Italy) in region 4 km W Picerno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Picerno (PZ), on

  • 08-01-2024 23:43:36 (UTC)
  • 09-01-2024 00:43:36 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6250, 15.5910 at 9 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.

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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
Picerno PZ 4 5985 5985
Baragiano PZ 6 2671 8656
Savoia di Lucania PZ 7 1127 9783
Balvano PZ 7 1830 11613
Vietri di Potenza PZ 8 2832 14445
Tito PZ 9 7332 21777
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 9 1429 23206
Satriano di Lucania PZ 10 2374 25580
Caggiano SA 10 2765 28345
Ricigliano SA 10 1144 29489
Salvitelle SA 12 560 30049
Ruoti PZ 13 3579 33628
Romagnano al Monte SA 13 368 33996
Polla SA 15 5279 39275
Pertosa SA 15 690 39965
Bella PZ 16 5171 45136
Auletta SA 16 2336 47472
Avigliano PZ 16 11577 59049
San Gregorio Magno SA 17 4286 63335
Brienza PZ 17 4078 67413
Muro Lucano PZ 17 5497 72910
Sasso di Castalda PZ 17 835 73745
Pignola PZ 17 6962 80707
Potenza PZ 18 67122 147829
Buccino SA 19 5047 152876
Atena Lucana SA 19 2336 155212
Sant'Arsenio SA 19 2815 158027

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
51 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
75 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
93 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.8 2024-01-08
23:43:36		 40.6252 15.5913 9 2024-01-08
23:55:12		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124550381
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-01-08 23:43:36 ± 0.1
Latitude 40.6252 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.5913 ± 0.0083
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124550381

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 703
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 647
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 231
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49013
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 30
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124550381
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-08 23:55:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:44:06.40 3.0 undecidable manual S 1.12 0
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:50.32 1.0 undecidable manual S 152 37.7289 50 0.42 23
IV.MRVN.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:49.41 3.0 negative manual P -0.05 0
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:49.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 59 34.5432 50 0.51 68
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:48.05 3.0 negative manual P -0.33 0
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:46.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 316 46.3203 50 0.46 67
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:46.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 155 54.4011 50 -0.7 81
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:45.71 3.0 negative manual P 1.06 0
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:44.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 152 37.7289 50 -0.03 99
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:44.15 0.6 undecidable manual S 83 18.2706 115 0.28 49
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:44.94 0.6 undecidable manual P 216 41.8248 50 -0.07 49
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:43.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 59 34.5432 50 -0.68 63
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:43.28 0.3 undecidable manual S 329 16.9719 117 -0.16 75
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2024-01-08T23:43:42.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 154 11.6772 127 0.51 71
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:42.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 238 28.4493 107 0.09 100
IV.SGO.HNN. 2024-01-08T23:43:42.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 253 24.9528 109 0.16 99
IX.STN3.EHZ.02 2024-01-08T23:43:40.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 154 11.6772 127 0.25 75
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:40.64 0.1 positive manual P 83 18.2706 115 -0.25 98
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2024-01-08T23:43:40.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 329 16.9719 117 0.21 75
IX.VDP3.HNE.01 2024-01-08T23:43:39.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 216 2.6973 163 -0.5 48
IX.VDP3.HNE.01 2024-01-08T23:43:38.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 216 2.6973 163 -0.17 77
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.PZUN.HHE. ML:2.4 0.001954436 0.3328 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:44.84
IV.PZUN.HNE. ML:2.4 0.0020161485 0.3456 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:44.84
IV.PZUN.HNN. ML:2.2 0.0012345047 0.2688 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:45.01
IV.PZUN.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00131765015 0.256 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:45.00
IV.MRLC.HNN. ML:1.9 0.0007663352000000001 0.6016 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:48.53
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0006272955 0.6016 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:48.53
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00033112645 0.2816 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:51.58
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00039362355 0.448 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:48.34
IV.MRLC.HNE. ML:1.7 0.00047305875 0.4608 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:48.34
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0002145 0.24 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:53.21
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000313 0.6 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:54.33
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:2.2 0.0006145 1.26 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:55.33
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000136 0.4 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:56.64
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00019793854999999999 0.2688 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:57.48
IV.SIRI.HNE. ML:1.9 0.00019962805 0.4224 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:44:04.06
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000258 0.52 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:59.64
IV.SIRI.HNN. ML:1.9 0.00017498910000000002 0.4864 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:44:00.24
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00017862055 0.4736 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:44:00.47
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00014335309499999998 0.512 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:53.89
IV.CDRU.HNE. ML:1.8 0.00030681255000000003 0.2816 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:51.57
IV.CDRU.HNN. ML:1.7 0.00026312355 0.3712 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:53.22
IV.CMPR.HNE. ML:1.7 0.00016378325 0.7296 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:44:00.54
IV.CMPR.HNN. ML:2.4 0.00080774415 0.9984 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:54.48
IV.SNAL.HNE. ML:1.8 0.00018594615 0.4864 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:58.91
IV.SNAL.HNN. ML:1.9 0.0002360159 0.8064 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:44:03.30
IV.SNAL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0001910071 0.9856 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:44:08.97
IV.SNAL.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00022422975 0.7808 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:44:03.29
IV.SCHR.EHE. ML:1.6 0.000076554125 1.088 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:44:05.11
IV.SCHR.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00007168296 0.2432 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:43:58.00
IV.MRVN.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00003752681049999999 0.2432 AML other m 2024-01-08T23:44:04.61
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