Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 12-01-2024 and time 13:22:14 (Italy) in region Costa Ligure centro occidentale (Savona)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure centro occidentale (Savona), on

  • 12-01-2024 12:22:14 (UTC)
  • 12-01-2024 13:22:14 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.1090, 8.5080 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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Noli SV 13 2736 2736
Finale Ligure SV 15 11711 14447
Spotorno SV 15 3803 18250
Bergeggi SV 17 1129 19379
Borgio Verezzi SV 17 2205 21584
Vezzi Portio SV 18 809 22393
Pietra Ligure SV 18 8992 31385
Vado Ligure SV 19 8336 39721
Orco Feglino SV 19 890 40611
Loano SV 20 11407 52018

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km S of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
48 Km SW of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
91 Km S of Asti (76202 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 0.7 2024-01-12
12:22:14
44.109 8.5078 10 2024-01-12
12:30:15
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124600181
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-01-12 12:22:14 ± 0.11
Latitude 44.1090 ± 0.0045
Longitude 8.5078 ± 0.0075
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124600181

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 680
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 320
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 305
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 680.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 242
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.21764
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49643
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124600181
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-12 12:30:15
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2024-01-12T12:22:32.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 286 55.1004 50 0.04 47
GU.IMI.HHE. 2024-01-12T12:22:31.97 0.6 undecidable manual S 246 53.8017 50 0 48
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2024-01-12T12:22:30.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 4 48.0186 50 0.06 72
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2024-01-12T12:22:25.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 286 55.1004 50 0.19 92
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2024-01-12T12:22:24.74 0.3 undecidable manual S 332 27.1506 50 -0.12 74
GU.IMI.HHE. 2024-01-12T12:22:24.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 246 53.8017 50 -0.18 69
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2024-01-12T12:22:23.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 297 24.1536 50 -0.08 50
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2024-01-12T12:22:23.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 4 48.0186 50 -0.05 72
GU.CANO.HHZ. 2024-01-12T12:22:20.27 0.1 negative manual P 297 24.1536 50 0.05 100
IV.QLNO.HHZ. 2024-01-12T12:22:20.67 0.6 negative manual P 332 27.1506 50 -0.01 50
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.CANO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000079785405 1.3568 AML other m 2024-01-12T12:22:24.22
GU.CANO.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000020029825 0.2368 AML other m 2024-01-12T12:22:24.47
IV.QLNO.HHE. ML:0.3 0.000012048604499999999 0.1408 AML other m 2024-01-12T12:22:25.27
GU.PCP.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000011321880499999999 2.1824 AML other m 2024-01-12T12:22:31.92
GU.PCP.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000028158139999999997 2.8608 AML other m 2024-01-12T12:22:29.81
GU.GBOS.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00002162854 1.5808 AML other m 2024-01-12T12:22:34.27
GU.GBOS.HHE. ML:0.3 0.000003666488 1.5808 AML other m 2024-01-12T12:22:32.47
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