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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 13-01-2024 and time 12:21:49 (Italy) in region 2 km S Castel di Sangro (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Castel di Sangro (AQ), on

  • 13-01-2024 11:21:49 (UTC)
  • 13-01-2024 12:21:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.7710, 14.1130 at 16 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
Castel di Sangro AQ 2 6538 6538
San Pietro Avellana IS 6 503 7041
Scontrone AQ 7 574 7615
Rionero Sannitico IS 7 1118 8733
Montenero Val Cocchiara IS 7 538 9271
Alfedena AQ 8 864 10135
Roccaraso AQ 9 1627 11762
Forlì del Sannio IS 10 675 12437
Barrea AQ 10 726 13163
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 11 425 13588
Rivisondoli AQ 12 700 14288
Ateleta AQ 12 1181 15469
Vastogirardi IS 12 704 16173
Roccasicura IS 13 550 16723
Cerro al Volturno IS 13 1281 18004
Pizzone IS 13 329 18333
Castel San Vincenzo IS 13 516 18849
Castel del Giudice IS 14 346 19195
Pescocostanzo AQ 14 1128 20323
Civitella Alfedena AQ 14 296 20619
Capracotta IS 15 903 21522
Villetta Barrea AQ 15 653 22175
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 16 1113 23288
Carovilli IS 16 1359 24647
Gamberale CH 17 320 24967
Sant'Angelo del Pesco IS 17 364 25331
Scapoli IS 18 680 26011
Miranda IS 18 1047 27058
Fornelli IS 18 1909 28967
Colli a Volturno IS 19 1349 30316
Pescopennataro IS 19 285 30601
Pizzoferrato CH 20 1130 31731

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
65 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
78 Km S of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
83 Km S of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Casoria (77642 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 1.6 2024-01-13
11:21:49		 41.771 14.1127 16 2024-01-13
11:29:49		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124622151
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-01-13 11:21:49 ± 0.09
Latitude 41.7710 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.1127 ± 0.0060
Depth (km) 16 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124622151

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 499
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 426
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 30
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 85
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) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.67539
Number of stations at which the event was observed 20
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124622151
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-13 11:29:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CTI.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:23:53.58 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 0.16 0
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:23:46.95 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 9.05 0
CH.FUORN.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:23:16.38 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 4.32 0
IV.LADO.EHZ. 2024-01-13T11:23:16.78 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -5.26 0
IV.OSSC.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:23:08.89 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 1.53 0
GU.GRAM.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:23:01.52 3.0 positive manual Pg 10.9 0
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:22:51.57 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 0.98 0
IV.ARVD.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:22:45.47 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.97 0
IX.CMP3.EHZ.02 2024-01-13T11:22:33.92 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.1 0
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:22:13.45 3.0 positive manual P 2.21 0
IV.VVLD.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:22:03.03 0.6 undecidable manual S 285 41.9247 99 0.12 48
IV.GIUL.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:22:02.18 0.6 negative manual P 252 74.9694 94 0.02 45
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:22:00.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 327 31.746 103 0 48
IT.OPI.HGZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:58.15 0.6 undecidable manual S 272 23.3544 111 0.04 50
IV.CERA.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:57.36 0.6 undecidable manual S 202 20.7681 115 -0.1 49
IV.VVLD.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:57.10 0.3 undecidable manual P 285 41.9247 99 0 72
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:56.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 141 18.4704 119 -0.7 41
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:55.30 0.3 positive manual P 11 31.1466 104 -0.17 71
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:55.50 0.1 negative manual P 327 31.746 103 -0.06 96
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:55.19 0.6 undecidable manual S 156 8.1807 147 0.31 49
IV.POFI.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:55.94 0.3 positive manual P 260 33.6441 102 0.09 73
IT.OPI.HGZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:54.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 272 23.3544 111 0.05 100
IV.PABO.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:54.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 96 22.8549 112 0.21 97
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:53.57 0.1 positive manual P 141 18.4704 119 -0.08 99
IV.CERA.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:53.96 0.1 positive manual P 202 20.7681 115 0 100
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2024-01-13T11:21:52.59 0.6 undecidable manual P 156 8.1807 147 0.12 51
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.RNI2.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0007755 0.38 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:21:55.31
IV.RNI2.HNN. ML:1.9 0.0007204999999999999 0.38 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:21:55.31
IV.RNI2.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0007424999999999999 0.8 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:21:56.47
IV.RNI2.HNE. ML:1.8 0.0006845 0.8 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:21:56.47
IV.MIDA.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00023950000000000002 0.42 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:21:57.16
IV.MIDA.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000268 1.52 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:21:57.89
IV.CERA.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001455 0.94 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:21:58.76
IV.CERA.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00012445000000000002 0.6 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:21:59.47
IV.INTR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000386 0.14 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:22:00.46
IV.INTR.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000256 1.28 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:22:00.20
IV.POFI.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0001053 0.42 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:22:01.64
IV.POFI.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00008975 0.46 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:22:01.67
IV.LPEL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00015099999999999998 1.2 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:22:01.32
IV.LPEL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000202 0.56 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:22:03.36
IV.VVLD.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0001075 0.44 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:22:03.33
IV.VVLD.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001475 0.32 AML other m 2024-01-13T11:22:04.44
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