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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 27-02-2024 and time 23:04:45 (Italy) in region 2 km N San Mauro Forte (MT)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N San Mauro Forte (MT), on

  • 27-02-2024 22:04:45 (UTC)
  • 27-02-2024 23:04:45 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5040, 16.2530 at 24 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
San Mauro Forte MT 2 1552 1552
Garaguso MT 6 1073 2625
Salandra MT 6 2829 5454
Oliveto Lucano MT 7 450 5904
Accettura MT 8 1856 7760
Calciano MT 11 777 8537
Stigliano MT 11 4361 12898
Cirigliano MT 14 375 13273
Grassano MT 15 5189 18462
Gorgoglione MT 15 989 19451
Grottole MT 15 2208 21659
Tricarico MT 16 5388 27047
Pietrapertosa PZ 16 1032 28079
Campomaggiore PZ 17 811 28890
Ferrandina MT 17 8853 37743
Castelmezzano PZ 18 800 38543

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
41 Km E of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
44 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
77 Km SW of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
81 Km S of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Taranto (201100 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
85 Km S of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Bari (326344 inhabitants)
87 Km S of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
91 Km S 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 1.5 2024-02-27
22:04:45		 40.5037 16.2525 24 2024-02-27
22:12:40		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125582221
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-02-27 22:04:45 ± 0.2
Latitude 40.5037 ± 0.0090
Longitude 16.2525 ± 0.0106
Depth (km) 24 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125582221

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1004
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 560
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 134
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1000.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 76
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14659
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.59355
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitude information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125582221
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-02-27 22:12:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
XE.T0701.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:05:04.81 0.6 undecidable manual S 191 58.5969 105 0.34 44
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:05:03.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 33 53.6019 107 0.22 46
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:05:00.13 0.3 undecidable manual S 243 42.9237 111 -0.37 68
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:59.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 204 36.9297 115 -0.03 49
XE.LAICA.HNZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:58.03 1.0 undecidable manual P 201 65.8896 103 0.29 22
XE.TNOVA.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:56.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 179 58.6968 105 0.09 93
IV.CRAC.EHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:56.03 0.3 undecidable manual S 131 20.5683 133 0.65 66
XE.T0701.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:56.48 0.6 positive manual P 191 58.5969 105 -0.17 45
IV.PALZ.HHE. 2024-02-27T22:04:56.89 0.6 undecidable manual P 333 54.7008 106 0.82 38
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:55.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 33 53.6019 107 -0.26 89
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:54.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 55 19.4694 135 -0.61 64
IV.ACER.HHN. 2024-02-27T22:04:54.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 320 40.8258 113 0.51 87
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:54.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 277 16.2726 141 0.24 72
IV.SIRI.HNZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:54.83 0.6 undecidable manual P 223 48.3183 109 -0.3 45
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:53.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 243 42.9237 111 -0.44 89
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:53.66 1.0 negative manual P 204 36.9297 115 0.16 24
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:51.03 0.1 positive manual P 277 16.2726 141 0.09 100
IV.CRAC.EHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:51.69 0.3 negative manual P 131 20.5683 133 0.29 72
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2024-02-27T22:04:50.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 55 19.4694 135 -0.63 85
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MIGL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00024412135000000001 1.3184 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:04:54.65
IV.MIGL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0002975537 0.3712 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:04:54.43
IV.PTRP.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00010520389 0.4224 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:04:56.48
IV.PTRP.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000085302155 0.8832 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:04:58.88
IV.CRAC.EHE. ML:1.4 0.00013710137 1.28 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:04:56.32
IV.CRAC.EHN. ML:1.4 0.00013296080499999998 0.7296 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:04:56.61
IV.SCHR.EHE. ML:1.0 0.000032591697 2.1632 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:05:01.02
IV.SCHR.EHN. ML:1.1 0.00003820991 1.792 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:05:01.03
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:1.9 0.000220208 0.2304 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:05:02.26
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:1.7 0.0001456705 0.5888 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:05:02.71
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00008090278 2.0736 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:05:16.97
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00007924135 1.9968 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:05:16.65
XE.T0701.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000056191315 1.7152 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:05:20.83
XE.T0701.HNE. ML:1.3 0.000041174790000000004 1.0112 AML other m 2024-02-27T22:05:09.93
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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