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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 02-03-2024 and time 16:54:09 (Italy) in region 4 km NW Ricigliano (SA)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Ricigliano (SA), on

  • 02-03-2024 15:54:09 (UTC)
  • 02-03-2024 16:54:09 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.7060, 15.4630 at 4 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
Ricigliano SA 4 1144 1144
Muro Lucano PZ 6 5497 6641
Balvano PZ 7 1830 8471
San Gregorio Magno SA 8 4286 12757
Bella PZ 9 5171 17928
Romagnano al Monte SA 9 368 18296
Castelgrande PZ 9 943 19239
Buccino SA 11 5047 24286
Baragiano PZ 12 2671 26957
Vietri di Potenza PZ 12 2832 29789
Salvitelle SA 13 560 30349
San Fele PZ 14 3004 33353
Colliano SA 15 3638 36991
Palomonte SA 15 3985 40976
Caggiano SA 16 2765 43741
Pescopagano PZ 16 1910 45651
Laviano SA 16 1438 47089
Rapone PZ 16 990 48079
Picerno PZ 17 5985 54064
Santomenna SA 17 443 54507
Valva SA 17 1643 56150
Auletta SA 17 2336 58486
Savoia di Lucania PZ 17 1127 59613
Ruvo del Monte PZ 17 1083 60696
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 17 619 61315
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 17 1539 62854
Pertosa SA 18 690 63544
Ruoti PZ 18 3579 67123
Oliveto Citra SA 19 3802 70925
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 19 1429 72354
Contursi Terme SA 20 3394 75748
Conza della Campania AV 20 1373 77121

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
74 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
85 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Barletta (94814 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 2024-03-02
15:54:09		 40.7055 15.4627 4 2024-03-02
16:08:05		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125661771
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-03-02 15:54:09 ± 0.25
Latitude 40.7055 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.4627 ± 0.0119
Depth (km) 4 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125661771

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 810
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 767
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 114
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 810.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 103
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.33
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03867
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.37232
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125661771
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-03-02 16:08:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2024-03-02T15:54:19.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 209 27.4503 97 0.35 45
IX.SNR3.EHZ.02 2024-03-02T15:54:17.79 0.6 undecidable manual S 278 22.9548 99 0.37 46
IV.ACER.HNZ. 2024-03-02T15:54:17.86 0.6 undecidable manual P 77 41.3253 95 0.18 46
IX.RDM3.HHZ.02 2024-03-02T15:54:16.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 18 19.869 100 0.14 72
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2024-03-02T15:54:15.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 319 32.3454 96 -0.68 61
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2024-03-02T15:54:14.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 209 27.4503 97 -0.51 66
IX.SNR3.EHZ.02 2024-03-02T15:54:14.24 0.1 negative manual P 278 22.9548 99 0.22 94
IX.RDM3.HHZ.02 2024-03-02T15:54:13.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 18 19.869 100 0.46 67
IX.CSG3.HNE.01 2024-03-02T15:54:11.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 0 12.4764 106 0 100
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2024-03-02T15:54:11.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 106 4.2957 129 0.04 76
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2024-03-02T15:54:10.53 0.6 negative manual P 106 4.2957 129 0.06 50
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2024-03-02T15:54:10.42 0.1 positive manual P 21 6.0939 120 -0.35 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IX.SCL3.HNE.01 ML:0.0 0.0063091575 0.1024 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:11.55
IX.SCL3.EHE.02 ML:0.0 0.006560995500000001 0.0896 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:11.51
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0017050000000000001 0.28 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:11.84
IV.MRLC.HNN. ML:2.0 0.0020150000000000003 0.28 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:11.85
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0009714903500000001 0.1024 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:12.11
IV.MRLC.HNE. ML:1.9 0.0011213274 0.1152 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:12.11
IX.SCL3.HNN.01 ML:0.0 0.0075682895 0.1152 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:12.29
IX.SCL3.EHN.02 ML:0.0 0.007138063000000001 0.1152 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:12.30
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00009445 0.3 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:19.46
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000040399505000000005 0.2816 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:16.41
IX.SNR3.EHN.02 ML:2.0 0.00073381905 0.256 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:19.74
IX.SNR3.EHE.02 ML:1.8 0.00052344225 0.4992 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:21.52
IX.SNR3.HNE.01 ML:1.7 0.00032028385000000006 0.4992 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:21.27
IX.SNR3.HNN.01 ML:1.8 0.0004464711 0.2816 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:19.75
IV.CDRU.HNE. ML:1.2 0.000089927615 0.3072 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:19.46
IV.CDRU.HNN. ML:0.9 0.000050594585 0.4864 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:25.28
IV.SNAL.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00008484391400000001 49.1648 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:15.52
IV.SNAL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00016555595 1.92 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:34.14
IV.SNAL.HNE. ML:1.9 0.00038916384999999995 1.152 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:18.26
IV.SNAL.HNN. ML:2.0 0.0004704409 1.0624 AML other m 2024-03-02T15:54:38.29
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