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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 03-03-2024 and time 01:13:58 (Italy) in region 3 km W Ottati (SA)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Ottati (SA), on

  • 03-03-2024 00:13:58 (UTC)
  • 03-03-2024 01:13:58 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.4710, 15.2810 at 18 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
Ottati SA 3 618 618
Aquara SA 4 1545 2163
Castelcivita SA 5 1739 3902
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella SA 6 635 4537
Bellosguardo SA 6 794 5331
Castel San Lorenzo SA 7 2471 7802
Controne SA 8 875 8677
Roccadaspide SA 9 7209 15886
Corleto Monforte SA 9 592 16478
Roscigno SA 10 817 17295
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 10 3519 20814
Petina SA 10 1159 21973
Postiglione SA 11 2151 24124
Felitto SA 11 1283 25407
Sacco SA 13 492 25899
Altavilla Silentina SA 14 7051 32950
Monteforte Cilento SA 14 564 33514
Albanella SA 14 6513 40027
Magliano Vetere SA 14 695 40722
Serre SA 15 3995 44717
Auletta SA 16 2336 47053
Laurino SA 16 1548 48601
San Rufo SA 16 1754 50355
Valle dell'Angelo SA 16 248 50603
Piaggine SA 16 1311 51914
Pertosa SA 16 690 52604
Trentinara SA 17 1646 54250
Giungano SA 17 1280 55530
Sant'Arsenio SA 17 2815 58345
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 18 1695 60040
Capaccio Paestum SA 18 22810 82850
Stio SA 18 872 83722
Campora SA 18 439 84161
Polla SA 19 5279 89440
Cicerale SA 19 1220 90660
Buccino SA 19 5047 95707

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
50 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
55 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
64 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
85 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
93 Km SE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Casoria (77642 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 1.5 2024-03-03
00:13:58		 40.4713 15.2813 18 2024-03-03
00:20:33		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125666871
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-03-03 00:13:58 ± 0.16
Latitude 40.4713 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.2813 ± 0.0166
Depth (km) 18 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125666871

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1420
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 441
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 67
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1420.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 146
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39930
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125666871
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-03-03 00:20:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:26.79 1.0 negative manual P 3.42 0
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:13.85 0.6 undecidable manual P -0.06 0.75
IX.CMP3.HNZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:08.44 0.6 undecidable manual S 320 26.2515 114 0.49 45
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:06.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 169 44.3223 102 0.1 69
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:06.75 0.6 negative manual P 148 43.623 103 0.43 43
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:05.89 0.6 undecidable manual S 174 17.0718 128 0.04 49
IV.SGO.HHZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:04.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 12 10.0788 145 0.01 50
IX.SNR3.EHZ.02 2024-03-03T00:14:04.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 346 30.2475 110 -0.05 72
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:03.86 0.6 undecidable manual S 44 2.7972 170 0.04 51
IX.CMP3.HNZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:03.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 320 26.2515 114 -0.24 93
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:02.19 0.6 positive manual P 174 17.0718 128 -0.37 46
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:01.25 0.1 negative manual P 44 2.7972 170 -0.14 99
IV.SGO.HHZ. 2024-03-03T00:14:01.85 0.1 negative manual P 12 10.0788 145 0.03 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000234 1.52 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:03.97
IV.CDRU.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00021400000000000002 1.9 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:03.97
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00033978245 0.1 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:04.80
IV.CDRU.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00031699835 0.1 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:04.81
IV.SGO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00013731254999999997 0.12 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:06.10
IV.SGO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0002145076 0.12 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:06.34
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00014936854999999998 0.32 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:06.88
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000184 0.4 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:07.19
IV.SGO.HNE. ML:1.2 0.00013299934999999998 1 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:12.33
IV.SGO.HNN. ML:1.1 0.000107137 0.64 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:05.38
IV.CMPR.HNE. ML:1.4 0.00018472424999999997 0.41 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:07.40
IV.CMPR.HNN. ML:1.9 0.00056399308455 0.79 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:05.31
IV.BULG.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00007203059500000001 0.56 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:18.51
IV.BULG.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00018491895 1.22 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:25.83
IV.BULG.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00009023901500000001 0.88 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:11.21
IV.BULG.HNN. ML:2.0 0.0002501949 1.78 AML other m 2024-03-03T00:14:24.94
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