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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 17-03-2024 and time 09:19:20 (UTC) in region 2 km S Cortemilia (CN)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Cortemilia (CN), on

  • 17-03-2024 09:19:20 (UTC)
  • 17-03-2024 10:19:20 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.5680, 8.1950 at 8 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
Cortemilia CN 2 2331 2331
Bergolo CN 2 71 2402
Pezzolo Valle Uzzone CN 3 344 2746
Torre Bormida CN 3 200 2946
Perletto CN 4 292 3238
Levice CN 4 231 3469
Olmo Gentile AT 5 80 3549
Cravanzana CN 5 411 3960
Serole AT 5 123 4083
Bosia CN 6 177 4260
Castino CN 6 483 4743
San Giorgio Scarampi AT 6 122 4865
Roccaverano AT 7 399 5264
Arguello CN 7 199 5463
Feisoglio CN 8 316 5779
Borgomale CN 8 381 6160
Gorzegno CN 8 304 6464
Cerretto Langhe CN 8 442 6906
Rocchetta Belbo CN 8 167 7073
Vesime AT 8 622 7695
Castelletto Uzzone CN 8 331 8026
Lequio Berria CN 9 487 8513
Prunetto CN 10 451 8964
Benevello CN 10 474 9438
Merana AL 10 189 9627
Cessole AT 10 403 10030
Mombaldone AT 11 209 10239
Serravalle Langhe CN 11 315 10554
Albaretto della Torre CN 11 242 10796
Niella Belbo CN 11 372 11168
Cossano Belbo CN 11 958 12126
Spigno Monferrato AL 12 1050 13176
Denice AL 12 176 13352
Bossolasco CN 12 679 14031
Gottasecca CN 12 148 14179
Loazzolo AT 13 359 14538
Piana Crixia SV 13 788 15326
Rodello CN 13 980 16306
Monesiglio CN 13 645 16951
Cissone CN 13 85 17036
Montelupo Albese CN 13 529 17565
Bubbio AT 13 893 18458
Mango CN 14 1308 19766
Monastero Bormida AT 14 931 20697
San Benedetto Belbo CN 14 179 20876
Roddino CN 14 400 21276
Mombarcaro CN 14 268 21544
Trezzo Tinella CN 14 331 21875
Camo CN 14 201 22076
Sinio CN 14 522 22598
Somano CN 15 356 22954
Montechiaro d'Acqui AL 15 560 23514
Ponti AL 15 606 24120
Neviglie CN 15 382 24502
Bonvicino CN 16 92 24594
Santo Stefano Belbo CN 16 3984 28578
Cassinasco AT 16 611 29189
Dego SV 16 1985 31174
Serralunga d'Alba CN 16 564 31738
Pareto AL 16 554 32292
Sessame AT 16 271 32563
Treiso CN 16 820 33383
Diano d'Alba CN 16 3570 36953
Camerana CN 17 631 37584
Castelletto d'Erro AL 17 148 37732
Saliceto CN 17 1323 39055
Murazzano CN 17 834 39889
Bistagno AL 17 1887 41776
Malvicino AL 17 85 41861
Castiglione Tinella CN 18 895 42756
Paroldo CN 18 211 42967
Monforte d'Alba CN 18 2056 45023
Cartosio AL 18 747 45770
Castiglione Falletto CN 18 700 46470
Coazzolo AT 18 302 46772
Canelli AT 19 10485 57257
Neive CN 19 3405 60662
Belvedere Langhe CN 19 366 61028
Mioglia SV 19 526 61554
Calosso AT 19 1279 62833
Grinzane Cavour CN 20 1995 64828
Alba CN 20 31437 96265
Cairo Montenotte SV 20 13269 109534
Torresina CN 20 52 109586
Rocchetta Palafea AT 20 338 109924
Barbaresco CN 20 658 110582
Igliano CN 20 74 110656
Cengio SV 20 3563 114219

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km NW of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
37 Km S of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
51 Km SW of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
55 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
63 Km SE of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
69 Km SE of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Vigevano (63310 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.7 2024-03-17
09:19:20		 44.5677 8.1953 8 2024-03-17
09:33:32		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125936641
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-03-17 09:19:20 ± 0.1
Latitude 44.5677 ± 0.0063
Longitude 8.1953 ± 0.0076
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125936641

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 666
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 383
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 152
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 670.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 120
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.69877
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125936641
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-03-17 09:33:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.STV.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:43.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 243 77.5668 50 -0.64 39
GU.STV.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:34.49 0.1 undecidable manual P 243 77.5668 50 0.57 80
GU.ROTM.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:32.16 0.3 undecidable manual S 22 33.6441 104 0 74
4P.MONC.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:30.35 3.0 undecidable manual S 0
IV.QLNO.HHE. 2024-03-17T09:19:30.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 156 29.5482 105 -0.02 75
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:30.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 96 27.8499 106 -0.22 72
GU.GBOS.HHE. 2024-03-17T09:19:29.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 218 45.8208 50 0.23 92
4P.IT06A.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:29.08 0.3 undecidable manual S 262 25.1526 108 -0.27 71
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:29.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 191 51.5151 50 0.03 95
GU.ROTM.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:27.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 22 33.6441 104 0.02 99
GU.CANO.HHE. 2024-03-17T09:19:27.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 175 40.1265 50 -0.65 62
IV.QLNO.HHE. 2024-03-17T09:19:26.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 156 29.5482 105 0.31 94
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:25.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 96 27.8499 106 0.01 100
4P.IT06A.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:25.49 0.1 undecidable manual P 262 25.1526 108 0.02 100
4P.MONC.HHZ. 2024-03-17T09:19:20.79 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
4P.IT06A.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00004798435 0.28 AML other m 2024-03-17T09:19:33.99
4P.IT06A.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000051549274999999996 0.3 AML other m 2024-03-17T09:19:32.13
GU.PCP.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000012701858999999999 0.08 AML other m 2024-03-17T09:19:32.78
GU.PCP.HHN. ML:0.4 0.00001543536 0.08 AML other m 2024-03-17T09:19:30.70
GU.RORO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00001687953 0.16 AML other m 2024-03-17T09:19:39.23
GU.RORO.HHN. ML:0.6 0.0000102070945 0.14 AML other m 2024-03-17T09:19:40.23
GU.STV.HHE. ML:0.5 0.000005169863 0.1 AML other m 2024-03-17T09:19:44.85
GU.STV.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000004372405649999999 0.68 AML other m 2024-03-17T09:19:44.09
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