Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 18-03-2024 and time 13:18:39 (Italy) in region 4 km NW Ricigliano (SA)

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

  • 18-03-2024 12:18:39 (UTC)
  • 18-03-2024 13:18:39 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6950, 15.4580 at 1 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.

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
San Gregorio Magno SA 6 4286 5430
Balvano PZ 7 1830 7260
Muro Lucano PZ 7 5497 12757
Romagnano al Monte SA 8 368 13125
Bella PZ 10 5171 18296
Castelgrande PZ 10 943 19239
Buccino SA 10 5047 24286
Vietri di Potenza PZ 11 2832 27118
Salvitelle SA 12 560 27678
Baragiano PZ 12 2671 30349
Colliano SA 14 3638 33987
Palomonte SA 14 3985 37972
Caggiano SA 15 2765 40737
Auletta SA 15 2336 43073
San Fele PZ 16 3004 46077
Savoia di Lucania PZ 16 1127 47204
Laviano SA 16 1438 48642
Picerno PZ 16 5985 54627
Valva SA 17 1643 56270
Pescopagano PZ 17 1910 58180
Pertosa SA 17 690 58870
Santomenna SA 17 443 59313
Rapone PZ 17 990 60303
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 18 619 60922
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 18 1539 62461
Ruvo del Monte PZ 19 1083 63544
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 19 1429 64973
Oliveto Citra SA 19 3802 68775
Ruoti PZ 19 3579 72354
Contursi Terme SA 19 3394 75748
Petina SA 20 1159 76907
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 20 3519 80426

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
41 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
75 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
86 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
92 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)
98 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 2024-03-18
12:18:39
40.6952 15.4577 1 2024-03-18
12:30:24
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125964431
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-03-18 12:18:39 ± 0.1
Latitude 40.6952 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.4577 ± 0.0071
Depth (km) 1 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125964431

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 645
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 244
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 149
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 650.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 55
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 20
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.38
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.66640
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitude information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 24
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125964431
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-03-18 12:30:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MRVN.HHZ. 2024-03-18T12:19:04.95 0.3 undecidable manual S 57 73.9704 50 0.61 60
IV.MSAG.HHZ. 2024-03-18T12:19:00.83 3.0 negative manual P -0.39 0
IV.MRVN.HHZ. 2024-03-18T12:18:54.31 0.1 undecidable manual P 57 73.9704 50 0.29 87
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2024-03-18T12:18:51.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 149 66.5778 50 -1.07 66
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2024-03-18T12:18:49.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 145 50.3163 91 -0.25 91
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2024-03-18T12:18:48.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 197 43.8228 91 -0.09 95
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2024-03-18T12:18:48.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 76 42.0246 92 0.03 97
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2024-03-18T12:18:45.83 0.3 positive manual P 321 32.9448 92 -0.7 62
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2024-03-18T12:18:45.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 210 26.1516 93 -0.03 100
IX.CLT3.EHE. 2024-03-18T12:18:45.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 349 23.4543 93 0.37 93
IV.SGO.HNE. 2024-03-18T12:18:44.06 0.1 undecidable manual P 220 19.5693 93 0.21 97
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2024-03-18T12:18:44.41 0.3 undecidable manual S 265 10.7781 96 0.74 63
IX.SNR3.EHZ.02 2024-03-18T12:18:44.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 281 22.755 93 -0.06 100
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2024-03-18T12:18:42.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 90 4.4955 104 0.51 47
IX.CSG3.HNN.01 2024-03-18T12:18:42.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 2 13.6752 95 -0.12 100
IV.MRLC.HNZ. 2024-03-18T12:18:42.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 21 7.2927 99 -0.15 50
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2024-03-18T12:18:42.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 265 10.7781 96 0.25 98
IX.VDS3.HNE.02 2024-03-18T12:18:41.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 333 5.6943 101 -0.23 50
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2024-03-18T12:18:41.09 0.1 positive manual P 90 4.4955 104 0.23 99
IV.MRLC.HNZ. 2024-03-18T12:18:41.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 21 7.2927 99 -0.25 99
IX.VDS3.HNE.02 2024-03-18T12:18:40.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 333 5.6943 101 -0.28 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001164 0.28 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:47.25
IX.SNR3.EHE.02 ML:2.3 0.001495 1.48 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:50.07
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0002375 0.32 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:50.17
IX.SNR3.EHN.02 ML:2.5 0.0022800000000000003 0.96 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:50.95
IX.SNR3.HNN.01 ML:2.2 0.0012900000000000001 0.98 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:50.47
IX.SNR3.HNE.01 ML:2.1 0.0008719999999999999 1.58 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:52.01
IV.CDRU.HNN. ML:1.3 0.000125 0.38 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:55.03
IV.CDRU.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00023199999999999997 0.46 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:55.24
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00006429999999999999 0.38 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:56.37
IV.ACER.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00017749999999999998 0.56 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:57.05
IV.SNAL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0002195 1.58 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:59.84
IV.SNAL.HNE. ML:1.7 0.00020850000000000003 1.58 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:59.85
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00005325 0.24 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:18:59.87
IV.SNAL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00022 1.06 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:01.32
IV.SNAL.HNN. ML:1.7 0.000224 1.06 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:01.32
IV.ACER.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001655 0.36 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:02.43
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:1.8 0.000153 1.04 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:03.63
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00004425 1.5 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:04.17
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:1.8 0.0001555 0.72 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:05.98
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00006045 1.46 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:05.81
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000055900000000000004 1.3 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:07.12
IV.MRVN.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000029049999999999998 0.28 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:07.51
IV.MRVN.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00003495 0.36 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:08.53
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000060799999999999994 0.34 AML other m 2024-03-18T12:19:15.78
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