Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 21-03-2024 and time 13:30:50 (Italy) in region 5 km SW Muro Lucano (PZ)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Muro Lucano (PZ), on

  • 21-03-2024 12:30:50 (UTC)
  • 21-03-2024 13:30:50 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.7160, 15.4620 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Muro Lucano PZ 5 5497 5497
Ricigliano SA 6 1144 6641
Castelgrande PZ 8 943 7584
Bella PZ 8 5171 12755
Balvano PZ 8 1830 14585
San Gregorio Magno SA 8 4286 18871
Romagnano al Monte SA 10 368 19239
Baragiano PZ 12 2671 21910
Buccino SA 12 5047 26957
San Fele PZ 13 3004 29961
Vietri di Potenza PZ 13 2832 32793
Salvitelle SA 14 560 33353
Colliano SA 14 3638 36991
Pescopagano PZ 15 1910 38901
Rapone PZ 15 990 39891
Laviano SA 15 1438 41329
Palomonte SA 16 3985 45314
Santomenna SA 16 443 45757
Ruvo del Monte PZ 16 1083 46840
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 16 1539 48379
Valva SA 16 1643 50022
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 16 619 50641
Caggiano SA 17 2765 53406
Picerno PZ 17 5985 59391
Auletta SA 18 2336 61727
Savoia di Lucania PZ 18 1127 62854
Ruoti PZ 18 3579 66433
Conza della Campania AV 19 1373 67806
Oliveto Citra SA 19 3802 71608
Pertosa SA 19 690 72298
Contursi Terme SA 20 3394 75692

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)
60 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
73 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
83 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
90 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)
95 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
100 Km E of Afragola (65057 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 1.8 2024-03-21
12:30:50
40.7162 15.4617 5 2024-03-21
12:55:44
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 126031971
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-03-21 12:30:50 ± 0.09
Latitude 40.7162 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.4617 ± 0.0071
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 126031971

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 680
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 570
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 330
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 680.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 92
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03597
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.28329
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126031971
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-03-21 12:55:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2024-03-21T12:30:56.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 318 31.4463 99 -0.33 68
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2024-03-21T12:30:55.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 287 25.752 101 -0.06 72
IX.SNR3.EHZ.02 2024-03-21T12:30:55.10 0.3 undecidable manual P 276 22.6551 102 0.38 68
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2024-03-21T12:30:55.44 0.1 undecidable manual P 208 28.3494 100 -0.39 89
IV.SGO.HNZ. 2024-03-21T12:30:55.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 217 21.5673 103 0.58 64
IX.RDM3.HHZ.02 2024-03-21T12:30:54.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 19 18.7701 105 0.62 64
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2024-03-21T12:30:54.61 0.3 undecidable manual S 254 11.4774 113 0.2 72
IX.COL3.HHZ.02 2024-03-21T12:30:52.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 254 11.4774 113 -0.03 99
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2024-03-21T12:30:52.53 0.3 undecidable manual S 27 4.995 135 0.01 76
IX.VDS3.HNZ.02 2024-03-21T12:30:52.06 0.3 undecidable manual S 313 3.996 141 -0.22 73
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2024-03-21T12:30:52.43 0.3 undecidable manual S 119 4.7952 136 -0.03 75
IX.CSG3.HNZ.01 2024-03-21T12:30:52.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 1 11.2776 114 0.14 73
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2024-03-21T12:30:51.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 27 4.995 135 -0.09 99
IX.VDS3.HNZ.02 2024-03-21T12:30:51.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 313 3.996 141 -0.34 94
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2024-03-21T12:30:51.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 119 4.7952 136 -0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IX.COL3.HNE.01 ML:2.0 0.00155 0.22 AML other m 2024-03-21T12:30:55.27
IX.COL3.HHE.02 ML:2.0 0.00148 0.2 AML other m 2024-03-21T12:30:55.16
IX.COL3.HHN.02 ML:1.8 0.0008655 0.16 AML other m 2024-03-21T12:30:55.30
IX.COL3.HNN.01 ML:1.6 0.0006129999999999999 0.6 AML other m 2024-03-21T12:30:56.31
IX.SNR3.EHN.02 ML:1.9 0.000615 1.08 AML other m 2024-03-21T12:31:01.67
IX.SNR3.EHE.02 ML:1.7 0.000376 0.56 AML other m 2024-03-21T12:31:02.39
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