Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 12-09-2024 and time 06:17:34 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Ricigliano (SA)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Ricigliano (SA), on

  • 12-09-2024 04:17:34 (UTC)
  • 12-09-2024 06:17:34 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6520, 15.4650 at 18 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.

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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 3 1144 1144
Romagnano al Monte SA 4 368 1512
Balvano PZ 4 1830 3342
San Gregorio Magno SA 6 4286 7628
Salvitelle SA 7 560 8188
Vietri di Potenza PZ 7 2832 11020
Buccino SA 8 5047 16067
Caggiano SA 10 2765 18832
Auletta SA 11 2336 21168
Baragiano PZ 11 2671 23839
Muro Lucano PZ 11 5497 29336
Savoia di Lucania PZ 12 1127 30463
Pertosa SA 12 690 31153
Bella PZ 14 5171 36324
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 14 1429 37753
Palomonte SA 15 3985 41738
Picerno PZ 15 5985 47723
Castelgrande PZ 15 943 48666
Polla SA 15 5279 53945
Petina SA 16 1159 55104
Colliano SA 17 3638 58742
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 17 3519 62261
Satriano di Lucania PZ 19 2374 64635
Contursi Terme SA 19 3394 68029
Valva SA 19 1643 69672
Ruoti PZ 19 3579 73251
Tito PZ 20 7332 80583
Oliveto Citra SA 20 3802 84385
San Fele PZ 20 3004 87389
Laviano SA 20 1438 88827

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
41 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
78 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2024-09-12
04:17:34		 40.6522 15.4647 18 2024-09-12
04:26:33		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 131369931
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-09-12 04:17:34 ± 0.18
Latitude 40.6522 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.4647 ± 0.0107
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 131369931

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 827
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 544
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 99
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 830.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 114
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35613
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 131369931
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-09-12 04:26:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RINC.EHZ. 2024-09-12T04:19:11.11 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -4.01 0
IV.OFFI.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:18:39.50 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 4.48 0
IV.CERT.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:18:25.20 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 0.33 0
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:18:12.36 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 3.86 0
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:18:07.93 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -2.11 0
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:51.05 3.0 undecidable manual S -3.6 0
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:48.41 0.6 undecidable manual S 200 39.5271 105 0.18 46
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:46.16 3.0 positive manual P 0.16 0
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:46.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 154 32.3454 109 0.23 47
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2024-09-12T04:17:42.87 0.3 undecidable manual S 182 18.4704 127 -0.24 70
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:42.48 1.0 undecidable manual P 200 39.5271 105 -0.15 23
IV.SGO.HHN. 2024-09-12T04:17:42.72 0.6 undecidable manual S 233 16.6722 130 -0.03 49
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:41.57 0.6 undecidable manual P 154 32.3454 109 -0.01 48
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:41.23 3.0 negative manual P -1.83 0
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:41.96 0.3 undecidable manual S 10 11.7771 142 0.14 72
IV.SGO.HHN. 2024-09-12T04:17:39.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 233 16.6722 130 0.27 71
IX.SRN3.HHZ.02 2024-09-12T04:17:39.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 182 18.4704 127 -0.03 97
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:38.84 0.6 positive manual P 10 11.7771 142 -0.09 49
IX.COL3.HHE.02 2024-09-12T04:17:38.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 289 11.9769 141 -0.2 72
IX.SCL3.EHZ.02 2024-09-12T04:17:38.46 0.1 positive manual P 40 6.1938 158 -0.04 100
IV.PAOL.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:37.56 3.0 undecidable manual S -2.07 0
IV.MRB1.HHZ. 2024-09-12T04:17:30.92 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.69 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00008575 0.82 AML other m 2024-09-12T04:17:42.44
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001135 0.5 AML other m 2024-09-12T04:17:42.39
IX.SCL3.EHN.02 ML:1.7 0.0004285 0.64 AML other m 2024-09-12T04:17:42.56
IX.SCL3.EHE.02 ML:1.6 0.00037586675 0.144 AML other m 2024-09-12T04:17:42.61
IX.SRN3.HHN.02 ML:1.7 0.0003415 0.82 AML other m 2024-09-12T04:17:43.19
IX.SRN3.HHE.02 ML:1.5 0.000217 0.38 AML other m 2024-09-12T04:17:43.68
IX.SCL3.HNE.01 ML:1.6 0.00039050384999999996 0.128 AML other m 2024-09-12T04:17:42.61
IV.MRLC.HNE. ML:1.0 0.00007363859 0.16 AML other m 2024-09-12T04:17:42.44
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000024917445 0.24 AML other m 2024-09-12T04:17:51.24
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000016617705 0.34 AML other m 2024-09-12T04:17:51.27
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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