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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 24-09-2014 and time 21:17:18 (UTC) in region 2 km W Foiano di Val Fortore (BN)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Foiano di Val Fortore (BN), on

  • 24-09-2014 21:17:18 (UTC)
  • 24-09-2014 23:17:18 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.3490, 14.9470 at 20 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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
Foiano di Val Fortore BN 2 1410 1410
Montefalcone di Val Fortore BN 6 1525 2935
Baselice BN 6 2397 5332
Molinara BN 7 1618 6950
San Marco dei Cavoti BN 7 3371 10321
San Giorgio La Molara BN 9 2994 13315
San Bartolomeo in Galdo BN 9 4867 18182
Colle Sannita BN 10 2431 20613
Castelvetere in Val Fortore BN 11 1240 21853
Ginestra degli Schiavoni BN 11 476 22329
Circello BN 12 2388 24717
Reino BN 12 1210 25927
Roseto Valfortore FG 13 1074 27001
Castelfranco in Miscano BN 13 916 27917
Pago Veiano BN 13 2406 30323
Castelpagano BN 13 1483 31806
Casalbore AV 14 1800 33606
Buonalbergo BN 14 1730 35336
Tufara CB 15 925 36261
Pesco Sannita BN 17 1972 38233
Fragneto l'Abate BN 17 1049 39282
Alberona FG 18 985 40267
Riccia CB 18 5262 45529
Faeto FG 18 627 46156
Gambatesa CB 18 1464 47620
Santa Croce del Sannio BN 18 927 48547
Montecalvo Irpino AV 19 3725 52272
Volturara Appula FG 19 430 52702
Pietrelcina BN 19 3114 55816
Fragneto Monforte BN 19 1840 57656
Campolattaro BN 19 1072 58728
Celle di San Vito FG 20 166 58894
Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte BN 20 573 59467

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km NE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
51 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
52 Km SW of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
60 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
75 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
75 Km NE of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.6 2014-09-24
21:17:18		 41.3488 14.9473 20 2015-09-21
09:39:02		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 12060581
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2014-09-24
21:17:18		 41.3417 14.959 27 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 8502091
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-09-24 21:17:18 ± 0.16
Latitude 41.3488 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.9473 ± 0.0084
Depth (km) 20 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 12060581

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 658
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 159
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 293
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 660.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 61
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.15918
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.38761
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 12060581
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-12-03 10:43:16

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 8502091
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-24 21:23:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:32.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 21 42.3243 107 -0.02 74
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:32.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 146 43.0236 106 -0.13 71
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:31.25 0.3 undecidable manual S 307 36.6411 110 -0.11 73
IV.MRB1.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:28.79 0.6 undecidable manual S 176 25.1526 120 0.22 49
IV.SACR.HHE. 2014-09-24T21:17:27.53 0.3 undecidable manual S 285 20.868 127 -0.08 76
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:26.78 0.1 negative manual P 146 43.0236 106 -0.15 95
IV.CIGN.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:26.10 0.6 undecidable manual P 354 34.0437 112 0.47 45
IV.MOCO.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:26.72 0.3 undecidable manual S 82 17.6712 132 -0.24 73
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:26.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 21 42.3243 107 -0.41 90
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:25.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 307 36.6411 110 -0.01 100
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:25.26 0.1 undecidable manual P 235 32.2455 113 -0.11 98
IV.MRB1.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:24.38 0.3 undecidable manual P 176 25.1526 120 -0.01 76
IV.BIOG.HHE. 2014-09-24T21:17:24.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 137 22.6551 124 0.76 63
IV.PSB1.HHE. 2014-09-24T21:17:23.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 219 17.9709 132 -0.14 100
IV.MOCO.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:23.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 82 17.6712 132 0.18 100
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2014-09-24T21:17:23.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 350 18.4704 131 0.38 71
IV.SACR.HHE. 2014-09-24T21:17:23.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 285 20.868 127 0 77
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.BSSO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00005989999999999999 0.24 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:33.67
IV.BSSO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00003925 1.34 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:34.21
IV.CAFE.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00026000000000000003 0.24 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:33.67
IV.CAFE.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0000965 1.14 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:34.85
IV.CIGN.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00006295000000000001 1.3 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:33.33
IV.CIGN.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0000673 0.4 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:39.06
IV.GATE.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001875 0.34 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:26.24
IV.GATE.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0002785 0.42 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:31.48
IV.MELA.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00020500000000000002 0.28 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:34.51
IV.MELA.HNE. ML:2.1 0.0003655 0.44 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:33.08
IV.MELA.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0003835 0.28 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:33.08
IV.MELA.HNN. ML:1.9 0.000252 1.52 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:34.30
IV.MOCO.HNN. ML:1.3 0.0001267 0.9 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:31.26
IV.MOCO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00014000000000000001 0.98 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:28.50
IV.MOCO.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00022399999999999997 0.4 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:29.02
IV.MOCO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000241 1.08 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:29.02
IV.MRB1.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000366 1.2 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:31.34
IV.MRB1.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000448 0.28 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:32.06
IV.VITU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001465 0.64 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:36.95
IV.VITU.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00013800000000000002 0.22 AML other m 2014-09-24T21:17:32.93
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