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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 16-03-2015 and time 15:06:51 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Provvidenti (CB)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Provvidenti (CB), on

  • 16-03-2015 14:06:51 (UTC)
  • 16-03-2015 15:06:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.7030, 14.8430 at 18 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
Provvidenti CB 2 119 119
Ripabottoni CB 3 514 633
Casacalenda CB 4 2135 2768
Morrone del Sannio CB 5 587 3355
Bonefro CB 8 1384 4739
Castellino del Biferno CB 9 545 5284
Sant'Elia a Pianisi CB 9 1818 7102
Montelongo CB 10 365 7467
Campolieto CB 10 839 8306
Montorio nei Frentani CB 10 437 8743
San Giuliano di Puglia CB 10 1042 9785
Monacilioni CB 11 523 10308
Lupara CB 11 505 10813
Colletorto CB 12 1938 12751
Guardialfiera CB 12 1065 13816
Petrella Tifernina CB 12 1170 14986
Larino CB 12 6793 21779
Santa Croce di Magliano CB 12 4435 26214
Castelbottaccio CB 13 312 26526
Lucito CB 13 696 27222
Macchia Valfortore CB 13 576 27798
Pietracatella CB 14 1375 29173
Rotello CB 15 1212 30385
Matrice CB 15 1115 31500
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 15 580 32080
Montagano CB 15 1086 33166
Civitacampomarano CB 15 417 33583
Toro CB 16 1391 34974
Carlantino FG 17 980 35954
Campodipietra CB 18 2570 38524
Castelmauro CB 18 1505 40029
Ripalimosani CB 18 3114 43143
Limosano CB 19 768 43911
Ururi CB 19 2693 46604
Celenza Valfortore FG 19 1598 48202
Sant'Angelo Limosano CB 20 352 48554
Acquaviva Collecroce CB 20 672 49226

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Casoria (77642 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 1.2 2015-03-16
14:06:51		 41.703 14.8427 18 2015-10-19
09:27:47		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 20330771
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.7 2015-03-16
14:06:52		 41.7158 14.8272 9 2015-03-16
14:14:18		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 17814461
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-03-16 14:06:51 ± 0.16
Latitude 41.7030 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.8427 ± 0.0072
Depth (km) 18 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 20330771

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 899
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 111
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 30
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 900.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 76
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) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.19605
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.76352
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 20330771
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-07-16 14:49:49

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 17814461
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-03-16 14:14:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:07:17.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 294 84.7485 95 0.06 46
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:07:12.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 305 66.4779 97 0.47 65
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:07:06.00 0.6 undecidable manual P 294 84.7485 95 -0.5 42
IV.TREM.HHE. 2015-03-16T14:07:04.03 0.6 undecidable manual P 50 72.1722 97 -0.54 42
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:07:03.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 305 66.4779 97 -0.3 68
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:07:03.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 197 60.2952 98 0.54 64
IV.FRES.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:07:03.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 335 33.2445 108 -0.05 76
IV.TRIV.HNZ. 2015-03-16T14:07:01.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 286 25.2525 115 -0.04 77
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:07:01.35 0.3 undecidable manual S 89 23.5542 117 0.14 75
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:07:01.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 230 27.0507 113 -0.27 73
IV.FRES.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:06:59.02 0.3 undecidable manual P 335 33.2445 108 0.33 71
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:06:57.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 89 23.5542 117 -0.2 100
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:06:57.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 230 27.0507 113 -0.31 72
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2015-03-16T14:06:57.45 0.6 undecidable manual P 165 21.7671 120 0.38 48
IV.TRIV.HNZ. 2015-03-16T14:06:57.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 286 25.2525 115 0.15 75
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.BSSO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000057650000000000005 0.96 AML other m 2015-03-16T14:07:03.09
IV.BSSO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00005605 0.98 AML other m 2015-03-16T14:07:03.70
IV.GATE.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00011449999999999999 0.2 AML other m 2015-03-16T14:06:59.49
IV.GATE.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00016 1.58 AML other m 2015-03-16T14:07:06.60
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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