Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 17-04-2015 and time 00:00:22 (Italy) in region 2 km W Gaggio Montano (BO)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Gaggio Montano (BO), on

  • 16-04-2015 22:00:22 (UTC)
  • 17-04-2015 00:00:22 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.1940, 10.9120 at 20 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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
Gaggio Montano BO 2 4878 4878
Lizzano in Belvedere BO 4 2212 7090
Alto Reno Terme BO 7 6960 14050
Montese MO 9 3353 17403
Fanano MO 9 2989 20392
Castel di Casio BO 11 3448 23840
Sestola MO 12 2508 26348
Sambuca Pistoiese PT 12 1626 27974
Castel d'Aiano BO 12 1906 29880
Camugnano BO 14 1885 31765
Cutigliano PT 16 1488 33253
Montecreto MO 16 940 34193
Pavullo nel Frignano MO 17 17383 51576
San Marcello Pistoiese PT 18 6416 57992
Zocca MO 18 4719 62711
Vergato BO 19 7639 70350
Lama Mocogno MO 19 2734 73084

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km N of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
38 Km NW of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
48 Km SW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
50 Km S of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
51 Km NE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
53 Km NW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
55 Km NW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
60 Km SE of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
66 Km S of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
82 Km SE of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
87 Km E of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.6 2015-04-16
22:00:22
44.1938 10.9118 20 2015-10-19
09:28:02
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 21662521
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-04-16 22:00:22 ± 0.06
Latitude 44.1938 ± 0.0018
Longitude 10.9118 ± 0.0025
Depth (km) 20 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 21662521

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 173
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 137
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 32
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 170.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 107
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.04
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.15378
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.36692
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 21662521
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-10-02 10:19:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
GU.SARM.HHZ. 2015-04-16T22:00:36.49 0.6 undecidable manual S 269 40.7259 108 -0.06 48
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2015-04-16T22:00:33.72 0.6 undecidable manual S 240 29.0487 116 0.04 49
IV.MTCR.EHZ. 2015-04-16T22:00:31.54 0.3 undecidable manual S 159 19.7691 129 -0.04 75
GU.POPM.HHZ. 2015-04-16T22:00:31.78 0.6 undecidable manual S 217 20.6682 127 0.03 50
GU.SARM.HHZ. 2015-04-16T22:00:30.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 269 40.7259 108 0.01 96
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2015-04-16T22:00:29.02 0.1 undecidable manual P 240 29.0487 116 -0.08 98
GU.POPM.HHZ. 2015-04-16T22:00:28.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 217 20.6682 127 0.01 100
IV.MTCR.EHZ. 2015-04-16T22:00:27.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 159 19.7691 129 0.04 100
IV.ZCCA.HHZ. 2015-04-16T22:00:27.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 16 18.1707 132 0.02 75
IV.FNVD.HHZ. 2015-04-16T22:00:27.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 100 17.0718 134 -0.03 75
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.BDI.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000221 1.08 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:37.34
IV.BDI.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0002915 0.38 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:37.50
IV.FNVD.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000202 0.28 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:34.74
IV.FNVD.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00020400000000000003 0.2 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:34.97
IV.MTCR.EHE. ML:1.8 0.0003225 0.24 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:31.78
IV.MTCR.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00023999999999999998 0.2 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:36.41
IV.PII.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0000518 0.24 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:47.04
IV.PII.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000044699999999999996 1.02 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:47.42
GU.POPM.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0005675 0.18 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:35.62
GU.POPM.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000608 0.18 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:35.26
GU.SARM.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0000746 0.36 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:40.46
GU.SARM.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001615 0.5 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:40.23
IV.ZCCA.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00028250000000000004 1.56 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:32.64
IV.ZCCA.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000184 0.22 AML other m 2015-04-16T22:00:33.16
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