Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 18-08-2015 and time 16:10:49 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Santa Maria la Fossa (CE)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Santa Maria la Fossa (CE), on

  • 18-08-2015 14:10:49 (UTC)
  • 18-08-2015 16:10:49 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.0670, 14.1530 at 6 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Santa Maria la Fossa CE 4 2729 2729
Grazzanise CE 5 7067 9796
Capua CE 7 18820 28616
San Tammaro CE 7 5549 34165
Casal di Principe CE 7 21389 55554
San Cipriano d'Aversa CE 8 13653 69207
Villa di Briano CE 8 7087 76294
Casaluce CE 8 10078 86372
Frignano CE 8 9008 95380
Casapesenna CE 9 6987 102367
San Marcellino CE 9 14155 116522
Villa Literno CE 9 11985 128507
Santa Maria Capua Vetere CE 9 32802 161309
Teverola CE 9 14291 175600
Carinaro CE 10 7181 182781
Trentola-Ducenta CE 10 19429 202210
Macerata Campania CE 10 10609 212819
Curti CE 11 7132 219951
Cancello ed Arnone CE 11 5675 225626
Portico di Caserta CE 11 7802 233428
San Prisco CE 11 12345 245773
Aversa CE 11 53047 298820
Lusciano CE 11 15362 314182
Casapulla CE 12 8628 322810
Gricignano di Aversa CE 12 11881 334691
Vitulazio CE 12 7420 342111
Parete CE 12 11442 353553
Bellona CE 12 6053 359606
Recale CE 13 7773 367379
Marcianise CE 13 39803 407182
Capodrise CE 13 10094 417276
Cesa CE 13 8841 426117
Casagiove CE 14 13651 439768
Pastorano CE 14 3033 442801
Pignataro Maggiore CE 14 6084 448885
Camigliano CE 14 1943 450828
Succivo CE 14 8457 459285
Sparanise CE 15 7429 466714
Sant'Arpino CE 15 14307 481021
Orta di Atella CE 15 27191 508212
San Nicola la Strada CE 15 22448 530660
Caserta CE 15 76326 606986
Francolise CE 16 4922 611908
Giano Vetusto CE 16 647 612555
Frattaminore NA 16 16208 628763
Giugliano in Campania NA 16 122974 751737
Qualiano NA 16 25702 777439
San Marco Evangelista CE 16 6532 783971
Pontelatone CE 16 1703 785674
Sant'Antimo NA 16 33905 819579
Villaricca NA 17 31122 850701
Calvi Risorta CE 17 5707 856408
Casandrino NA 17 14336 870744
Grumo Nevano NA 17 18061 888805
Crispano NA 17 12354 901159
Melito di Napoli NA 17 37826 938985
Frattamaggiore NA 17 30329 969314
Formicola CE 17 1488 970802
Caivano NA 18 37879 1008681
Calvizzano NA 18 12329 1021010
Castel Volturno CE 18 25281 1046291
Mugnano di Napoli NA 18 34828 1081119
Cardito NA 18 22755 1103874
Castel Morrone CE 18 3858 1107732
Castel di Sasso CE 18 1171 1108903
Marano di Napoli NA 19 59874 1168777
Piana di Monte Verna CE 19 2390 1171167
Rocchetta e Croce CE 19 460 1171627
Carinola CE 20 7283 1178910
Maddaloni CE 20 39166 1218076
Arzano NA 20 34886 1252962

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km NW of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
15 Km W of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
16 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
19 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
21 Km NW of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
21 Km NW of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
23 Km NW of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
27 Km NW of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
32 Km NW of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
33 Km NW of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
36 Km NW of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
47 Km NW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
50 Km NW of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
62 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
67 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
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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 2015-08-18
14:10:49
41.0673 14.1527 6 2016-01-08
08:46:44
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 21257561
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 2.0
ML 1.7
2015-08-18
14:10:49
41.0505 14.16 6 2015-08-18
14:44:14
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 20957991
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-08-18 14:10:49 ± 0.11
Latitude 41.0673 ± 0.0090
Longitude 14.1527 ± 0.0060
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 21257561

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 870
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 475
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 350
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 870.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 148
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 24
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.61514
Number of stations at which the event was observed 22
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 20957991
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-08-18 14:44:14

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 21257561
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-11-17 15:40:59

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 20957991
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-08-18 14:44:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.TIR.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:12:44.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.44 0
GU.LSD.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:12:34.34 3.0 positive manual Pn 4.69 0
IV.ECNV.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:12:33.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 10.68 0
IV.SFI.EHZ. 2015-08-18T14:12:33.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 8.23 0
GU.BURY.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:12:17.09 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 3.61 0
IV.PARC.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:12:16.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.05 0
GU.GORR.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:12:13.33 3.0 negative manual Pn 7.27 0
IV.BOB.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:12:13.04 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 6.5 0
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:12:00.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.29 0
MN.TRI.BHZ. 2015-08-18T14:11:58.19 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -2.69 0
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:11:54.59 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 8.7 0
IV.LMD.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:11:52.31 3.0 negative manual Pg 6.99 0
IV.ARCI.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:11:35.07 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 1.35 0
IV.CERT.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:11:34.99 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.36 0
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:11:21.60 3.0 negative manual P 2.36 0
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:11:20.78 3.0 negative manual Pn -0.34 0
IV.VENT.EHE. 2015-08-18T14:11:02.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 244 68.2761 50 -0.19 68
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:10:58.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 72 41.9247 50 0.18 71
IV.MODR.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:10:58.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 291 24.5532 104 0.02 76
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:10:57.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 10 39.2274 99 -0.18 72
IV.PAOL.HHN. 2015-08-18T14:10:57.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 96 34.9428 100 -0.08 74
IV.PIGN.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:10:55.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 9 14.874 113 -0.19 50
IV.MODR.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:10:55.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 291 24.5532 104 0.09 100
IV.PIGN.HHZ. 2015-08-18T14:10:53.39 0.1 positive manual P 9 14.874 113 0.17 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MODR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0001785 1.5 AML other m 2015-08-18T14:11:02.21
IV.MODR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000158 1.26 AML other m 2015-08-18T14:11:04.74
IV.PIGN.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000585 0.46 AML other m 2015-08-18T14:10:56.49
IV.PIGN.HNE. ML:1.7 0.0005545 0.48 AML other m 2015-08-18T14:10:56.49
IV.PIGN.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000609 0.66 AML other m 2015-08-18T14:10:56.92
IV.PIGN.HNN. ML:1.7 0.0005965 0.66 AML other m 2015-08-18T14:10:56.92
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001225 0.28 AML other m 2015-08-18T14:11:13.04
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00020400000000000003 1.08 AML other m 2015-08-18T14:11:12.59
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