Earthquake (controlled explosion) with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 04-11-2015 and time 10:58:41 (UTC) in region Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa)

A magnitude ML 0.8 (controlled explosion) earthquake occured in region: Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa), on

  • 04-11-2015 10:58:41 (UTC)
  • 04-11-2015 11:58:41 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.9730, 9.9140 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: controlled explosion.

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
Ameglia SP 11 4365 4365
Portovenere SP 11 3630 7995
Lerici SP 12 10228 18223
Arcola SP 16 10607 28830
Sarzana SP 16 21976 50806
Ortonovo SP 16 8277 59083
Castelnuovo Magra SP 16 8415 67498
La Spezia SP 17 93959 161457
Carrara MS 19 63133 224590
Vezzano Ligure SP 19 7356 231946
Massa MS 20 69479 301425
Fosdinovo MS 20 4883 306308
Riomaggiore SP 20 1576 307884

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km SE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
19 Km SW of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
20 Km W of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
29 Km W of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
48 Km NW of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
56 Km NW of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 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 0.8 2015-11-04
10:58:41
43.9727 9.9143 1 2016-02-19
13:22:41
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 22501101
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.9 2015-11-04
10:58:42
44.0113 9.9237 7 2015-11-04
11:18:37
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 22079951
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-11-04 10:58:41 ± 0.23
Latitude 43.9727 ± 0.0135
Longitude 9.9143 ± 0.0150
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type controlled explosion
Origin ID 22501101

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1620
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1010
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 34
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1620.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 138
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.54679
Number of stations at which the event was observed 23
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 22501101
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-12-01 11:04:04

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 22079951
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-11-04 11:18:37
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GIUL.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:00:31.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 5.01 0
IV.PCRO.HNZ. 2015-11-04T11:00:15.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 7.2 0
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2015-11-04T11:00:14.78 3.0 negative manual Pn -5.81 0
IV.NRCA.HNZ. 2015-11-04T11:00:05.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.09 0
IV.SRES.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:00:03.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.28 0
IV.ARVD.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:00:02.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 3.26 0
IV.PE3.EHZ. 2015-11-04T10:59:53.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 3.03 0
IV.CAFR.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:59:49.97 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 9.41 0
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:59:49.30 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 8.98 0
IV.CAVE.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:59:25.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -0.16 0
IV.TRIF.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:59:21.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -8.07 0
IV.MONC.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:58:55.53 3.0 positive manual Pg 0.25 0
IV.PII.HHE. 2015-11-04T10:58:53.10 0.6 undecidable manual P 119 56.1993 91 0.33 51
IV.GROG.HHE. 2015-11-04T10:58:53.29 0.6 undecidable manual P 182 60.6948 50 -0.34 50
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:58:52.45 0.3 undecidable manual P 79 55.3002 91 -0.13 80
GU.GRAM.HHE. 2015-11-04T10:58:52.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 12 58.7967 90 -0.48 74
GU.CARD.HHE. 2015-11-04T10:58:51.31 0.6 undecidable manual P 82 45.7209 91 0.64 47
GU.MAIM.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:58:50.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 98 46.5201 91 -0.02 83
GU.SARM.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:58:50.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 59 45.3213 91 -0.25 79
IV.MSSA.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:58:50.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 320 49.5171 91 -0.46 75
MN.VLC.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:58:50.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 61 42.9237 91 -0.12 82
GU.EQUI.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:58:47.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 41 28.6491 91 0.17 83
IV.PLMA.HHZ. 2015-11-04T10:58:44.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 331 9.879 93 0.66 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.EQUI.HHE. ML:0.7 0.0000312 0.48 AML other m 2015-11-04T10:58:51.77
GU.EQUI.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000042499999999999996 0.62 AML other m 2015-11-04T10:58:54.84
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