Earthquake (controlled explosion) with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 04-11-2015 and time 12:19:49 (Italy) in region Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa)

A magnitude ML 1.3 (controlled explosion) earthquake occured in region: Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa), on

  • 04-11-2015 11:19:49 (UTC)
  • 04-11-2015 12:19:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.8940, 9.8870 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
Portovenere SP 19 3630 3630
Ameglia SP 20 4365 7995

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km S of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
26 Km SW of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
27 Km SW of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
29 Km W of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
51 Km NW of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
95 Km SE of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.3 2015-11-04
11:19:49
43.8942 9.8868 1 2016-02-19
13:22:41
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 22501131
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.0 2015-11-04
11:19:50
44.0127 9.9272 8 2015-11-04
11:30:14
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 22080111
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-11-04 11:19:49 ± 0.2
Latitude 43.8942 ± 0.0099
Longitude 9.8868 ± 0.0162
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 22501131

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1310
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1120
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 249
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1310.0
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 17
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.33
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 3.66024
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 22080111
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-11-04 11:30:14

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 22501131
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-12-01 11:12:15
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:21:35.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 406.2822 3.94 0
GE.MATE.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:21:19.39 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -0.54 0
CR.STON.BHZ. 2015-11-04T11:21:18.20 3.0 positive manual Pn 1.73 0
IV.MRB1.HNZ. 2015-11-04T11:21:12.99 3.0 negative manual Pg 11.44 0
IV.TRE1.HNZ. 2015-11-04T11:21:09.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 5.42 0
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:20:47.44 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 406.2822 -0.08 0
IV.SBPO.HNZ. 2015-11-04T11:20:34.99 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.15 0
IV.NDIM.HNZ. 2015-11-04T11:20:30.99 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.25 0
IV.BDI.HHE. 2015-11-04T11:20:01.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 71 59.5959 90 0.42 66
GU.GRAM.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:20:01.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 12 67.7766 50 -0.69 60
IV.MSSA.HHE. 2015-11-04T11:20:00.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 328 55.3002 91 -0.14 71
GU.SARM.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:19:59.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 52 52.1034 91 -0.21 94
IV.GROG.HHN. 2015-11-04T11:19:59.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 180 51.9036 91 0 73
MN.VLC.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:19:58.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 53 49.5171 91 -0.14 72
GU.MAIM.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:19:58.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 87 48.4182 91 0.06 73
GU.EQUI.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:19:56.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 35 36.8298 91 0.02 100
IV.PLMA.HHZ. 2015-11-04T11:19:53.14 0.1 positive manual P 351 17.4714 92 0.51 93
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.EQUI.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000048100000000000004 1.38 AML other m 2015-11-04T11:20:01.22
GU.EQUI.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00004795 0.54 AML other m 2015-11-04T11:20:03.59
IV.PLMA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000219 0.6 AML other m 2015-11-04T11:20:08.72
IV.PLMA.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0002925 0.58 AML other m 2015-11-04T11:20:09.03
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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