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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 16-01-2016 and time 20:36:54 (Italy) in region 4 km NE Vinchiaturo (CB)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Vinchiaturo (CB), on

  • 16-01-2016 19:36:54 (UTC)
  • 16-01-2016 20:36:54 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.5150, 14.6190 at 11 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.

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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
Vinchiaturo CB 4 3324 3324
Mirabello Sannitico CB 5 2180 5504
Ferrazzano CB 5 3344 8848
Baranello CB 5 2673 11521
Campobasso CB 6 49431 60952
Busso CB 7 1273 62225
San Giuliano del Sannio CB 7 1029 63254
Cercepiccola CB 7 681 63935
Colle d'Anchise CB 8 807 64742
Oratino CB 9 1641 66383
Gildone CB 10 809 67192
Cercemaggiore CB 11 3777 70969
Casalciprano CB 11 564 71533
Guardiaregia CB 11 801 72334
Spinete CB 11 1320 73654
Ripalimosani CB 11 3114 76768
Campodipietra CB 12 2570 79338
Sepino CB 12 1964 81302
Campochiaro CB 12 646 81948
San Polo Matese CB 12 470 82418
Castropignano CB 13 947 83365
Bojano CB 13 8058 91423
Matrice CB 13 1115 92538
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 14 580 93118
Toro CB 14 1391 94509
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 14 275 94784
Jelsi CB 15 1781 96565
Montagano CB 15 1086 97651
Sassinoro BN 16 618 98269
Torella del Sannio CB 16 795 99064
Molise CB 17 167 99231
Santa Croce del Sannio BN 17 927 100158
Frosolone IS 17 3170 103328
San Massimo CB 18 855 104183
Limosano CB 18 768 104951
Campolieto CB 18 839 105790
Macchiagodena IS 18 1854 107644
Riccia CB 18 5262 112906
Fossalto CB 19 1345 114251
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 19 739 114990
Monacilioni CB 19 523 115513
Pietraroja BN 19 545 116058
Morcone BN 20 4932 120990
Sant'Angelo Limosano CB 20 352 121342

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
54 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
66 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
68 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
100 Km SE of Chieti (51815 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 2.5 2016-01-16
19:36:54		 41.5153 14.6192 11 2016-05-17
13:16:23		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 23746881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-01-16 19:36:54 ± 0.11
Latitude 41.5153 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.6192 ± 0.0096
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 23746881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 822
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 731
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 119
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 820.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 64
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 21
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03597
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.87324
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 16
Magnitude information

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 13
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 23746881
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-03-07 09:21:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SGRT.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:11.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 74 96.9252 50 0.18 61
IV.CAFR.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:08.37 0.6 undecidable manual P 344 82.1511 50 -0.22 42
IV.MODR.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:07.50 0.6 undecidable manual P 237 74.0703 50 0.15 43
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:06.29 0.6 undecidable manual S 295 33.4443 50 0.38 44
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:06.79 0.6 undecidable manual S 251 33.8439 50 0.75 39
IV.TRIV.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:05.81 0.6 undecidable manual S 348 28.4493 1.22 31
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:05.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 329 69.0753 50 -0.61 58
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:03.41 0.6 undecidable manual S 234 24.5532 50 -0.14 47
IV.FRES.HHE. 2016-01-16T19:37:03.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 5 51.0156 50 -0.44 63
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:02.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 63 47.1195 50 -0.45 63
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:02.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 298 43.9227 50 -0.07 92
IV.PSB1.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:01.47 0.3 undecidable manual P 154 36.1416 50 -0.03 71
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:01.45 0.3 undecidable manual P 179 36.8298 50 -0.16 69
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:00.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 90 24.1536 50 0.7 60
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:00.82 0.1 undecidable manual P 295 33.4443 50 -0.26 90
IV.TRIV.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:00.45 0.1 positive manual P 348 28.4493 0.14 93
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:37:00.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 251 33.8439 50 -0.19 69
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:36:59.57 0.1 positive manual P 234 24.5532 50 -0.14 94
IV.PTRJ.HNN. 2016-01-16T19:36:58.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 204 18.3705 120 0.23 70
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:36:58.61 0.6 undecidable manual S 328 3.996 160 0.16 48
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2016-01-16T19:36:56.77 0.1 negative manual P 328 3.996 160 0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.BSSO.HNN. ML:2.9 0.0141 0.7 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:36:58.77
IV.BSSO.HHN. ML:2.5 0.005365 0.72 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:36:58.77
IV.BSSO.HNE. ML:2.8 0.00984 1.46 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:36:59.51
IV.BSSO.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0046 1.46 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:36:58.78
IV.GATE.HNN. ML:2.5 0.001765 1.44 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:06.29
IV.GATE.HNE. ML:2.5 0.0018250000000000002 0.62 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:06.84
IV.GATE.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0017749999999999999 1.46 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:06.29
IV.GATE.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000819 0.62 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:10.80
IV.LPEL.HHE. ML:2.6 0.000642 1.58 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:18.88
IV.LPEL.HHN. ML:2.5 0.000585 0.7 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:19.71
IV.MELA.HNN. ML:2.7 0.001385 0.48 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:11.06
IV.MELA.HHN. ML:2.7 0.001435 0.48 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:11.30
IV.MELA.HNE. ML:2.8 0.001975 0.98 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:10.98
IV.MELA.HHE. ML:2.9 0.002185 0.98 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:10.98
IV.MIDA.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0009255 0.92 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:10.41
IV.MIDA.HHE. ML:2.4 0.001106 0.54 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:11.81
IV.MODR.HHN. ML:2.3 0.000279 0.94 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:21.62
IV.MODR.HHE. ML:2.3 0.00031 0.38 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:22.31
IV.PSB1.HNE. ML:2.2 0.0006285 0.94 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:09.59
IV.PSB1.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000633 0.36 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:09.59
IV.PSB1.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0004915000000000001 0.66 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:23.96
IV.PSB1.HNN. ML:2.1 0.0005185 0.66 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:23.96
IV.RNI2.HHN. ML:2.4 0.000798 1.56 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:12.53
IV.RNI2.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0009 0.64 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:11.67
IV.RNI2.HNE. ML:2.4 0.000837 0.66 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:11.68
IV.RNI2.HNN. ML:2.4 0.0007675000000000001 1.56 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:12.53
IV.SGG.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0015949999999999998 0.36 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:08.86
IV.SGG.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0015400000000000001 0.86 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:05.97
IV.SGRT.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0003805 1.18 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:25.82
IV.SGRT.HHE. ML:2.7 0.0005645 0.76 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:25.75
IV.TRIV.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0020150000000000003 0.32 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:06.11
IV.TRIV.HHE. ML:2.9 0.004085 0.36 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:06.38
IV.TRIV.HNE. ML:2.9 0.004015 0.36 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:06.39
IV.TRIV.HNN. ML:2.6 0.00212 0.32 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:06.12
IV.VAGA.HNE. ML:2.6 0.00184 1.36 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:10.24
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:2.7 0.0019649999999999997 1.36 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:10.24
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:2.7 0.00207 0.84 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:10.63
IV.VAGA.HNN. ML:2.7 0.00198 0.84 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:10.63
IV.VITU.HNN. ML:2.6 0.00146 1.48 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:11.45
IV.VITU.HHN. ML:2.6 0.001545 0.42 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:10.72
IV.VITU.HNE. ML:2.2 0.0005729999999999999 1.44 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:11.79
IV.VITU.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0014650000000000002 1.52 AML other m 2016-01-16T19:37:10.12
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