Earthquake Costa Ligure centro-occidentale (Savona), Magnitude ML 1.9, 22 January 2019 time 12:29:07 (Timezone Italy)

A magnitude ML 1.9 (controlled explosion) earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure centro occidentale (Savona), on

22-01-2019 11:29:07 (UTC)
22-01-2019 12:29:07 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.32, 8.65 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

Event type: controlled explosion.

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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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Display location by

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).

Municipality	Region	Distance (km)	Inhabitants	Cumulative Inhabitants
Varazze	SV	8	13251	13251
Cogoleto	GE	8	9172	22423
Celle Ligure	SV	9	5237	27660
Arenzano	GE	9	11519	39179
Albisola Superiore	SV	12	10163	49342
Albissola Marina	SV	12	5487	54829
Savona	SV	14	61345	116174
Stella	SV	15	3009	119183
Mele	GE	16	2725	121908
Vado Ligure	SV	18	8336	130244
Bergeggi	SV	19	1129	131373
Urbe	SV	19	700	132073
Quiliano	SV	20	7232	139305

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to

14 Km E of Savona (61345 inhabitants)

24 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)

66 Km S of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)

74 Km SE of Asti (76202 inhabitants)

88 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)

89 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)

97 Km W of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)

Recent and historical Seismicity

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Seismic hazard

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Shakemap

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Felt maps

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Locations history

Type	Magnitude	Date and Time (UTC)	Latitude	Longitude	Depth (km)	Published time (UTC)	Author	Location ID
Rev 100	ML 1.9	2019-01-22 11:29:07	44.32	8.66	0	2019-01-22 11:41:54	Sala Sismica INGV-Roma	64852631

Preferred location and magnitude until now.

Origin information

Origin

Field	Value
Time (UTC)	2019-01-22 11:29:07 ± 0.15
Latitude	44.32 ± 0.02
Longitude	8.66 ± 0.01
Depth (km)	0 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin	manual
Evaluation status of Origin	reviewed
Version	100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type	controlled explosion
Origin ID	64852631

Uncertainty

Field	Value
Preferred uncertainty description	uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)	1920
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)	870
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)	342
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter)	1920
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%)	68

Quality

Field	Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)	126
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation	30
Number of defining phases	12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec)	0.42
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)	0
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)	0.90022
Number of stations at which the event was observed	29
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation	12

Magnitude information

ML:1.9

Field	Value
Value	1.9
Uncertainty	0.3
Num. used stations	18
Type of magnitude	ML
Reference to an origin	64852631
Agency	INGV
Autore	Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC)	2019-01-22 11:41:54

Picking and Arrival

SCNL	Time	Uncertainty	Polarity	Evaluation_mode	Phase	Azimuth	Distance	Takeoff_angle	Residual	Weight
IV.MC2.EHZ.	2019-01-22T11:30:54.66	3.0	undecidable	manual	Sn				7.52	0
IV.MNTP.HNZ.	2019-01-22T11:30:53.14	3.0	undecidable	manual	Sn				3.48	0
IT.VNF1.HGZ.	2019-01-22T11:30:35.18	3.0	negative	manual	Pg				13.91	0
IV.IOCA.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:30:25.66	3.0	undecidable	manual	Pn				-1.05	0
CH.FUORN.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:30:24.45	3.0	undecidable	manual	Sn				2.43	0
IV.ARRO.EHZ.	2019-01-22T11:30:14.71	3.0	undecidable	manual	Pg				12.85	0
IV.CIMA.HNZ.	2019-01-22T11:30:08.40	3.0	negative	manual	Pn				2.34	0
IT.MTCL.HGZ.	2019-01-22T11:30:05.28	3.0	positive	manual	Pn				4.01	0
CH.FUORN.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:50.93	3.0	undecidable	manual	Pn				1.56	0
IV.PII.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:34.84	3.0	negative	manual	P				0.27	0
GU.TRAV.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:33.53	3.0	negative	manual	P				0.75	0
GU.RSP.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:31.95	3.0	positive	manual	P				0.05	0
GU.PZZ.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:29.33	3.0	negative	manual	P				-0.24	0
GU.BHB.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:29.15	3.0	negative	manual	P				-0.42	0
GU.STV.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:27.07	3.0	negative	manual	P				0.25	0
IV.MONC.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:26.38	3.0	negative	manual	P				0.44	0
GU.ENR.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:25.08	3.0	undecidable	manual	P				-0.52	0
IV.PLMA.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:25.74	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	107	0.9002	50	0.25	62
FR.SAOF.HHZ.00	2019-01-22T11:29:25.16	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	247	0.858	50	0.39	61
IV.IMI.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:21.60	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	233	0.6835	50	-0.18	66
IV.MSSA.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:20.33	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	90	0.6169	50	-0.3	66
GU.MGRO.HHE.	2019-01-22T11:29:20.98	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	246	0.6673	50	-0.53	61
GU.ROTM.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:19.70	3.0	undecidable	manual	P				0.13	0
GU.GBOS.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:19.36	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	263	0.5891	50	-0.8	75
GU.GORR.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:18.62	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	58	0.5369	90	-0.59	82
GU.CANO.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:14.67	0.1	positive	manual	P	249	0.3202	90	0.3	93
IT.GNV.HGE.	2019-01-22T11:29:12.71	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	61	0.2266	90	0.41	69
IV.QLNO.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:12.68	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	271	0.2212	90	0.5	91
GU.PCP.HHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:12.44	0.1	positive	manual	P	340	0.2338	90	-0.02	100
IV.GENL.EHZ.	2019-01-22T11:29:12.97	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	69	0.2401	90	0.37	93

Station Magnitude and Amplitude

SCNL	mag	Generic_amplitude	Period	Type	Category	Unit	Time_window_reference
IV.QLNO.HHN.	ML:1.4	0.000154	1.22	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:20.68
GU.CANO.HHN.	ML:1.7	0.000214	1.04	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:22.00
GU.PCP.HHE.	ML:2.1	0.0008075	1	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:26.66
IV.QLNO.HHE.	ML:1.5	0.0002	1.14	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:26.92
GU.ENR.HHE.	ML:1.9	8.73E-5	0.9	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:27.27
GU.PCP.HHN.	ML:1.9	0.000486	0.92	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:27.59
GU.STV.HHE.	ML:1.8	5.2965E-5	0.28	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:28.17
GU.PZZ.HHE.	ML:2.3	0.00013395	0.74	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:30.46
GU.PZZ.HHN.	ML:2.3	0.0001525	0.62	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:30.85
GU.CANO.HHE.	ML:2.1	0.0004795	0.76	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:32.17
GU.GORR.HHN.	ML:1.8	0.0001192	1.1	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:37.09
GU.GORR.HHE.	ML:1.8	0.000121	1.14	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:41.57
GU.ROTM.HHN.	ML:2.4	0.0005375	0.84	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:44.42
GU.ROTM.HHE.	ML:2.3	0.000391	1.28	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:46.81
GU.ENR.HHN.	ML:2.1	0.0001205	1	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:51.20
GU.STV.HHN.	ML:1.7	4.9E-5	0.98	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:29:55.13
GU.TRAV.HHN.	ML:1.8	2.87E-5	1.22	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:30:04.32
GU.TRAV.HHE.	ML:1.8	3.07E-5	0.8	AML	other	m	2019-01-22T11:30:06.30

TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor

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Focal Mechanism in the area

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Earthquake (controlled explosion) with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 22-01-2019 and time 12:29:07 (Italy) in region Costa Ligure centro occidentale (Savona)

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

Origin

Uncertainty

Quality

ML:1.9