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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 26-08-2018 and time 23:42:55 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Caposele (AV)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Caposele (AV), on

  • 26-08-2018 21:42:55 (UTC)
  • 26-08-2018 23:42:55 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8060, 15.2070 at 13 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
Caposele AV 2 3483 3483
Calabritto AV 3 2391 5874
Teora AV 6 1537 7411
Senerchia AV 7 842 8253
Lioni AV 8 6201 14454
Laviano SA 9 1438 15892
Valva SA 9 1643 17535
Santomenna SA 10 443 17978
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 10 619 18597
Colliano SA 12 3638 22235
Bagnoli Irpino AV 12 3217 25452
Conza della Campania AV 12 1373 26825
Oliveto Citra SA 13 3802 30627
Morra De Sanctis AV 14 1297 31924
Nusco AV 14 4203 36127
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi AV 14 4250 40377
Acerno SA 14 2783 43160
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 15 1539 44699
Pescopagano PZ 16 1910 46609
Montella AV 17 7780 54389
Rocca San Felice AV 17 851 55240
Guardia Lombardi AV 17 1718 56958
Cassano Irpino AV 17 982 57940
Cairano AV 17 326 58266
Torella dei Lombardi AV 17 2144 60410
Andretta AV 17 1927 62337
Contursi Terme SA 18 3394 65731
Campagna SA 18 16703 82434
Palomonte SA 18 3985 86419
Castelgrande PZ 19 943 87362
Castelfranci AV 20 2041 89403

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km NE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
37 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
40 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
44 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
51 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
58 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
99 Km S of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.3 2018-08-26
21:42:55		 40.8063 15.207 13 2023-03-21
16:14:43		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 115594711
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.3 2018-08-26
21:42:55		 40.8112 15.2128 12 2019-04-24
14:50:54		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 60285261
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.4 2018-08-26
21:42:55		 40.8027 15.2078 13 2018-08-26
22:07:33		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 60244821
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-08-26 21:42:55 ± 0.1
Latitude 40.8063 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.2070 ± 0.0083
Depth (km) 13 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 115594711

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 656
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 401
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 49
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 660.0
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 61
Number of defining phases 50
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.37
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.75633
Number of stations at which the event was observed 42
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 31
Magnitudes information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 53
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115594711
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-21 16:06:43

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 51
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 60285261
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-08-28 07:46:54

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 46
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 60244821
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-08-26 22:07:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
AC.KBN.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:44:44.58 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -5.27 0
IV.RIBO.EHZ.01 2018-08-26T21:44:40.65 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 1.41 0
IV.CAVE.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:44:13.55 3.0 positive manual Pn 1.53 0
IV.VIVA.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:44:03.74 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 6.15 0
IV.SENI.HNZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:47.98 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 1.5 0
OB.GAVE.EHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:36.91 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.26 0
IV.RCAV.EHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:29.73 3.0 negative manual Pn 0.16 0
IV.LIK.EHZ.01 2018-08-26T21:43:19.93 3.0 negative manual P -1.8 0
YD.T1412.EHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:16.51 3.0 negative manual P 0.53 0
IV.MSAG.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:15.88 3.0 positive manual P -0.01 0
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:14.81 0.6 undecidable manual S 92 61.7937 92 0.12 45
IV.SGRT.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:14.82 3.0 positive manual P -0.78 0
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:12.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 171 54.8007 93 0.13 45
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:11.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 318 83.9493 92 1.13 44
IV.BIOG.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:10.15 0.3 undecidable manual S 352 44.1225 94 0.19 68
IX.SRN3.HNE.02 2018-08-26T21:43:10.17 0.6 undecidable manual S 149 41.3253 94 0.94 35
IV.MRB1.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:09.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 330 40.4262 94 0.41 43
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:09.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 170 82.0512 92 -0.37 61
IX.VDP3.HNE.01 2018-08-26T21:43:09.92 0.6 undecidable manual S 126 37.9287 95 1.59 25
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:09.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 137 73.2711 92 1.34 41
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:08.71 0.3 undecidable manual P 158 79.7646 92 -0.72 55
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:08.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 142 75.4689 92 0.05 66
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:06.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 142 58.497 93 0.48 62
IV.PAOL.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:06.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 295 59.0964 93 -0.07 68
IX.RDM3.HHN.02 2018-08-26T21:43:06.87 0.6 undecidable manual S 74 28.6491 98 1 36
IV.PALZ.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:06.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 76 64.9905 92 -0.84 53
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:06.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 311 63.8916 92 -0.05 68
IV.CAPA.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:06.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 52 64.2912 92 -0.8 54
IV.ACER.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:06.13 0.1 positive manual P 92 61.7937 92 -0.54 80
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:05.26 0.6 undecidable manual S 6 24.6531 100 0.44 44
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:05.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 171 54.8007 93 -0.43 85
IX.SCL3.HNE.02 2018-08-26T21:43:05.78 0.6 undecidable manual S 116 28.4493 98 -0.01 48
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:04.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 103 24.3534 100 -0.21 46
IV.BIOG.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:04.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 352 44.1225 94 0.7 58
IV.MTMR.EHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:03.53 0.6 undecidable manual S 306 21.1677 104 -0.37 46
IX.AND3.HNN.02 2018-08-26T21:43:03.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 38 17.2716 110 0.32 46
IX.VDP3.HNE.01 2018-08-26T21:43:03.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 126 37.9287 95 0.53 63
IV.MRB1.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:03.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 330 40.4262 94 -0.08 94
IX.SRN3.HNE.02 2018-08-26T21:43:03.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 149 41.3253 94 -0.16 91
IX.CSG3.HNE.01 2018-08-26T21:43:03.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 86 21.5673 103 -0.15 47
IV.SGTA.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:03.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 20 38.7279 95 -0.06 94
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:02.21 0.6 undecidable manual S 1 13.1757 121 0.29 47
IX.RDM3.HHN.02 2018-08-26T21:43:02.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 74 28.6491 98 0.6 84
IX.RSF3.HNE.02 2018-08-26T21:43:02.51 0.6 undecidable manual S 352 17.6712 109 -0.5 44
IX.SCL3.HNE.02 2018-08-26T21:43:01.23 0.1 undecidable manual P 116 28.4493 98 -0.31 90
IX.NSC3.EHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:01.07 0.6 undecidable manual S 302 8.3805 139 0.14 49
IX.SNR3.HNZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:01.45 0.6 undecidable manual S 189 7.9809 141 0.6 44
IX.CSG3.HNE.01 2018-08-26T21:43:00.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 86 21.5673 103 -0.05 96
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:00.88 0.1 positive manual P 6 24.6531 100 -0.09 95
IX.LIO3.HHZ.02 2018-08-26T21:43:00.92 0.6 undecidable manual S 347 10.2786 131 -0.37 46
IV.MTMR.EHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:00.35 0.1 negative manual P 306 21.1677 104 -0.09 97
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:00.49 0.1 positive manual P 103 24.3534 100 -0.42 89
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:43:00.34 0.6 undecidable manual S 231 4.1958 158 0.01 50
IX.RSF3.HNE.02 2018-08-26T21:42:59.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 352 17.6712 109 -0.31 92
IX.VDS3.HNZ.01 2018-08-26T21:42:59.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 111 19.869 105 -0.35 68
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:42:59.29 0.1 negative manual P 1 13.1757 121 -0.01 99
IX.AND3.HNN.02 2018-08-26T21:42:59.72 0.1 positive manual P 38 17.2716 110 -0.15 95
IX.NSC3.EHZ. 2018-08-26T21:42:58.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 302 8.3805 139 -0.01 100
IX.SNR3.HNZ. 2018-08-26T21:42:58.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 189 7.9809 141 0.15 97
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2018-08-26T21:42:58.43 0.1 positive manual P 231 4.1958 158 0.04 100
IX.LIO3.HHZ.02 2018-08-26T21:42:58.79 0.1 negative manual P 347 10.2786 131 -0.14 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCRV.HHN. ML:3.3 0.028056849999999998 0.1152 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:00.97
IV.MCRV.HHE. ML:3.0 0.0133774225 0.1408 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:01.20
IV.SNAL.HNN. ML:2.8 0.0058408435 0.192 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:02.79
IV.SNAL.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0062935275 0.1664 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:02.80
IV.MTMR.HNE. ML:2.3 0.00132260025 0.128 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:04.61
IV.MTMR.EHE. ML:2.6 0.0023417685000000003 0.128 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:04.61
IV.MTMR.HNN. ML:2.2 0.0011292715499999998 0.1408 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:04.00
IV.MTMR.EHN. ML:2.5 0.0021632773 0.1408 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:04.00
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0010639059 0.3072 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:06.82
IV.MRLC.HNE. ML:2.1 0.0006506882 0.4224 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:06.82
IV.CAFE.HHE. ML:2.8 0.00329242 0.3712 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:07.11
IV.CAFE.HNE. ML:2.8 0.0031677759999999998 0.3584 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:07.11
IV.SGTA.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00026295415 0.4736 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:12.03
IV.ACER.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00025825015 0.2816 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:15.58
IV.MRB1.HNN. ML:2.1 0.00039304024999999997 0.4736 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:16.23
IV.MRB1.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00046015945 0.4992 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:16.47
IV.MRB1.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0004240486 0.3072 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:16.65
IV.MRB1.HNE. ML:2.1 0.000447719 0.3072 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:16.66
IV.ACER.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00034153 0.2816 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:16.86
IV.ACER.HNE. ML:2.2 0.0003178511 0.2816 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:16.72
IV.CMPR.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00035771805 0.2816 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:18.72
IV.CAPA.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0003138585 0.3072 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:19.08
IV.CMPR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0002763504 0.2816 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:19.47
IV.CAPA.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0003213919 0.4992 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:19.64
IV.SLCN.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0007096931 0.4352 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:19.88
IV.SLCN.HNE. ML:2.5 0.00066711715 0.4224 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:19.89
IV.PALZ.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00040109045 0.5888 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:19.40
IV.PALZ.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00044073629999999994 0.6016 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:20.06
IV.MCEL.HNN. ML:2.2 0.00025564465 0.4608 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:22.21
IV.SLCN.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0003576936 0.2944 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:22.40
IV.MTSN.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00023103289999999997 0.256 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:22.68
IV.PAOL.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0002569853 0.3968 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:23.01
IV.MTSN.HHE. ML:2.3 0.00028304265 0.4608 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:23.10
IV.PAOL.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0002549578 0.2176 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:23.20
IV.PAOL.HNN. ML:2.1 0.00025655575 0.2176 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:23.20
IV.VITU.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00027021879999999997 0.4608 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:23.44
IV.PAOL.HNE. ML:2.0 0.00022924895 0.3712 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:23.55
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00027097155000000003 0.4608 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:23.62
IV.MCEL.HNE. ML:2.2 0.00023649309999999998 0.2432 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:24.01
IV.VITU.HHN. ML:2.3 0.000361023 0.3584 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:23.83
IV.VITU.HNN. ML:2.3 0.00037138935 0.4608 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:24.03
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00024664525 0.2432 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:25.41
IV.BULG.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00029385685 0.4224 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:27.24
IV.BULG.HNE. ML:2.3 0.00028849504999999996 0.4096 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:27.26
IV.BULG.HHN. ML:2.5 0.00045305450000000005 0.256 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:27.51
IV.BULG.HNN. ML:2.5 0.00043154519999999994 0.2816 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:27.39
IV.PTRJ.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00010441659 0.32 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:27.60
IV.PTRJ.HNE. ML:2.1 0.00017293222499999999 0.384 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:27.63
IV.MGR.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00021016024999999998 0.2688 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:28.44
IV.MGR.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0003041715 0.2944 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:29.59
IV.SGRT.HHN. ML:2.3 0.000142673 0.192 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:31.12
IV.MSAG.HNN. ML:2.6 0.00028522845 0.3072 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:34.34
IV.MSAG.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00012218168 0.2048 AML other m 2018-08-26T21:43:34.33
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