Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 21-07-1998 and time 00:55:59 (Italy) in region 7 km NW Sellano (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 7 km NW Sellano (PG), on

  • 20-07-1998 22:55:59 (UTC)
  • 21-07-1998 00:55:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9340, 12.8750 at 19 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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
Sellano PG 7 1079 1079
Trevi PG 12 8469 9548
Monte Cavallo MC 12 145 9693
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 13 1075 10768
Foligno PG 14 57155 67923
Preci PG 15 724 68647
Campello sul Clitunno PG 15 2442 71089
Serravalle di Chienti MC 17 1070 72159
Valtopina PG 17 1398 73557
Visso MC 17 1107 74664
Spello PG 18 8645 83309
Vallo di Nera PG 18 364 83673
Montefalco PG 19 5679 89352
Pieve Torina MC 19 1458 90810

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
44 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
45 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Ancona (100861 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
Md 2.3 1998-07-20
22:55:59
42.934 12.875 19 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 345869
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-07-20 22:55:59 ± 0.37
Latitude 42.9340 ± 0.0101
Longitude 12.8750 ± 0.0203
Depth (km) 19 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 345869

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1998.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 113
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00178
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00510
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 345869
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:23:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ARV.Z. 1998-07-20T22:56:19.76 10.0 undecidable manual SG 5 0.5661 -0.09 0.5
--.MNS.Z. 1998-07-20T22:56:18.76 10.0 undecidable manual SG 194 0.5661 -1.09 0
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-07-20T22:56:12.21 10.0 undecidable manual SG 8 0.3219 -0.13 0.6
--.MNS.Z. 1998-07-20T22:56:11.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 194 0.5661 0.35 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1998-07-20T22:56:10.93 10.0 undecidable manual PG 5 0.5661 -0.31 0.8
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-07-20T22:56:08.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 120 0.1998 -0.45 0.2
--.ASS.Z. 1998-07-20T22:56:08.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 308 0.2109 -0.14 0.6
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-07-20T22:56:06.91 10.0 positive manual PG 8 0.3219 -0.01 3.1
--.ASS.Z. 1998-07-20T22:56:05.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 308 0.2109 0.3 1
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-07-20T22:56:05.10 10.0 negative manual PG 120 0.1998 0.21 2.5
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