Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 14-10-1988 and time 14:07:12 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Brienza (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Brienza (PZ), on

  • 14-10-1988 13:07:12 (UTC)
  • 14-10-1988 14:07:12 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.4670, 15.6510 at 10 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
Brienza PZ 2 4078 4078
Sasso di Castalda PZ 3 835 4913
Atena Lucana SA 8 2336 7249
Sala Consilina SA 9 12664 19913
Marsico Nuovo PZ 9 4098 24011
Satriano di Lucania PZ 9 2374 26385
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 12 1429 27814
Paterno PZ 12 3368 31182
Tito PZ 13 7332 38514
Teggiano SA 13 7976 46490
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 14 1695 48185
Padula SA 14 5368 53553
Sant'Arsenio SA 14 2815 56368
Savoia di Lucania PZ 14 1127 57495
Polla SA 14 5279 62774
Abriola PZ 15 1531 64305
Sassano SA 16 5013 69318
San Rufo SA 16 1754 71072
Monte San Giacomo SA 17 1572 72644
Pignola PZ 17 6962 79606
Calvello PZ 17 1948 81554
Caggiano SA 17 2765 84319
Marsicovetere PZ 18 5546 89865
Picerno PZ 19 5985 95850
Pertosa SA 19 690 96540
Vietri di Potenza PZ 19 2832 99372
Tramutola PZ 20 3089 102461

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
91 Km S of Cerignola (58396 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
Md 2.5
ML-VAX 1.6
1988-10-14
13:07:12
40.467 15.651 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 78619
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-10-14 13:07:12 ± 1.035
Latitude 40.4670 ± 0.0441
Longitude 15.6510 ± 0.0905
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78619

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) 9091.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 256
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
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) 0.00243
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00623
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 78619
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:13:56

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78619
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BSS.Z. 1988-10-14T13:07:36.65 10.0 undecidable manual SG 296 0.6882 0.13 0.4
--.BSS.Z. 1988-10-14T13:07:25.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 296 0.6882 -0.43 0.5
--.MGR.Z. 1988-10-14T13:07:24.13 10.0 undecidable manual SG 192 0.333 -0.77 0
--.SGO.Z. 1988-10-14T13:07:23.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 289 0.2664 0.48 0.2
--.MGR.Z. 1988-10-14T13:07:19.77 10.0 positive manual PG 192 0.333 0.25 2.1
--.SGO.Z. 1988-10-14T13:07:18.40 10.0 negative manual PG 289 0.2664 -0.01 2.8
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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