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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 28-02-2019 and time 12:54:13 (Italy) in region 2 km W Paterno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Paterno (PZ), on

  • 28-02-2019 11:54:13 (UTC)
  • 28-02-2019 12:54:13 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.3800, 15.7100 at 6 km depth.

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

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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
Paterno PZ 2 3368 3368
Marsico Nuovo PZ 5 4098 7466
Padula SA 6 5368 12834
Tramutola PZ 9 3089 15923
Marsicovetere PZ 10 5546 21469
Sala Consilina SA 10 12664 34133
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 12 6704 40837
Sasso di Castalda PZ 12 835 41672
Sassano SA 13 5013 46685
Brienza PZ 13 4078 50763
Teggiano SA 14 7976 58739
Buonabitacolo SA 15 2549 61288
Monte San Giacomo SA 15 1572 62860
Atena Lucana SA 15 2336 65196
Calvello PZ 16 1948 67144
Abriola PZ 17 1531 68675
Viggiano PZ 17 3329 72004
Casalbuono SA 19 1194 73198
Grumento Nova PZ 19 1700 74898
Satriano di Lucania PZ 20 2374 77272
Sanza SA 20 2608 79880

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
100 Km S of Cerignola (58396 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		Md 1.1
ML 0.7 		2019-02-28
11:54:13		 40.3802 15.7102 6 2019-02-28
14:30:41		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 66048831
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-02-28 11:54:13 ± 0.15
Latitude 40.3802 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.7102 ± 0.0071
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 66048831

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 892
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 260
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 33
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 890.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 198
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39390
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66048831
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-02-28 14:30:41

Md:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.8
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 66048831
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-02-28 14:30:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2019-02-28T11:54:35.58 3.0 undecidable manual P 0 0
IV.BULG.HHE. 2019-02-28T11:54:29.18 0.3 undecidable manual S 220 43.7229 50 0.19 68
IV.CDRU.HHE. 2019-02-28T11:54:26.44 0.3 undecidable manual S 290 36.3414 100 -0.1 70
IV.MGR.HHE. 2019-02-28T11:54:24.58 0.6 undecidable manual S 206 30.0477 102 0.19 46
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2019-02-28T11:54:22.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 149 25.6521 103 -0.1 71
IV.BULG.HHE. 2019-02-28T11:54:22.68 0.1 undecidable manual P 220 43.7229 50 0.12 92
IV.CDRU.HHE. 2019-02-28T11:54:21.15 0.3 undecidable manual P 290 36.3414 100 0.01 71
IV.MGR.HHE. 2019-02-28T11:54:19.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 206 30.0477 102 -0.39 89
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2019-02-28T11:54:18.13 0.3 undecidable manual S 128 9.879 122 0.34 70
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2019-02-28T11:54:18.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 149 25.6521 103 -0.19 93
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2019-02-28T11:54:17.05 0.3 undecidable manual S 279 6.5934 133 0.16 73
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2019-02-28T11:54:16.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 128 9.879 122 -0.01 99
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2019-02-28T11:54:15.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 279 6.5934 133 -0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SLCN.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000219 0.28 AML other m 2019-02-28T11:54:18.38
IV.MCEL.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000057999999999999994 0.3 AML other m 2019-02-28T11:54:19.59
IV.MCEL.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00008410000000000001 0.42 AML other m 2019-02-28T11:54:19.77
IV.SLCN.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00015 0.46 AML other m 2019-02-28T11:54:22.38
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:0.8 0.0000333 0.64 AML other m 2019-02-28T11:54:25.54
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:0.6 0.0000255 0.8 AML other m 2019-02-28T11:54:26.47
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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