Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.3 on date 09-05-2010 and time 22:01:43 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Moliterno (PZ)

A magnitude ML 0.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Moliterno (PZ), on

  • 09-05-2010 20:01:43 (UTC)
  • 09-05-2010 22:01:43 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2610, 15.8530 at 8 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Moliterno PZ 2 4062 4062
Sarconi PZ 3 1404 5466
Grumento Nova PZ 4 1700 7166
Tramutola PZ 9 3089 10255
Spinoso PZ 10 1462 11717
Viggiano PZ 10 3329 15046
Montemurro PZ 13 1235 16281
Marsicovetere PZ 13 5546 21827
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 13 6704 28531
Casalbuono SA 15 1194 29725
Castelsaraceno PZ 16 1384 31109
Paterno PZ 17 3368 34477
San Martino d'Agri PZ 17 801 35278
Lagonegro PZ 17 5584 40862
Padula SA 19 5368 46230
Armento PZ 19 631 46861
Buonabitacolo SA 20 2549 49410

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Altamura (70396 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 1.5
ML 0.3
2010-05-09
20:01:43
40.261 15.853 8 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1048059
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-05-09 20:01:43 ± 0.29
Latitude 40.2610 ± 0.0117
Longitude 15.8530 ± 0.0094
Depth (km) 8 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1048059

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1200
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 849
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 216
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1526.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 196
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.18076
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:0.3

Field Value
Value 0.3
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1048059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 20:10:05

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1048059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 20:10:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.LPEL.HHE. 2010-05-09T20:01:53.72 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2010-05-09T20:01:50.46 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 110 20.0688 -0.16 48
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2010-05-09T20:01:47.66 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 110 20.0688 0.193 71
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2010-05-09T20:01:47.26 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 274 8.5803 0.065 75
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2010-05-09T20:01:47.31 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 172 8.88 0.068 50
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2010-05-09T20:01:45.41 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 274 8.5803 -0.077 100
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2010-05-09T20:01:45.46 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 172 8.88 -0.053 100
IV.LPEL.HHE. 2010-05-09T20:01:43.86 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MMN.HHN. 2010-05-09T20:01:42.47 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.STR4.BHE. 2010-05-09T20:01:25.97 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.STR3.BHN. 2010-05-09T20:01:25.04 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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