Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 06-03-1989 and time 17:11:14 (Italy) in region 4 km N Montesano sulla Marcellana (SA)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km N Montesano sulla Marcellana (SA), on

  • 06-03-1989 16:11:14 (UTC)
  • 06-03-1989 17:11:14 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.3080, 15.7050 at 10 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
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 4 6704 6704
Padula SA 5 5368 12072
Tramutola PZ 7 3089 15161
Paterno PZ 8 3368 18529
Buonabitacolo SA 8 2549 21078
Casalbuono SA 10 1194 22272
Sassano SA 12 5013 27285
Marsico Nuovo PZ 13 4098 31383
Marsicovetere PZ 13 5546 36929
Monte San Giacomo SA 14 1572 38501
Sala Consilina SA 14 12664 51165
Sanza SA 15 2608 53773
Moliterno PZ 16 4062 57835
Grumento Nova PZ 16 1700 59535
Teggiano SA 16 7976 67511
Sarconi PZ 17 1404 68915
Viggiano PZ 17 3329 72244
Casaletto Spartano SA 19 1420 73664
Brienza PZ 20 4078 77742
Sasso di Castalda PZ 20 835 78577

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
70 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.7
1989-03-06
16:11:14
40.308 15.705 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 88079
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-03-06 16:11:14 ± 0.28
Latitude 40.3080 ± 0.0175
Longitude 15.7050 ± 0.0256
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 88079

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) 2913.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 189
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00178
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00729
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 88079
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:22:38

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 88079
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. 1989-03-06T16:11:43.13 10.0 undecidable manual SG 304 0.8103 0.29 0.5
--.MMN.Z. 1989-03-06T16:11:32.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 152 0.4662 0.41 0.6
--.BSS.Z. 1989-03-06T16:11:31.55 10.0 undecidable manual PG 304 0.8103 0.59 0.9
--.TDS.Z. 1989-03-06T16:11:31.47 10.0 undecidable manual PG 142 0.7992 0.63 0.8
--.CSI.Z. 1989-03-06T16:11:28.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 139 0.6882 -0.14 1.6
--.SGO.Z. 1989-03-06T16:11:28.51 10.0 undecidable manual SG 309 0.3885 -0.76 0.3
--.MMN.Z. 1989-03-06T16:11:23.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 152 0.4662 -0.98 0.4
--.MGR.Z. 1989-03-06T16:11:22.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 213 0.1998 -0.87 0.2
--.SGO.Z. 1989-03-06T16:11:22.71 10.0 undecidable manual PG 309 0.3885 -0.42 1.5
--.MGR.Z. 1989-03-06T16:11:20.00 10.0 positive manual PG 213 0.1998 0.34 3.2
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