Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 16-03-1986 and time 21:38:15 (Italy) in region 1 km NE Pettoranello del Molise (IS)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Pettoranello del Molise (IS), on

  • 16-03-1986 20:38:15 (UTC)
  • 16-03-1986 21:38:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.5830, 14.2890 at 5 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
Pettoranello del Molise IS 1 460 460
Carpinone IS 3 1157 1617
Pesche IS 3 1661 3278
Isernia IS 5 21842 25120
Castelpetroso IS 5 1680 26800
Castelpizzuto IS 7 155 26955
Sant'Agapito IS 7 1496 28451
Sessano del Molise IS 7 727 29178
Longano IS 8 690 29868
Santa Maria del Molise IS 8 665 30533
Miranda IS 8 1047 31580
Macchiagodena IS 10 1854 33434
Macchia d'Isernia IS 10 1035 34469
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 11 739 35208
Roccamandolfi IS 11 938 36146
Monteroduni IS 11 2264 38410
Pescolanciano IS 12 855 39265
Fornelli IS 13 1909 41174
Chiauci IS 13 233 41407
Civitanova del Sannio IS 14 945 42352
Frosolone IS 14 3170 45522
Roccasicura IS 14 550 46072
Gallo Matese CE 14 579 46651
San Massimo CB 14 855 47506
Montaquila IS 14 2456 49962
Carovilli IS 15 1359 51321
Letino CE 15 712 52033
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 15 425 52458
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 15 275 52733
Colli a Volturno IS 15 1349 54082
Forlì del Sannio IS 15 675 54757
Fontegreca CE 16 811 55568
Duronia CB 17 405 55973
Spinete CB 17 1320 57293
Capriati a Volturno CE 17 1541 58834
Cerro al Volturno IS 17 1281 60115
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 18 1113 61228
Valle Agricola CE 18 890 62118
Molise CB 18 167 62285
Prata Sannita CE 18 1502 63787
Ciorlano CE 18 426 64213
Bojano CB 19 8058 72271
Rionero Sannitico IS 19 1118 73389
Scapoli IS 19 680 74069
Bagnoli del Trigno IS 20 735 74804
Filignano IS 20 648 75452

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
65 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
68 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
86 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
86 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
92 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
98 Km S of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
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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 1986-03-16
20:38:15
41.583 14.289 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 24289
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1986-03-16 20:38:15 ± 0.325
Latitude 41.5830 ± 0.0170
Longitude 14.2890 ± 0.0234
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 24289

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) 2712.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 129
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00130
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00340
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 24289
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:26:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SD1.Z. 1986-03-16T20:38:29.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 289 0.3774 -1.06 0.1
--.SD1.Z. 1986-03-16T20:38:24.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 289 0.3774 0.66 0.6
--.DUI.Z. 1986-03-16T20:38:21.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 58 0.1443 0.21 1
--.SGG.Z. 1986-03-16T20:38:20.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 161 0.2109 -0.06 1.8
--.DUI.Z. 1986-03-16T20:38:18.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 58 0.1443 -0.28 1.5
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