Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 14-07-1997 and time 18:26:35 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Albano di Lucania (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Albano di Lucania (PZ), on

  • 14-07-1997 16:26:35 (UTC)
  • 14-07-1997 18:26:35 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6000, 16.0210 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
Albano di Lucania PZ 2 1435 1435
Trivigno PZ 3 678 2113
Campomaggiore PZ 6 811 2924
Brindisi Montagna PZ 7 908 3832
Castelmezzano PZ 8 800 4632
San Chirico Nuovo PZ 10 1368 6000
Pietrapertosa PZ 10 1032 7032
Tolve PZ 10 3251 10283
Tricarico MT 10 5388 15671
Vaglio Basilicata PZ 11 2047 17718
Anzi PZ 12 1696 19414
Calciano MT 14 777 20191
Oliveto Lucano MT 16 450 20641
Laurenzana PZ 16 1797 22438
Accettura MT 17 1856 24294
Cancellara PZ 17 1309 25603
Garaguso MT 18 1073 26676
Oppido Lucano PZ 19 3813 30489
Potenza PZ 19 67122 97611

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km E of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
52 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
75 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
83 Km S of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Bari (326344 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
ML-VAX 1.6
1997-07-14
16:26:35
40.6 16.021 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 273349
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-07-14 16:26:35 ± 0.198
Latitude 40.6000 ± 0.0197
Longitude 16.0210 ± 0.0140
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 273349

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) 2486.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 85
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00324
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00996
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 273349
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:18:19

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 273349
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
--.BRT.Z. 1997-07-14T16:27:06.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG 71 0.888 0.12 0.6
--.FG3.Z. 1997-07-14T16:26:56.65 10.0 undecidable manual PN 356 1.11 -0.21 1.3
--.BRT.Z. 1997-07-14T16:26:53.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 71 0.888 -0.22 1.5
--.MU9.Z. 1997-07-14T16:26:52.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 291 0.4329 0.62 0.4
--.ORI.Z. 1997-07-14T16:26:49.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 149 0.6327 0.57 1.1
--.SGO.Z. 1997-07-14T16:26:47.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 265 0.5439 0.6 1
--.MU9.Z. 1997-07-14T16:26:44.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 291 0.4329 -0.01 1.9
--.SL9.Z. 1997-07-14T16:26:42.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 234 0.3552 -1 0.3
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