Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 21-03-1998 and time 19:18:56 (Italy) in region 6 km NW Sellano (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW Sellano (PG), on

  • 21-03-1998 18:18:56 (UTC)
  • 21-03-1998 19:18:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9350, 12.8900 at 19 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
Sellano PG 6 1079 1079
Monte Cavallo MC 11 145 1224
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 13 1075 2299
Trevi PG 13 8469 10768
Preci PG 14 724 11492
Foligno PG 15 57155 68647
Campello sul Clitunno PG 16 2442 71089
Visso MC 16 1107 72196
Serravalle di Chienti MC 16 1070 73266
Valtopina PG 18 1398 74664
Pieve Torina MC 18 1458 76122
Vallo di Nera PG 18 364 76486
Spello PG 19 8645 85131
Montefalco PG 20 5679 90810
Fiordimonte MC 20 202 91012

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
45 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
46 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Ancona (100861 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 2.0 1998-03-21
18:18:56
42.935 12.89 19 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 326119
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-03-21 18:18:56 ± 0.405
Latitude 42.9350 ± 0.0121
Longitude 12.8900 ± 0.0176
Depth (km) 19 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 326119

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) 1966.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 184
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00170
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00502
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 326119
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:05:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ARV.Z. 1998-03-21T18:19:17.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 4 0.555 0.09 0.6
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-03-21T18:19:09.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 6 0.3108 -0.37 0.3
--.ARV.Z. 1998-03-21T18:19:08.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 4 0.555 0.16 1.3
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-03-21T18:19:06.28 10.0 undecidable manual SG 121 0.1887 0.58 0.1
--.ASS.Z. 1998-03-21T18:19:06.23 10.0 undecidable manual SG 306 0.2109 -0.08 0.8
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-03-21T18:19:04.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 6 0.3108 0.02 2.1
--.ASS.Z. 1998-03-21T18:19:02.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 306 0.2109 0.08 2.1
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-03-21T18:19:01.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 121 0.1887 -0.37 0.8
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