Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 26-04-1998 and time 07:17:16 (Italy) in region 3 km S Cascia (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Cascia (PG), on

  • 26-04-1998 05:17:16 (UTC)
  • 26-04-1998 07:17:16 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.6920, 13.0030 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
Cascia PG 3 3217 3217
Poggiodomo PG 6 117 3334
Monteleone di Spoleto PG 6 599 3933
Norcia PG 14 4957 8890
Scheggino PG 14 461 9351
Sant'Anatolia di Narco PG 14 564 9915
Vallo di Nera PG 14 364 10279
Leonessa RI 15 2435 12714
Cittareale RI 15 482 13196
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 16 1075 14271
Polino TR 18 233 14504
Ferentillo TR 19 1913 16417

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
38 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
50 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
58 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
68 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Roma (2864731 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 2.5 1998-04-26
05:17:16
42.692 13.003 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 336519
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-04-26 05:17:16 ± 0.21
Latitude 42.6920 ± 0.0112
Longitude 13.0030 ± 0.0241
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 336519

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) 2326.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 109
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00146
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01028
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 336519
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:15:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.FB9.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:52.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 350 1.0101 0.49 0.3
--.SDI.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:40.65 10.0 undecidable manual PN 148 1.1433 1.32 0.1
--.FB9.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:37.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 350 1.0101 0.02 1.1
--.ASS.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:33.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 325 0.444 -0.3 0.5
--.AQU.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:32.56 10.0 undecidable manual SG 138 0.444 -1.39 0
--.MNS.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:31.81 10.0 undecidable manual SG 217 0.3885 0.04 0.6
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:28.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 355 0.555 -0.74 0.7
--.AQU.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:26.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 138 0.444 -0.62 0.9
--.ASS.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:26.39 10.0 undecidable manual PG 325 0.444 -0.32 1.3
--.MNS.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:25.49 10.0 positive manual PG 217 0.3885 0.09 3.1
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:23.26 10.0 undecidable manual SG 29 0.1665 0.06 0.6
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-04-26T05:17:20.76 10.0 positive manual PG 29 0.1665 0.3 2.7
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