Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 10-09-1998 and time 22:27:16 (UTC) in region 5 km NW Castelluccio Inferiore (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NW Castelluccio Inferiore (PZ), on

  • 10-09-1998 22:27:16 (UTC)
  • 11-09-1998 00:27:16 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.0290, 15.9290 at 5 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
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 5 2131 2131
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 5 824 2955
Lauria PZ 8 12919 15874
Laino Borgo CS 9 1921 17795
Latronico PZ 10 4556 22351
Laino Castello CS 11 848 23199
Nemoli PZ 12 1495 24694
Rotonda PZ 13 3494 28188
Trecchina PZ 13 2316 30504
Aieta CS 14 823 31327
Viggianello PZ 15 3025 34352
Episcopia PZ 15 1434 35786
Rivello PZ 16 2767 38553
Castelsaraceno PZ 16 1384 39937
Mormanno CS 16 3027 42964
Papasidero CS 18 734 43698
Lagonegro PZ 18 5584 49282
Maratea PZ 18 5139 54421
Tortora CS 18 6187 60608
San Severino Lucano PZ 18 1563 62171
Carbone PZ 19 638 62809
Praia a Mare CS 19 6725 69534

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
69 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
86 Km NW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Matera (60436 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 1998-09-10
22:27:16
40.029 15.929 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 350739
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-09-10 22:27:16 ± 0.345
Latitude 40.0290 ± 0.0311
Longitude 15.9290 ± 0.0286
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 350739

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) 4228.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 178
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00348
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00971
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 350739
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:28:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CI9.Z. 1998-09-10T22:27:38.34 10.0 undecidable manual PN 320 1.0767 0.63 0.9
--.MU9.Z. 1998-09-10T22:27:33.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 335 0.7992 0.96 0.6
--.ORI.Z. 1998-09-10T22:27:31.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 86 0.3885 0.55 0.5
--.SGO.Z. 1998-09-10T22:27:30.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 318 0.7104 -0.01 1.6
--.TDS.Z. 1998-09-10T22:27:26.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 139 0.4773 0.02 1.7
--.ORI.Z. 1998-09-10T22:27:24.37 10.0 undecidable manual PG 86 0.3885 -0.52 1.3
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-10T22:27:24.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 327 0.4218 -1.38 0.3
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