Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 18-09-1998 and time 10:41:17 (UTC) in region 3 km W Latronico (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Latronico (PZ), on

  • 18-09-1998 10:41:17 (UTC)
  • 18-09-1998 12:41:17 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.0980, 15.9810 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
Latronico PZ 3 4556 4556
Castelsaraceno PZ 8 1384 5940
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 10 824 6764
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 10 2131 8895
Episcopia PZ 10 1434 10329
Carbone PZ 11 638 10967
San Chirico Raparo PZ 13 1084 12051
Lauria PZ 13 12919 24970
Teana PZ 15 613 25583
Calvera PZ 15 387 25970
Nemoli PZ 16 1495 27465
Laino Borgo CS 16 1921 29386
Fardella PZ 16 627 30013
San Severino Lucano PZ 16 1563 31576
Viggianello PZ 17 3025 34601
San Martino d'Agri PZ 17 801 35402
Rotonda PZ 17 3494 38896
Laino Castello CS 18 848 39744
Sarconi PZ 19 1404 41148
Lagonegro PZ 19 5584 46732
Moliterno PZ 19 4062 50794
Trecchina PZ 19 2316 53110
Spinoso PZ 19 1462 54572
Rivello PZ 19 2767 57339
Francavilla in Sinni PZ 19 4215 61554

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
62 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.2 1998-09-18
10:41:17
40.098 15.981 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 351309
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-09-18 10:41:17 ± 0.173
Latitude 40.0980 ± 0.0162
Longitude 15.9810 ± 0.0109
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 351309

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) 2028.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 179
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00291
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00615
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 351309
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:29:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SGO.Z. 1998-09-18T10:41:42.49 10.0 undecidable manual SG 311 0.6882 -0.46 0.2
--.SGO.Z. 1998-09-18T10:41:33.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 311 0.6882 0.62 0.4
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-18T10:41:33.35 10.0 undecidable manual SG 317 0.3885 0.11 0.8
--.MGR.Z. 1998-09-18T10:41:31.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 276 0.3219 0.37 0.5
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-18T10:41:26.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 317 0.3885 -0.14 1.8
--.MGR.Z. 1998-09-18T10:41:25.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 276 0.3219 -0.3 1.3
--.ORI.Z. 1998-09-18T10:41:25.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 97 0.3552 -0.02 2
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