Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 19-09-1998 and time 21:41:31 (UTC) in region 3 km N Castelluccio Superiore (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Castelluccio Superiore (PZ), on

  • 19-09-1998 21:41:31 (UTC)
  • 19-09-1998 23:41:31 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.0330, 15.9810 at 10 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 Superiore PZ 3 824 824
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 3 2131 2955
Latronico PZ 7 4556 7511
Laino Borgo CS 9 1921 9432
Rotonda PZ 10 3494 12926
Laino Castello CS 11 848 13774
Episcopia PZ 11 1434 15208
Viggianello PZ 11 3025 18233
Lauria PZ 12 12919 31152
San Severino Lucano PZ 14 1563 32715
Castelsaraceno PZ 15 1384 34099
Carbone PZ 15 638 34737
Mormanno CS 16 3027 37764
Nemoli PZ 16 1495 39259
Trecchina PZ 17 2316 41575
Aieta CS 18 823 42398
Teana PZ 18 613 43011
Fardella PZ 18 627 43638
Papasidero CS 19 734 44372
Calvera PZ 19 387 44759
San Chirico Raparo PZ 19 1084 45843
Rivello PZ 20 2767 48610
Francavilla in Sinni PZ 20 4215 52825

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
69 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
88 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 2.1 1998-09-19
21:41:31
40.033 15.981 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 351369
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-09-19 21:41:31 ± 0.162
Latitude 40.0330 ± 0.0192
Longitude 15.9810 ± 0.0170
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 351369

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) 2583.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00308
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00656
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 351369
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:29:10
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-19T21:41:48.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 323 0.444 0.61 0.2
--.SGO.Z. 1998-09-19T21:41:46.95 10.0 undecidable manual PG 315 0.7326 0.46 0.7
--.MGR.Z. 1998-09-19T21:41:44.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 287 0.3441 -0.56 0.2
--.TDS.Z. 1998-09-19T21:41:41.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 143 0.4551 0.24 1.5
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-19T21:41:40.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 323 0.444 -0.41 1
--.MGR.Z. 1998-09-19T21:41:39.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 287 0.3441 -0.05 1.9
--.ORI.Z. 1998-09-19T21:41:39.19 10.0 undecidable manual PG 86 0.3552 -0.24 1.5
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