Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 24-09-1998 and time 21:02:18 (Italy) in region 2 km N Castelluccio Superiore (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Castelluccio Superiore (PZ), on

  • 24-09-1998 19:02:18 (UTC)
  • 24-09-1998 21:02:18 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.0270, 15.9800 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 2 824 824
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 2 2131 2955
Latronico PZ 7 4556 7511
Laino Borgo CS 8 1921 9432
Rotonda PZ 10 3494 12926
Laino Castello CS 10 848 13774
Viggianello PZ 11 3025 16799
Episcopia PZ 12 1434 18233
Lauria PZ 12 12919 31152
San Severino Lucano PZ 14 1563 32715
Mormanno CS 15 3027 35742
Castelsaraceno PZ 16 1384 37126
Carbone PZ 16 638 37764
Nemoli PZ 16 1495 39259
Trecchina PZ 17 2316 41575
Aieta CS 17 823 42398
Teana PZ 18 613 43011
Papasidero CS 18 734 43745
Fardella PZ 19 627 44372
Calvera PZ 20 387 44759
Rivello PZ 20 2767 47526

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
70 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
89 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 1998-09-24
19:02:18
40.027 15.98 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 351749
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-09-24 19:02:18 ± 0.179
Latitude 40.0270 ± 0.0214
Longitude 15.9800 ± 0.0166
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 351749

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) 2768.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 145
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) 0.00308
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00737
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 351749
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:29:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MU9.Z. 1998-09-24T19:02:35.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 332 0.8214 0.33 0.7
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-24T19:02:34.29 10.0 undecidable manual SG 323 0.444 -1.02 0
--.SGO.Z. 1998-09-24T19:02:34.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 315 0.7326 0.45 0.5
--.MGR.Z. 1998-09-24T19:02:31.99 10.0 undecidable manual SG 288 0.3441 0.08 0.6
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-24T19:02:28.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 323 0.444 -0.4 0.8
--.TDS.Z. 1998-09-24T19:02:28.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 142 0.444 -0.26 1.1
--.MGR.Z. 1998-09-24T19:02:26.50 10.0 negative manual PG 288 0.3441 0.05 2.9
--.ORI.Z. 1998-09-24T19:02:26.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 85 0.3552 0.13 1.4
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