Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 24-09-1998 and time 22:04:10 (UTC) in region 3 km SW Latronico (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Latronico (PZ), on

  • 24-09-1998 22:04:10 (UTC)
  • 25-09-1998 00:04:10 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.0700, 15.9900 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
Latronico PZ 3 4556 4556
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 7 824 5380
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 7 2131 7511
Episcopia PZ 9 1434 8945
Castelsaraceno PZ 11 1384 10329
Carbone PZ 12 638 10967
Laino Borgo CS 13 1921 12888
Lauria PZ 13 12919 25807
Rotonda PZ 14 3494 29301
Viggianello PZ 14 3025 32326
San Severino Lucano PZ 14 1563 33889
Laino Castello CS 15 848 34737
Teana PZ 15 613 35350
San Chirico Raparo PZ 15 1084 36434
Calvera PZ 16 387 36821
Fardella PZ 16 627 37448
Nemoli PZ 16 1495 38943
Francavilla in Sinni PZ 18 4215 43158
Trecchina PZ 18 2316 45474
San Martino d'Agri PZ 19 801 46275
Rivello PZ 20 2767 49042
Mormanno CS 20 3027 52069

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
65 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Altamura (70396 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 2.0 1998-09-24
22:04:10
40.07 15.99 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 351779
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-09-24 22:04:10 ± 0.29
Latitude 40.0700 ± 0.0301
Longitude 15.9900 ± 0.0261
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 351779

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) 4014.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 134
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00300
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00704
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 351779
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:29:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.TDS.Z. 1998-09-24T22:04:29.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 147 0.4884 1.33 0.3
--.MU9.Z. 1998-09-24T22:04:27.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 331 0.777 1.52 0.3
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-24T22:04:25.62 10.0 undecidable manual SG 319 0.4107 0.13 0.8
--.MGR.Z. 1998-09-24T22:04:24.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 281 0.333 1.1 0.4
--.ORI.Z. 1998-09-24T22:04:23.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 93 0.3441 0.42 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1998-09-24T22:04:23.26 10.0 undecidable manual PG 313 0.7104 -1.16 0.7
--.TDS.Z. 1998-09-24T22:04:19.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 147 0.4884 -0.66 1.5
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-24T22:04:18.27 10.0 undecidable manual PG 319 0.4107 -0.71 1.4
--.ORI.Z. 1998-09-24T22:04:17.45 10.0 undecidable manual PG 93 0.3441 -0.2 1.9
--.MGR.Z. 1998-09-24T22:04:17.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 281 0.333 0.02 2
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