Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 24-09-1998 and time 22:09:19 (UTC) in region 1 km NE Castelluccio Superiore (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Castelluccio Superiore (PZ), on

  • 24-09-1998 22:09:19 (UTC)
  • 25-09-1998 00:09:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.0180, 15.9890 at 4 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 1 824 824
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 2 2131 2955
Laino Borgo CS 7 1921 4876
Latronico PZ 8 4556 9432
Rotonda PZ 8 3494 12926
Laino Castello CS 9 848 13774
Viggianello PZ 10 3025 16799
Episcopia PZ 11 1434 18233
San Severino Lucano PZ 13 1563 19796
Lauria PZ 13 12919 32715
Mormanno CS 14 3027 35742
Carbone PZ 16 638 36380
Castelsaraceno PZ 17 1384 37764
Nemoli PZ 17 1495 39259
Aieta CS 17 823 40082
Papasidero CS 18 734 40816
Trecchina PZ 18 2316 43132
Teana PZ 18 613 43745
Fardella PZ 19 627 44372
Francavilla in Sinni PZ 20 4215 48587
Calvera PZ 20 387 48974

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
71 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Matera (60436 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.5
1998-09-24
22:09:19
40.018 15.989 4 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 351789
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-09-24 22:09:19 ± 0.219
Latitude 40.0180 ± 0.0179
Longitude 15.9890 ± 0.0169
Depth (km) 4 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 351789

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) 2461.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 125
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00308
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01109
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 351789
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:29:35

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 351789
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.GRI.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:43.52 10.0 undecidable manual PN 164 1.2321 -0.27 1.2
--.CI9.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:42.28 10.0 undecidable manual PN 319 1.11 0.17 1.3
--.TDS.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:38.51 10.0 undecidable manual SG 143 0.444 1.45 0.1
--.MU9.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:38.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 333 0.8214 1.08 0.4
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:37.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 324 0.4551 0.26 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:34.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 316 0.7437 -0.84 0.7
--.MGR.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:33.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 290 0.3552 0.13 0.8
--.ORI.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:33.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 84 0.3441 0.57 0.5
--.SL9.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:29.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 324 0.4551 -0.42 1.6
--.TDS.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:29.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 143 0.444 -0.43 1.6
--.ORI.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:27.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 84 0.3441 -0.51 1.4
--.MGR.Z. 1998-09-24T22:09:27.94 10.0 undecidable manual PG 290 0.3552 0.26 1.8
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