Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 16-11-1998 and time 02:39:30 (Italy) in region 4 km W Latronico (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Latronico (PZ), on

  • 16-11-1998 01:39:30 (UTC)
  • 16-11-1998 02:39:30 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.0770, 15.9680 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 4 4556 4556
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 7 824 5380
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 8 2131 7511
Castelsaraceno PZ 10 1384 8895
Episcopia PZ 11 1434 10329
Lauria PZ 12 12919 23248
Carbone PZ 13 638 23886
Laino Borgo CS 14 1921 25807
Nemoli PZ 14 1495 27302
Rotonda PZ 15 3494 30796
Viggianello PZ 15 3025 33821
Laino Castello CS 16 848 34669
San Chirico Raparo PZ 16 1084 35753
San Severino Lucano PZ 16 1563 37316
Teana PZ 17 613 37929
Trecchina PZ 17 2316 40245
Calvera PZ 17 387 40632
Fardella PZ 18 627 41259
Rivello PZ 18 2767 44026
Lagonegro PZ 18 5584 49610
San Martino d'Agri PZ 19 801 50411

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
64 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
91 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 2.3 1998-11-16
01:39:30
40.077 15.968 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 354959
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-11-16 01:39:30 ± 0.148
Latitude 40.0770 ± 0.0138
Longitude 15.9680 ± 0.0111
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 354959

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) 1803.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 135
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00283
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00696
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 354959
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:32:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SGO.Z. 1998-11-16T01:39:54.43 10.0 undecidable manual SG 313 0.6882 -1.14 0
--.MU9.Z. 1998-11-16T01:39:46.75 10.0 undecidable manual PG 331 0.777 0.39 0.7
--.SL9.Z. 1998-11-16T01:39:46.18 10.0 undecidable manual SG 320 0.3996 0.18 0.6
--.SGO.Z. 1998-11-16T01:39:44.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 313 0.6882 -0.03 1.5
--.ORI.Z. 1998-11-16T01:39:44.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 93 0.3552 -0.03 0.7
--.MGR.Z. 1998-11-16T01:39:42.53 10.0 undecidable manual SG 280 0.3108 -0.31 0.5
--.TDS.Z. 1998-11-16T01:39:41.17 10.0 undecidable manual PG 145 0.4995 -0.16 1.6
--.SL9.Z. 1998-11-16T01:39:39.48 10.0 undecidable manual PG 320 0.3996 0.1 1.7
--.ORI.Z. 1998-11-16T01:39:38.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 93 0.3552 -0.22 1.4
--.MGR.Z. 1998-11-16T01:39:37.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 280 0.3108 0.25 1.3
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