Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 28-01-1999 and time 02:21:49 (Italy) in region 1 km W Rofrano (SA)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Rofrano (SA), on

  • 28-01-1999 01:21:49 (UTC)
  • 28-01-1999 02:21:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2140, 15.4210 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Rofrano SA 1 1576 1576
Alfano SA 4 1023 2599
Laurito SA 5 788 3387
Montano Antilia SA 8 2077 5464
Torre Orsaia SA 10 2118 7582
Futani SA 11 1204 8786
Cuccaro Vetere SA 11 573 9359
Cannalonga SA 11 1063 10422
Novi Velia SA 11 2324 12746
Caselle in Pittari SA 11 1956 14702
Sanza SA 12 2608 17310
Roccagloriosa SA 12 1722 19032
Vallo della Lucania SA 13 8531 27563
Celle di Bulgheria SA 13 1922 29485
Moio della Civitella SA 13 1827 31312
Ceraso SA 14 2397 33709
Morigerati SA 14 665 34374
Piaggine SA 15 1311 35685
Campora SA 15 439 36124
Valle dell'Angelo SA 15 248 36372
San Mauro la Bruca SA 15 603 36975
Laurino SA 16 1548 38523
Santa Marina SA 16 3243 41766
Stio SA 18 872 42638
Monte San Giacomo SA 18 1572 44210
Tortorella SA 18 523 44733
Buonabitacolo SA 18 2549 47282
Casaletto Spartano SA 18 1420 48702
Vibonati SA 18 3293 51995
San Giovanni a Piro SA 18 3780 55775
Ispani SA 19 1026 56801
Centola SA 19 5168 61969
Sassano SA 19 5013 66982
Sacco SA 19 492 67474
Gioi SA 19 1278 68752
Pisciotta SA 20 2641 71393

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
76 Km SE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
81 Km SE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Scafati (50787 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
ML-VAX 1.5
1999-01-28
01:21:49
40.214 15.421 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 358449
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1999-01-28 01:21:49 ± 0.399
Latitude 40.2140 ± 0.0120
Longitude 15.4210 ± 0.0275
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 358449

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) 2687.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 219
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00113
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00494
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 358449
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:36:03

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 358449
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
--.SGO.Z. 1999-01-28T01:22:04.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 346 0.3552 0.66 0.4
--.MU9.Z. 1999-01-28T01:22:02.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 5 0.5439 0.75 0.6
--.SL9.Z. 1999-01-28T01:21:59.24 10.0 undecidable manual SG 42 0.2331 -0.02 0.8
--.SGO.Z. 1999-01-28T01:21:57.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 346 0.3552 -0.83 0.6
--.SL9.Z. 1999-01-28T01:21:55.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 42 0.2331 -0.29 1.8
--.MGR.Z. 1999-01-28T01:21:54.94 10.0 undecidable manual SG 126 0.1221 -0.16 0.8
--.MGR.Z. 1999-01-28T01:21:53.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 126 0.1221 0.18 2
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