Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 12-04-2000 and time 15:08:50 (Italy) in region 3 km S Moliterno (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Moliterno (PZ), on

  • 12-04-2000 13:08:50 (UTC)
  • 12-04-2000 15:08:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2190, 15.8720 at 10 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
Moliterno PZ 3 4062 4062
Sarconi PZ 4 1404 5466
Grumento Nova PZ 7 1700 7166
Spinoso PZ 10 1462 8628
Castelsaraceno PZ 12 1384 10012
Tramutola PZ 14 3089 13101
Montemurro PZ 14 1235 14336
Viggiano PZ 14 3329 17665
Lagonegro PZ 14 5584 23249
San Martino d'Agri PZ 15 801 24050
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 16 6704 30754
Casalbuono SA 16 1194 31948
San Chirico Raparo PZ 18 1084 33032
Marsicovetere PZ 18 5546 38578
Nemoli PZ 18 1495 40073
Rivello PZ 18 2767 42840
Latronico PZ 19 4556 47396
Lauria PZ 19 12919 60315
Armento PZ 19 631 60946

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Altamura (70396 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.6
2000-04-12
13:08:50
40.219 15.872 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 386279
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2000-04-12 13:08:50 ± 0.403
Latitude 40.2190 ± 0.0440
Longitude 15.8720 ± 0.0353
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 386279

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) 5734.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 197
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00219
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00729
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 386279
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 23:03:05

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 386279
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
--.LT9.Z. 2000-04-12T13:09:17.33 10.0 undecidable manual SG 61 0.8103 -1.49 0
--.MU9.Z. 2000-04-12T13:09:13.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 331 0.6105 0.99 0.2
--.SGO.Z. 2000-04-12T13:09:09.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 308 0.5439 -0.46 0.6
--.LT9.Z. 2000-04-12T13:09:07.61 10.0 undecidable manual PG 61 0.8103 0.66 0.9
--.ORI.Z. 2000-04-12T13:09:07.18 10.0 undecidable manual SG 110 0.4662 -0.48 0.6
--.MU9.Z. 2000-04-12T13:09:03.31 10.0 undecidable manual PG 331 0.6105 0.07 1.9
--.SGO.Z. 2000-04-12T13:09:01.49 10.0 undecidable manual PG 308 0.5439 -0.5 1.5
--.SL9.Z. 2000-04-12T13:09:01.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 312 0.2442 0.35 0.7
--.ORI.Z. 2000-04-12T13:09:00.91 10.0 undecidable manual PG 110 0.4662 0.4 1.7
--.SL9.Z. 2000-04-12T13:08:56.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 312 0.2442 -0.26 1.9
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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