Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 10-05-2003 and time 20:18:20 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Moliterno (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Moliterno (PZ), on

  • 10-05-2003 18:18:20 (UTC)
  • 10-05-2003 20:18:20 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2140, 15.8830 at 20 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 8 1700 7166
Spinoso PZ 9 1462 8628
Castelsaraceno PZ 11 1384 10012
Montemurro PZ 14 1235 11247
Viggiano PZ 14 3329 14576
Lagonegro PZ 14 5584 20160
San Martino d'Agri PZ 15 801 20961
Tramutola PZ 15 3089 24050
San Chirico Raparo PZ 17 1084 25134
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 17 6704 31838
Casalbuono SA 17 1194 33032
Latronico PZ 18 4556 37588
Nemoli PZ 18 1495 39083
Rivello PZ 18 2767 41850
Marsicovetere PZ 19 5546 47396
Armento PZ 19 631 48027
Lauria PZ 19 12919 60946
Carbone PZ 19 638 61584

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
89 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 2.5 2003-05-10
18:18:20
40.214 15.883 20 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 477449
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2003-05-10 18:18:20 ± 0.193
Latitude 40.2140 ± 0.0061
Longitude 15.8830 ± 0.0201
Depth (km) 20 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 477449

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) 1835.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 281
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00227
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00550
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 477449
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:34:22
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MRLC.Z. 2003-05-10T18:18:42.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG? 331 0.6105 -0.02 0
--.SGO.Z. 2003-05-10T18:18:40.54 10.0 undecidable manual SG 308 0.5439 -0.2 0.2
--.MRLC.Z. 2003-05-10T18:18:33.28 10.0 undecidable manual PG 331 0.6105 -0.1 1.3
--.SGO.Z. 2003-05-10T18:18:32.47 10.0 undecidable manual PG 308 0.5439 0.22 0.4
--.SLCN.Z. 2003-05-10T18:18:31.85 10.0 undecidable manual SG 312 0.2553 0.16 0.4
--.MGR.Z. 2003-05-10T18:18:31.75 10.0 undecidable manual SG 252 0.2553 -0.01 0.8
--.MGR.Z. 2003-05-10T18:18:27.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 252 0.2553 -0.04 2
--.SLCN.Z. 2003-05-10T18:18:26.96 10.0 undecidable manual PG 312 0.2553 -0.06 1.9
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