Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 16-05-2005 and time 16:03:54 (Italy) in region 4 km SE Oliveto Lucano (MT)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Oliveto Lucano (MT), on

  • 16-05-2005 14:03:54 (UTC)
  • 16-05-2005 16:03:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5090, 16.2130 at 9 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
Oliveto Lucano MT 4 450 450
San Mauro Forte MT 4 1552 2002
Garaguso MT 5 1073 3075
Accettura MT 5 1856 4931
Calciano MT 9 777 5708
Salandra MT 9 2829 8537
Stigliano MT 12 4361 12898
Pietrapertosa PZ 13 1032 13930
Cirigliano MT 13 375 14305
Campomaggiore PZ 13 811 15116
Tricarico MT 14 5388 20504
Gorgoglione MT 14 989 21493
Castelmezzano PZ 14 800 22293
Grassano MT 15 5189 27482
Albano di Lucania PZ 17 1435 28917
Grottole MT 17 2208 31125
Guardia Perticara PZ 19 552 31677
Corleto Perticara PZ 20 2511 34188

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
37 Km E of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
80 Km S of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
85 Km S of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Taranto (201100 inhabitants)
87 Km S of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
88 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Bari (326344 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Barletta (94814 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 2.6
ML 1.8
2005-05-16
14:03:54
40.509 16.213 9 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 518949
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-05-16 14:03:54 ± 0.19
Latitude 40.5090 ± 0.0189
Longitude 16.2130 ± 0.0130
Depth (km) 9 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 518949

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2105
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1053
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 352
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2370.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 143
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.53
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.68978
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 518949
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:04:02

Md:2.6

Field Value
Value 2.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 518949
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:04:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.STR4.EHN. 2005-05-16T14:04:53.29 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.FGMS.SHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:33.29 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.BRT.SHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:23.36 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MRLC.SHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:17.47 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 295 66.8775 0.798 40
IV.RGNG.SHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:16.75 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.LTRZ.EHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:12.29 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 78 52.2033 -0.017 38
IV.SLCN.SHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:11.79 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 255 50.7159 -0.08 38
IV.SGO.SHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:09.08 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 275 76.5678 0.449 67
IV.ORI.SHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:09.92 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MGR.SHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:07.33 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 234 69.2751 -0.09 49
MN.CUC.HHN. 2005-05-16T14:04:06.96 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 211 66.2781 0.049 99
IV.MRLC.SHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:06.11 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 295 66.8775 -0.901 76
IV.SLCN.SHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:04.29 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 255 50.7159 -0.024 77
IV.LTRZ.EHZ. 2005-05-16T14:04:04.68 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 78 52.2033 0.122 100
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