Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 24-10-2005 and time 18:26:58 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Forchia (BN)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Forchia (BN), on

  • 24-10-2005 16:26:58 (UTC)
  • 24-10-2005 18:26:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.0150, 14.5570 at 6 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
Forchia BN 2 1235 1235
Arpaia BN 3 1992 3227
Paolisi BN 3 2072 5299
Rotondi AV 4 3591 8890
Roccarainola NA 5 7082 15972
Cervinara AV 5 9658 25630
Arienzo CE 5 5365 30995
Cicciano NA 6 12906 43901
Airola BN 6 8195 52096
San Felice a Cancello CE 6 17568 69664
Tufino NA 7 3776 73440
Comiziano NA 7 1814 75254
Avella AV 7 7890 83144
Camposano NA 7 5333 88477
Bucciano BN 7 2100 90577
Moiano BN 7 4094 94671
Sperone AV 8 3706 98377
Santa Maria a Vico CE 8 14022 112399
Baiano AV 9 4718 117117
Cimitile NA 9 7280 124397
Bonea BN 9 1448 125845
Montesarchio BN 9 13500 139345
Casamarciano NA 9 3289 142634
San Martino Valle Caudina AV 9 4884 147518
Sant'Agata de' Goti BN 10 11216 158734
Sirignano AV 10 2933 161667
Quadrelle AV 10 1865 163532
Nola NA 10 34431 197963
Visciano NA 10 4454 202417
Durazzano BN 11 2230 204647
Mugnano del Cardinale AV 11 5373 210020
San Paolo Bel Sito NA 11 3513 213533
Cervino CE 11 5031 218564
San Vitaliano NA 12 6461 225025
Saviano NA 12 15982 241007
Pannarano BN 12 2130 243137
Liveri NA 12 1607 244744
Scisciano NA 12 5994 250738
Marzano di Nola AV 13 1727 252465
Marigliano NA 13 30157 282622
Roccabascerana AV 14 2354 284976
Pago del Vallo di Lauro AV 14 1830 286806
Valle di Maddaloni CE 14 2742 289548
Tocco Caudio BN 14 1508 291056
Mariglianella NA 14 7787 298843
Maddaloni CE 15 39166 338009
Pietrastornina AV 15 1553 339562
Campoli del Monte Taburno BN 15 1546 341108
Domicella AV 15 1862 342970
Brusciano NA 15 16466 359436
Apollosa BN 15 2658 362094
Carbonara di Nola NA 16 2429 364523
Arpaise BN 16 761 365284
Taurano AV 16 1546 366830
Sant'Angelo a Scala AV 16 730 367560
Dugenta BN 16 2798 370358
Frasso Telesino BN 16 2318 372676
Palma Campania NA 16 15978 388654
Lauro AV 16 3509 392163
Cautano BN 17 2044 394207
Castello di Cisterna NA 17 7869 402076
Melizzano BN 17 1858 403934
San Gennaro Vesuviano NA 17 11966 415900
Acerra NA 17 59573 475473
Summonte AV 18 1583 477056
Ceppaloni BN 18 3415 480471
Moschiano AV 18 1673 482144
Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo AV 18 2145 484289
San Leucio del Sannio BN 18 3106 487395
Pomigliano d'Arco NA 18 39922 527317
San Marco Evangelista CE 18 6532 533849
Mercogliano AV 18 12267 546116
Quindici AV 19 1938 548054
Castelpoto BN 19 1254 549308
Altavilla Irpina AV 19 4196 553504
Foglianise BN 19 3385 556889
Somma Vesuviana NA 19 35233 592122
Monteforte Irpino AV 19 11467 603589
Vitulano BN 19 2944 606533
San Nicola la Strada CE 19 22448 628981
Ottaviano NA 20 23860 652841
Capriglia Irpina AV 20 2398 655239
Limatola BN 20 4073 659312
Caserta CE 20 76326 735638
Grottolella AV 20 1869 737507
Solopaca BN 20 3820 741327

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
20 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
23 Km SW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
23 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
23 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
25 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
27 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
29 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
30 Km E of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
30 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
30 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
31 Km E of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
32 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
33 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
36 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
37 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
41 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
43 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
58 Km NW of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Foggia (151991 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 2.2
ML 1.6
2005-10-24
16:26:58
41.015 14.557 6 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 538689
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-10-24 16:26:58 ± 0.18
Latitude 41.0150 ± 0.0090
Longitude 14.5570 ± 0.0143
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 538689

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1125
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 984
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 142
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1562.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 133
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.47
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.51621
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 538689
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:24:16

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 538689
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:24:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SOR.SHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:16.58 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 201 51.5151 0.485 40
IV.CSSN.SHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:14.12 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 113 42.624 0.737 38
IV.SGO.SHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:14.53 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SGG.BHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:14.05 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 340 43.8228 0.243 44
IV.OVO.SHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:10.88 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MCRV.HHE. 2005-10-24T16:27:09.04 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 116 57.2982 -0.107 94
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:08.02 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 329 52.0035 -0.232 92
IV.SGG.BHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:07.20 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 340 43.8228 0.312 89
IV.SOR.SHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:07.75 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 201 51.5151 -0.422 89
IV.CSSN.SHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:06.38 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 113 42.624 -0.27 92
IV.NL9.SHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:02.60 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 186 10.4784 0.251 51
IV.NL9.SHZ. 2005-10-24T16:27:00.47 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 186 10.4784 0.018 100
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