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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 19-10-1988 and time 19:10:09 (Italy) in region W Orria (SA)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: W Orria (SA), on

  • 19-10-1988 18:10:09 (UTC)
  • 19-10-1988 19:10:09 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.3010, 15.1700 at 10 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Orria SA 0 1089 1089
Perito SA 2 931 2020
Gioi SA 4 1278 3298
Salento SA 6 1977 5275
Cicerale SA 6 1220 6495
Stio SA 7 872 7367
Monteforte Cilento SA 8 564 7931
Magliano Vetere SA 8 695 8626
Rutino SA 8 842 9468
Lustra SA 9 1075 10543
Prignano Cilento SA 9 1018 11561
Castelnuovo Cilento SA 9 2732 14293
Omignano SA 9 1645 15938
Sessa Cilento SA 9 1337 17275
Stella Cilento SA 10 738 18013
Torchiara SA 10 1871 19884
Felitto SA 10 1283 21167
Campora SA 11 439 21606
Moio della Civitella SA 11 1827 23433
Laureana Cilento SA 11 1174 24607
Vallo della Lucania SA 12 8531 33138
Giungano SA 12 1280 34418
Ogliastro Cilento SA 12 2270 36688
Cannalonga SA 12 1063 37751
Trentinara SA 12 1646 39397
Serramezzana SA 13 331 39728
Novi Velia SA 13 2324 42052
Casal Velino SA 13 5268 47320
San Mauro Cilento SA 13 889 48209
Perdifumo SA 14 1790 49999
Castel San Lorenzo SA 14 2471 52470
Ceraso SA 14 2397 54867
Roccadaspide SA 14 7209 62076
Laurino SA 15 1548 63624
Pollica SA 15 2393 66017
Capaccio Paestum SA 16 22810 88827
Agropoli SA 16 21481 110308
Montecorice SA 17 2628 112936
Aquara SA 17 1545 114481
Ascea SA 18 5820 120301
Valle dell'Angelo SA 18 248 120549
Bellosguardo SA 18 794 121343
Piaggine SA 18 1311 122654
Roscigno SA 19 817 123471
Castellabate SA 19 9188 132659
Cuccaro Vetere SA 19 573 133232
Sacco SA 20 492 133724

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
55 Km SE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
59 Km SE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
73 Km SE of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
74 Km SE of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
75 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 2.5
ML-VAX 1.7 		1988-10-19
18:10:09		 40.301 15.17 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 79279
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-10-19 18:10:09 ± 2.045
Latitude 40.3010 ± 0.0542
Longitude 15.1700 ± 0.1620
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 79279

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) 15000.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 261
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00243
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00899
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 79279
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:14:35

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79279
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
--.CSI.Z. 1988-10-19T18:10:31.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 120 0.999 2.05 0.4
--.SGO.Z. 1988-10-19T18:10:21.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 22 0.2664 0.82 0.7
--.MGR.Z. 1988-10-19T18:10:21.86 10.0 undecidable manual SG 119 0.333 -0.25 0.8
--.SGO.Z. 1988-10-19T18:10:15.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 22 0.2664 -0.63 1.9
--.MGR.Z. 1988-10-19T18:10:15.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 119 0.333 -1.44 1.2
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
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