Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 18-11-1988 and time 05:37:38 (UTC) in region 4 km SW Aquilonia (AV)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Aquilonia (AV), on

  • 18-11-1988 05:37:38 (UTC)
  • 18-11-1988 06:37:38 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.9690, 15.4290 at 17 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
Aquilonia AV 4 1739 1739
Bisaccia AV 7 3831 5570
Calitri AV 8 4666 10236
Lacedonia AV 9 2340 12576
Cairano AV 9 326 12902
Monteverde AV 10 784 13686
Andretta AV 10 1927 15613
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 15 1539 17152
Conza della Campania AV 15 1373 18525
Rapone PZ 15 990 19515
Pescopagano PZ 15 1910 21425
Rocchetta Sant'Antonio FG 15 1875 23300
Morra De Sanctis AV 16 1297 24597
Ruvo del Monte PZ 16 1083 25680
Vallata AV 17 2714 28394
Scampitella AV 18 1234 29628
Vallesaccarda AV 18 1386 31014
Trevico AV 19 993 32007
Guardia Lombardi AV 19 1718 33725
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 19 619 34344
San Fele PZ 19 3004 37348
Melfi PZ 19 17767 55115
Carife AV 20 1408 56523
Teora AV 20 1537 58060

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km NW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
52 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
54 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
56 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
80 Km S of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Casoria (77642 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 2.1
1988-11-18
05:37:38
40.969 15.429 17 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 81419
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-11-18 05:37:38 ± 0.838
Latitude 40.9690 ± 0.0449
Longitude 15.4290 ± 0.0510
Depth (km) 17 ± 7 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 81419

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) 6579.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 231
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00372
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01279
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 81419
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:16:35

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81419
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
--.MGR.Z. 1988-11-18T05:38:07.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 173 0.8214 0.22 0.7
--.SDI.Z. 1988-11-18T05:38:03.12 10.0 undecidable manual PN 301 1.4208 -0.12 1.4
--.BSS.Z. 1988-11-18T05:37:57.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 247 0.4995 0.55 0.4
--.MGR.Z. 1988-11-18T05:37:55.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 173 0.8214 0.59 0.8
--.SGO.Z. 1988-11-18T05:37:53.17 10.0 undecidable manual SG 192 0.4107 -0.81 0.1
--.BSS.Z. 1988-11-18T05:37:48.82 10.0 undecidable manual PG 247 0.4995 -0.01 2.2
--.SGO.Z. 1988-11-18T05:37:46.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 192 0.4107 -0.43 1.3
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