Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 07-05-1990 and time 00:41:36 (UTC) in region 5 km SE Potenza (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Potenza (PZ), on

  • 07-05-1990 00:41:36 (UTC)
  • 07-05-1990 02:41:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6030, 15.8300 at 10 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
Potenza PZ 5 67122 67122
Pignola PZ 5 6962 74084
Brindisi Montagna PZ 9 908 74992
Vaglio Basilicata PZ 10 2047 77039
Abriola PZ 11 1531 78570
Anzi PZ 13 1696 80266
Tito PZ 13 7332 87598
Trivigno PZ 14 678 88276
Calvello PZ 14 1948 90224
Cancellara PZ 16 1309 91533
Picerno PZ 17 5985 97518
Pietragalla PZ 17 4160 101678
Avigliano PZ 17 11577 113255
Satriano di Lucania PZ 18 2374 115629
Albano di Lucania PZ 18 1435 117064
Sasso di Castalda PZ 18 835 117899
Ruoti PZ 18 3579 121478
Tolve PZ 18 3251 124729
Laurenzana PZ 20 1797 126526

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km SE of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
74 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
93 Km SW of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
99 Km S 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.9
1990-05-07
00:41:36
40.603 15.83 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 117179
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-05-07 00:41:36 ± 0.323
Latitude 40.6030 ± 0.0227
Longitude 15.8300 ± 0.0247
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 117179

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) 3275.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 111
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00356
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00923
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 117179
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:48:51

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 117179
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
--.BRT.Z. 1990-05-07T00:42:10.60 10.0 undecidable manual SN 74 1.0212 -1.48 0.2
--.BSS.Z. 1990-05-07T00:42:04.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 282 0.777 1.02 0.6
--.ORI.Z. 1990-05-07T00:42:02.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 139 0.7215 0.4 0.7
--.BRT.Z. 1990-05-07T00:41:57.26 10.0 undecidable manual PN 74 1.0212 0.54 1.4
--.BSS.Z. 1990-05-07T00:41:54.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 282 0.777 1.94 0.4
--.MGR.Z. 1990-05-07T00:41:54.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 204 0.4995 -0.71 0.6
--.ORI.Z. 1990-05-07T00:41:51.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 139 0.7215 0.52 1.7
--.SGO.Z. 1990-05-07T00:41:49.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 263 0.3996 -1.31 0.2
--.CDT.Z. 1990-05-07T00:41:47.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 34 0.5883 -0.72 1.5
--.MGR.Z. 1990-05-07T00:41:46.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 204 0.4995 -0.39 1.9
--.SGO.Z. 1990-05-07T00:41:44.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 263 0.3996 -0.3 1.8
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