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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 02-05-2024 and time 02:55:02 (Italy) in region Costa Cilentana (Salerno)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Cilentana (Salerno), on

  • 02-05-2024 00:55:02 (UTC)
  • 02-05-2024 02:55:02 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.0980, 15.1510 at 18 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Ascea SA 6 5820 5820
Pisciotta SA 7 2641 8461
Casal Velino SA 11 5268 13729
San Mauro la Bruca SA 12 603 14332
Pollica SA 13 2393 16725
Castelnuovo Cilento SA 14 2732 19457
Centola SA 14 5168 24625
Ceraso SA 14 2397 27022
Cuccaro Vetere SA 15 573 27595
Stella Cilento SA 16 738 28333
Futani SA 16 1204 29537
San Mauro Cilento SA 17 889 30426
Salento SA 17 1977 32403
Vallo della Lucania SA 18 8531 40934
Omignano SA 18 1645 42579
Novi Velia SA 18 2324 44903
Sessa Cilento SA 19 1337 46240
Serramezzana SA 19 331 46571
Montano Antilia SA 19 2077 48648
Moio della Civitella SA 19 1827 50475

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
59 Km S of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
73 Km SE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
77 Km SE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2024-05-02
00:55:02		 40.0978 15.1507 18 2024-05-02
01:02:45		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 127304711
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-05-02 00:55:02 ± 0.17
Latitude 40.0978 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.1507 ± 0.0129
Depth (km) 18 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 127304711

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 934
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 687
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 75
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 930.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 273
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17447
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.54679
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 127304711
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-05-02 01:02:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SGO.HNZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:19.72 0.3 undecidable manual S 14 53.0025 100 -0.04 93
IV.CDRU.HHN. 2024-05-02T00:55:17.95 0.3 undecidable manual S 17 45.3213 103 0.19 92
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:14.95 0.3 undecidable manual S 83 34.4433 108 0 97
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:14.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 65 60.6948 99 0.44 85
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:13.13 0.3 undecidable manual S 28 27.6501 114 -0.12 96
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:13.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 101 57.5979 99 -0.14 91
IV.SGO.HNZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:12.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 14 53.0025 100 -0.19 91
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:12.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 51 52.1034 101 0.23 90
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:11.20 0.3 undecidable manual S 96 19.3695 125 -0.12 96
IV.CDRU.HHN. 2024-05-02T00:55:11.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 17 45.3213 103 -0.12 93
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:09.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 83 34.4433 108 -0.23 93
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:08.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 28 27.6501 114 0 98
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2024-05-02T00:55:07.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 96 19.3695 125 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MGR.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00023349999999999998 0.1 AML other m 2024-05-02T00:55:15.76
IV.MGR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001225 1.7 AML other m 2024-05-02T00:55:15.90
IV.BULG.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00015496905 0.32 AML other m 2024-05-02T00:55:12.89
IV.BULG.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00025956600000000003 0.28 AML other m 2024-05-02T00:55:12.07
IV.SLCN.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000128782425 0.48 AML other m 2024-05-02T00:55:23.88
IV.SLCN.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00008598075 0.32 AML other m 2024-05-02T00:55:24.65
MN.CUC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000030147964999999998 0.1 AML other m 2024-05-02T00:55:24.04
MN.CUC.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00002453222 0.3 AML other m 2024-05-02T00:55:27.87
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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