Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 12-05-1991 and time 10:44:19 (Italy) in region 7 km SW Laurenzana (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SW Laurenzana (PZ), on

  • 12-05-1991 08:44:19 (UTC)
  • 12-05-1991 10:44:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.4110, 15.9200 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Laurenzana PZ 7 1797 1797
Viggiano PZ 8 3329 5126
Marsicovetere PZ 9 5546 10672
Calvello PZ 10 1948 12620
Corleto Perticara PZ 11 2511 15131
Anzi PZ 12 1696 16827
Montemurro PZ 14 1235 18062
Abriola PZ 14 1531 19593
Grumento Nova PZ 14 1700 21293
Tramutola PZ 15 3089 24382
Marsico Nuovo PZ 16 4098 28480
Guardia Perticara PZ 16 552 29032
Paterno PZ 16 3368 32400
Spinoso PZ 17 1462 33862
Pietrapertosa PZ 17 1032 34894
Armento PZ 17 631 35525
Castelmezzano PZ 17 800 36325
Sarconi PZ 18 1404 37729
Gorgoglione MT 19 989 38718
Moliterno PZ 19 4062 42780
Trivigno PZ 20 678 43458

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km SE of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
95 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Andria (100440 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.7
1991-05-12
08:44:19
40.411 15.92 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 140939
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-05-12 08:44:19 ± 1.328
Latitude 40.4110 ± 0.0718
Longitude 15.9200 ± 0.1047
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 140939

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) 11928.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 249
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00469
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01077
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 140939
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:11:34

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 140939
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
--.CZI.Z. 1991-05-12T08:44:42.25 10.0 negative manual PN 172 1.1988 0.37 1.9
--.BRT.Z. 1991-05-12T08:44:38.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 63 1.0323 -1.14 0.5
--.ORI.Z. 1991-05-12T08:44:37.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 131 0.5328 -0.62 0.4
--.MMN.Z. 1991-05-12T08:44:35.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 174 0.5217 -2.53 0
--.TDS.Z. 1991-05-12T08:44:35.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 156 0.8103 -0.54 1.1
--.CSI.Z. 1991-05-12T08:44:33.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 155 0.6882 -0.02 1.3
--.ORI.Z. 1991-05-12T08:44:32.31 10.0 undecidable manual PG 131 0.5328 1.92 0.2
--.MMN.Z. 1991-05-12T08:44:30.30 10.0 negative manual PG 174 0.5217 0.19 2.6
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