Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 16-08-1991 and time 05:25:03 (UTC) in region 1 km SE Sant'Elena Sannita (IS)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Sant'Elena Sannita (IS), on

  • 16-08-1991 05:25:03 (UTC)
  • 16-08-1991 07:25:03 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.5730, 14.4760 at 14 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
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 1 275 275
Spinete CB 3 1320 1595
Frosolone IS 4 3170 4765
Casalciprano CB 5 564 5329
Macchiagodena IS 6 1854 7183
Molise CB 7 167 7350
Busso CB 8 1273 8623
Colle d'Anchise CB 8 807 9430
Torella del Sannio CB 9 795 10225
Baranello CB 9 2673 12898
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 9 739 13637
Castropignano CB 9 947 14584
Santa Maria del Molise IS 9 665 15249
Oratino CB 9 1641 16890
Duronia CB 10 405 17295
Bojano CB 10 8058 25353
San Massimo CB 10 855 26208
Castelpetroso IS 11 1680 27888
Civitanova del Sannio IS 12 945 28833
San Polo Matese CB 13 470 29303
Fossalto CB 13 1345 30648
Vinchiaturo CB 13 3324 33972
Carpinone IS 13 1157 35129
Pietracupa CB 13 215 35344
Roccamandolfi IS 14 938 36282
Chiauci IS 14 233 36515
Campochiaro CB 14 646 37161
Sessano del Molise IS 14 727 37888
Bagnoli del Trigno IS 15 735 38623
Campobasso CB 15 49431 88054
Ripalimosani CB 16 3114 91168
Guardiaregia CB 16 801 91969
Castelpizzuto IS 16 155 92124
Pettoranello del Molise IS 17 460 92584
Pescolanciano IS 17 855 93439
Pesche IS 17 1661 95100
Limosano CB 17 768 95868
Ferrazzano CB 17 3344 99212
Sant'Angelo Limosano CB 17 352 99564
Mirabello Sannitico CB 18 2180 101744
Montagano CB 19 1086 102830
San Biase CB 19 189 103019
San Giuliano del Sannio CB 19 1029 104048
Salcito CB 20 683 104731
Longano IS 20 690 105421

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
75 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
76 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
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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 2.0
1991-08-16
05:25:03
41.573 14.476 14 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 147509
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-08-16 05:25:03 ± 0.142
Latitude 41.5730 ± 0.0127
Longitude 14.4760 ± 0.0151
Depth (km) 14 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 147509

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) 1891.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 157
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.00073
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01069
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 147509
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:17:41

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 147509
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
--.SGO.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:41.48 10.0 undecidable manual SN 147 1.1877 -0.07 0.4
--.SOR.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:36.90 10.0 undecidable manual SN 186 0.9879 -0.01 0.5
--.MSC.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 224 0.5328 3.17 0
--.SGO.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:25.41 10.0 undecidable manual PN 147 1.1877 -0.1 1.1
--.SOR.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:23.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 186 0.9879 0.37 0.8
--.SDI.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:22.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 285 0.5106 -0.12 0.7
--.RFI.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:16.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 233 0.444 -3.66 0
--.MSC.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:14.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 224 0.5328 0.1 1.7
--.SGG.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:13.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 201 0.1998 0.77 0.1
--.RFI.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:13.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 233 0.444 0.56 0.6
--.SDI.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:13.87 10.0 undecidable manual PG 285 0.5106 -0.42 1
--.DUI.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:09.43 10.0 undecidable manual SG 350 0.0777 0.15 0.6
--.SGG.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:08.00 10.0 positive manual PG 201 0.1998 -0.58 1.1
--.DUI.Z. 1991-08-16T05:25:06.96 10.0 negative manual PG 350 0.0777 0.09 3.4
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