Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 31-08-1991 and time 01:14:40 (Italy) in region 6 km SE Ruoti (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SE Ruoti (PZ), on

  • 30-08-1991 23:14:40 (UTC)
  • 31-08-1991 01:14:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6670, 15.7060 at 12 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
Ruoti PZ 6 3579 3579
Picerno PZ 7 5985 9564
Avigliano PZ 7 11577 21141
Potenza PZ 9 67122 88263
Tito PZ 10 7332 95595
Baragiano PZ 10 2671 98266
Pignola PZ 12 6962 105228
Satriano di Lucania PZ 15 2374 107602
Filiano PZ 16 2926 110528
Balvano PZ 16 1830 112358
Savoia di Lucania PZ 17 1127 113485
Pietragalla PZ 18 4160 117645
Bella PZ 18 5171 122816
Vaglio Basilicata PZ 18 2047 124863
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 18 1429 126292
Vietri di Potenza PZ 18 2832 129124
Ricigliano SA 19 1144 130268
Abriola PZ 20 1531 131799
Cancellara PZ 20 1309 133108
Sasso di Castalda PZ 20 835 133943

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
69 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
93 Km SW of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
93 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Bitonto (55540 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 1.5
1991-08-30
23:14:40
40.667 15.706 11 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 148489
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-08-30 23:14:40 ± 0.452
Latitude 40.6670 ± 0.0230
Longitude 15.7060 ± 0.0350
Depth (km) 11 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 148489

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) 3904.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00146
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01004
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 148489
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:18:36

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 148489
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
--.TDS.Z. 1991-08-30T23:15:17.75 10.0 undecidable manual SN 154 1.11 0.05 0.6
--.FG3.Z. 1991-08-30T23:15:16.11 10.0 undecidable manual SN 9 1.0545 -0.17 0.6
--.TDS.Z. 1991-08-30T23:15:04.13 10.0 undecidable manual PN 154 1.11 1.95 0.3
--.FG3.Z. 1991-08-30T23:15:01.11 10.0 undecidable manual PN 9 1.0545 -0.25 1.5
--.MGR.Z. 1991-08-30T23:14:59.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 192 0.5439 -0.52 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1991-08-30T23:14:53.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 250 0.3108 0.44 0.7
--.MGR.Z. 1991-08-30T23:14:51.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 192 0.5439 -1.02 1.1
--.SGO.Z. 1991-08-30T23:14:48.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 250 0.3108 0.05 2.2
--.PF9.Z. 1991-08-30T23:14:47.36 10.0 undecidable manual SG 168 0.1665 -0.91 0.4
--.PF9.Z. 1991-08-30T23:14:45.85 10.0 undecidable manual PG 168 0.1665 0.66 1.9
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