Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 16-02-1992 and time 02:07:50 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Pignola (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Pignola (PZ), on

  • 16-02-1992 01:07:50 (UTC)
  • 16-02-1992 02:07:50 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5920, 15.7930 at 18 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
Pignola PZ 2 6962 6962
Potenza PZ 6 67122 74084
Abriola PZ 9 1531 75615
Tito PZ 10 7332 82947
Brindisi Montagna PZ 13 908 83855
Vaglio Basilicata PZ 14 2047 85902
Calvello PZ 14 1948 87850
Anzi PZ 14 1696 89546
Picerno PZ 14 5985 95531
Satriano di Lucania PZ 14 2374 97905
Sasso di Castalda PZ 15 835 98740
Avigliano PZ 17 11577 110317
Trivigno PZ 17 678 110995
Ruoti PZ 17 3579 114574
Brienza PZ 19 4078 118652
Pietragalla PZ 19 4160 122812
Cancellara PZ 19 1309 124121
Baragiano PZ 19 2671 126792
Marsico Nuovo PZ 20 4098 130890

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
76 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
99 Km S of Foggia (151991 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 1.6
1992-02-16
01:07:50
40.592 15.793 18 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 159039
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-02-16 01:07:50 ± 0.275
Latitude 40.5920 ± 0.0232
Longitude 15.7930 ± 0.0323
Depth (km) 18 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 159039

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) 3752.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 126
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00081
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 159039
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:28:35

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 159039
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. 1992-02-16T01:08:25.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 74 1.0656 0.56 0.3
--.FG3.Z. 1992-02-16T01:08:25.77 10.0 undecidable manual SN 5 1.11 -0.03 0.6
--.BRT.Z. 1992-02-16T01:08:10.30 10.0 undecidable manual PN 74 1.0656 0.07 1.4
--.FG3.Z. 1992-02-16T01:08:10.16 10.0 undecidable manual PN 5 1.11 -0.58 0.6
--.MGR.Z. 1992-02-16T01:08:07.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 201 0.4884 -0.75 0.2
--.SGO.Z. 1992-02-16T01:08:04.93 10.0 undecidable manual SG 265 0.3663 0.64 0.3
--.MGR.Z. 1992-02-16T01:08:00.57 10.0 positive manual PG 201 0.4884 0.09 3.8
--.SGO.Z. 1992-02-16T01:07:58.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 265 0.3663 0 1.9
--.PF9.Z. 1992-02-16T01:07:55.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 200 0.0888 -1.15 0
--.PF9.Z. 1992-02-16T01:07:54.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 200 0.0888 0.6 0.8
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