Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 06-09-1994 and time 10:56:10 (Italy) in region 5 km NW Potenza (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NW Potenza (PZ), on

  • 06-09-1994 08:56:10 (UTC)
  • 06-09-1994 10:56:10 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6770, 15.7720 at 10 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
Potenza PZ 5 67122 67122
Avigliano PZ 8 11577 78699
Ruoti PZ 9 3579 82278
Pignola PZ 11 6962 89240
Picerno PZ 12 5985 95225
Pietragalla PZ 12 4160 99385
Vaglio Basilicata PZ 13 2047 101432
Tito PZ 13 7332 108764
Cancellara PZ 14 1309 110073
Baragiano PZ 15 2671 112744
Filiano PZ 16 2926 115670
Brindisi Montagna PZ 16 908 116578
Satriano di Lucania PZ 19 2374 118952
Abriola PZ 19 1531 120483
Acerenza PZ 20 2402 122885

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km NW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
67 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
67 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Benevento (60091 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.7
1994-09-06
08:56:10
40.677 15.772 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 215959
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1994-09-06 08:56:10 ± 0.538
Latitude 40.6770 ± 0.0438
Longitude 15.7720 ± 0.0292
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 215959

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) 5454.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 111
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) 0.00202
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01133
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 215959
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:23:46

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 215959
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
--.ROI.Z. 1994-09-06T08:56:34.54 10.0 undecidable manual PN 150 1.2543 1.06 0.5
--.CI9.Z. 1994-09-06T08:56:31.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 288 0.5883 0.63 0.6
--.CDT.Z. 1994-09-06T08:56:29.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 42 0.5439 -0.86 0.5
--.CI9.Z. 1994-09-06T08:56:23.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 288 0.5883 0.74 1.3
--.CDT.Z. 1994-09-06T08:56:21.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 42 0.5439 -0.52 1.6
--.SGO.Z. 1994-09-06T08:56:21.92 10.0 undecidable manual SG 251 0.3663 -2.02 0.1
--.CA9.Z. 1994-09-06T08:56:20.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG! 311 0.333 2.55 0
--.MU9.Z. 1994-09-06T08:56:20.24 10.0 undecidable manual SG 291 0.222 0.82 0.5
--.SGO.Z. 1994-09-06T08:56:17.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 251 0.3663 -1.09 0.9
--.MU9.Z. 1994-09-06T08:56:15.68 10.0 positive manual PG 291 0.222 0.19 4
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