Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 12-12-1994 and time 02:34:02 (Italy) in region Golfo di Policastro (Salerno, Potenza)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Golfo di Policastro (Salerno, Potenza), on

  • 12-12-1994 01:34:02 (UTC)
  • 12-12-1994 02:34:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.8440, 15.6300 at 5 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
San Nicola Arcella CS 14 1957 1957
Praia a Mare CS 14 6725 8682
Scalea CS 14 10913 19595
Tortora CS 15 6187 25782
Maratea PZ 19 5139 30921
Aieta CS 19 823 31744
Santa Domenica Talao CS 20 1263 33007

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
81 Km NW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Potenza (67122 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 2.1 1994-12-12
01:34:02
39.844 15.63 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 221119
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1994-12-12 01:34:02 ± 0.496
Latitude 39.8440 ± 0.0228
Longitude 15.6300 ± 0.0355
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 221119

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) 3946.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 193
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00251
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00688
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 221119
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:28:50
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SGO.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:29.54 10.0 undecidable manual SG 341 0.7548 0.1 0.5
--.TDS.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:21.87 10.0 undecidable manual SG 108 0.5661 -1.69 0
--.CZI.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:18.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 148 0.7326 0.76 0.6
--.ROI.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:18.13 10.0 undecidable manual PG 110 0.7659 -0.07 1.2
--.SGO.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:16.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 341 0.7548 -1.15 0.2
--.MGR.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:14.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 349 0.2997 0.05 0.6
--.TDS.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:14.44 10.0 positive manual PG 108 0.5661 -0.13 2.8
--.CSI.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:13.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 96 0.4995 -0.32 1.3
--.MMN.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:13.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 80 0.2775 0.45 0.5
--.MGR.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:09.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 349 0.2997 0.78 0.7
--.MMN.Z. 1994-12-12T01:34:08.94 10.0 undecidable manual PG 80 0.2775 0.35 2.6
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