Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 20-12-1994 and time 22:32:59 (Italy) in region 5 km NE Pietramontecorvino (FG)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NE Pietramontecorvino (FG), on

  • 20-12-1994 21:32:59 (UTC)
  • 20-12-1994 22:32:59 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.5720, 15.1830 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
Pietramontecorvino FG 5 2721 2721
Castelnuovo della Daunia FG 6 1445 4166
Casalvecchio di Puglia FG 7 1877 6043
Casalnuovo Monterotaro FG 9 1556 7599
Motta Montecorvino FG 9 730 8329
Volturino FG 11 1743 10072
Volturara Appula FG 14 430 10502
Lucera FG 15 33724 44226
San Marco la Catola FG 16 1012 45238
Torremaggiore FG 16 17311 62549
Alberona FG 16 985 63534
Celenza Valfortore FG 17 1598 65132
Carlantino FG 17 980 66112
Biccari FG 19 2800 68912
San Paolo di Civitate FG 20 5818 74730

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km SW of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
32 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
59 Km NE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
69 Km NW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Acerra (59573 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 1.6
1994-12-20
21:32:59
41.572 15.183 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 221499
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1994-12-20 21:32:59 ± 0.167
Latitude 41.5720 ± 0.0092
Longitude 15.1830 ± 0.0745
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 221499

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) 6279.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 168
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00202
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00907
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 221499
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:29:12

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 221499
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. 1994-12-20T21:33:34.43 10.0 undecidable manual SG 174 1.0101 -0.72 0.1
--.MU9.Z. 1994-12-20T21:33:29.17 10.0 undecidable manual SG 163 0.8325 -0.38 0.3
--.SGO.Z. 1994-12-20T21:33:20.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 174 1.0101 0.6 0.3
--.MU9.Z. 1994-12-20T21:33:16.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 163 0.8325 0.07 1.5
--.CI9.Z. 1994-12-20T21:33:14.51 10.0 undecidable manual PG 189 0.7215 -0.17 1.4
--.FG2.Z. 1994-12-20T21:33:08.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 355 0.222 -0.54 0.2
--.FG2.Z. 1994-12-20T21:33:05.40 10.0 negative manual PG 355 0.222 0.08 3.2
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