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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 02-05-1995 and time 19:17:47 (Italy) in region 3 km NE Vietri di Potenza (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Vietri di Potenza (PZ), on

  • 02-05-1995 17:17:47 (UTC)
  • 02-05-1995 19:17:47 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6250, 15.5230 at 10 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Vietri di Potenza PZ 3 2832 2832
Balvano PZ 3 1830 4662
Ricigliano SA 6 1144 5806
Salvitelle SA 6 560 6366
Savoia di Lucania PZ 7 1127 7493
Caggiano SA 7 2765 10258
Romagnano al Monte SA 7 368 10626
Baragiano PZ 9 2671 13297
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 9 1429 14726
Picerno PZ 10 5985 20711
Pertosa SA 11 690 21401
San Gregorio Magno SA 11 4286 25687
Auletta SA 11 2336 28023
Polla SA 13 5279 33302
Satriano di Lucania PZ 13 2374 35676
Buccino SA 13 5047 40723
Tito PZ 14 7332 48055
Muro Lucano PZ 15 5497 53552
Bella PZ 15 5171 58723
Petina SA 17 1159 59882
Ruoti PZ 17 3579 63461
Sant'Arsenio SA 17 2815 66276
Brienza PZ 19 4078 70354
Atena Lucana SA 19 2336 72690
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 19 1695 74385
Castelgrande PZ 19 943 75328
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 20 3519 78847
Palomonte SA 20 3985 82832

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
46 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
69 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
69 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
93 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
93 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 		1995-05-02
17:17:47		 40.625 15.523 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 226019
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1995-05-02 17:17:47 ± 0.171
Latitude 40.6250 ± 0.0109
Longitude 15.5230 ± 0.0164
Depth (km) 10 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 226019

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) 1842.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 101
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00121
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00882
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 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 226019
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:33:39

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 226019
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
--.LT9.Z. 1995-05-02T17:18:21.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 90 0.9768 0.75 0.1
--.LT9.Z. 1995-05-02T17:18:05.89 10.0 undecidable manual PG 90 0.9768 -0.46 0.5
--.MGR.Z. 1995-05-02T17:18:05.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 177 0.4884 0.46 0.3
--.CI9.Z. 1995-05-02T17:18:03.71 10.0 undecidable manual SG 302 0.444 0.44 0.4
--.CA9.Z. 1995-05-02T17:17:57.31 10.0 undecidable manual SG 347 0.2775 -0.7 0.1
--.MGR.Z. 1995-05-02T17:17:56.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 177 0.4884 -0.22 1.5
--.CI9.Z. 1995-05-02T17:17:56.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 302 0.444 -0.35 1.2
--.SGO.Z. 1995-05-02T17:17:54.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 248 0.1665 -0.12 0.7
--.CA9.Z. 1995-05-02T17:17:53.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 347 0.2775 0.46 0.9
--.MU9.Z. 1995-05-02T17:17:53.76 10.0 undecidable manual SG 349 0.1332 0.38 0.5
--.SGO.Z. 1995-05-02T17:17:51.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 248 0.1665 0.16 1.8
--.MU9.Z. 1995-05-02T17:17:50.66 10.0 negative manual PG 349 0.1332 -0.04 3.9
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