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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.6 on date 16-05-2016 and time 10:03:50 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Sant'Angelo Le Fratte (PZ)

A magnitude Md 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Sant'Angelo Le Fratte (PZ), on

  • 16-05-2016 08:03:50 (UTC)
  • 16-05-2016 10:03:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5570, 15.5810 at 23 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
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 2 1429 1429
Savoia di Lucania PZ 3 1127 2556
Satriano di Lucania PZ 5 2374 4930
Caggiano SA 7 2765 7695
Vietri di Potenza PZ 8 2832 10527
Polla SA 9 5279 15806
Tito PZ 9 7332 23138
Brienza PZ 10 4078 27216
Picerno PZ 10 5985 33201
Salvitelle SA 11 560 33761
Pertosa SA 11 690 34451
Sasso di Castalda PZ 11 835 35286
Atena Lucana SA 11 2336 37622
Balvano PZ 12 1830 39452
Sant'Arsenio SA 12 2815 42267
Auletta SA 13 2336 44603
Baragiano PZ 14 2671 47274
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 14 1695 48969
Romagnano al Monte SA 15 368 49337
Ricigliano SA 15 1144 50481
San Rufo SA 17 1754 52235
Sala Consilina SA 17 12664 64899
Pignola PZ 17 6962 71861
Petina SA 18 1159 73020
San Gregorio Magno SA 19 4286 77306
Ruoti PZ 20 3579 80885
Buccino SA 20 5047 85932
Teggiano SA 20 7976 93908
Marsico Nuovo PZ 20 4098 98006

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
51 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
77 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
93 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Andria (100440 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 1.6 2016-05-16
08:03:50		 40.5568 15.581 23 2016-11-08
11:48:48		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 26620971
Reviewed
Rev100 		Md 1.5 2016-05-16
08:03:49		 40.6343 15.6143 9 2016-05-16
08:16:49		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 25126321
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-05-16 08:03:50 ± 0.31
Latitude 40.5568 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.5810 ± 0.0154
Depth (km) 23 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 26620971

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1399
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 495
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 235
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 163
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17087
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.38581
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 26620971
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-07-29 12:27:32

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 25126321
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-05-16 08:16:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MCRV.HHN. 2016-05-16T08:04:05.07 0.6 undecidable manual S 306 42.8238 111 -0.06 51
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2016-05-16T08:04:03.49 0.6 undecidable manual S 222 35.3424 116 0.18 51
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2016-05-16T08:04:03.97 0.6 undecidable manual S 156 35.3424 116 0.68 45
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2016-05-16T08:04:02.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 144 31.746 119 0.19 51
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2016-05-16T08:04:01.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 252 24.4533 127 0.18 52
IV.MRLC.HHE. 2016-05-16T08:04:00.61 0.6 undecidable manual S 341 23.4543 129 0 53
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2016-05-16T08:03:59.68 0.3 undecidable manual S 167 18.9699 135 -0.05 80
IV.MCRV.HHN. 2016-05-16T08:03:59.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 306 42.8238 111 0.91 59
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2016-05-16T08:03:57.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 156 35.3424 116 -0.03 78
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2016-05-16T08:03:57.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 144 31.746 119 -0.21 76
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2016-05-16T08:03:57.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 222 35.3424 116 -0.19 100
IV.MRLC.HHE. 2016-05-16T08:03:56.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 341 23.4543 129 -0.22 78
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2016-05-16T08:03:56.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 252 24.4533 127 -0.31 100
IV.SLCN.HHZ. 2016-05-16T08:03:55.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 167 18.9699 135 -0.12 79
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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