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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 22-02-1996 and time 04:47:55 (UTC) in region 3 km SE Apice (BN)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Apice (BN), on

  • 22-02-1996 04:47:55 (UTC)
  • 22-02-1996 05:47:55 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.0980, 14.9570 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
Apice BN 3 5686 5686
Bonito AV 4 2448 8134
Venticano AV 7 2537 10671
Mirabella Eclano AV 7 7684 18355
Calvi BN 8 2682 21037
Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte BN 8 573 21610
Melito Irpino AV 8 1920 23530
Pietradefusi AV 9 2348 25878
Torre Le Nocelle AV 9 1324 27202
Grottaminarda AV 9 8137 35339
San Giorgio del Sannio BN 9 10022 45361
San Nazzaro BN 10 884 46245
Paduli BN 10 3978 50223
Taurasi AV 10 2377 52600
Fontanarosa AV 10 3170 55770
Montemiletto AV 10 5313 61083
Sant'Angelo all'Esca AV 11 801 61884
San Martino Sannita BN 11 1230 63114
Montefusco AV 11 1338 64452
San Nicola Manfredi BN 11 3722 68174
Santa Paolina AV 12 1256 69430
Lapio AV 13 1572 71002
Montecalvo Irpino AV 13 3725 74727
Luogosano AV 13 1187 75914
Ariano Irpino AV 13 22700 98614
Sant'Angelo a Cupolo BN 13 4325 102939
Gesualdo AV 14 3516 106455
Buonalbergo BN 14 1730 108185
Torrioni AV 14 549 108734
Pietrelcina BN 14 3114 111848
Tufo AV 15 889 112737
Chianche AV 15 475 113212
Benevento BN 15 60091 173303
Petruro Irpino AV 15 349 173652
Pratola Serra AV 15 3764 177416
Frigento AV 15 3780 181196
Paternopoli AV 15 2384 183580
San Mango sul Calore AV 15 1185 184765
Sturno AV 16 3080 187845
Prata di Principato Ultra AV 16 2944 190789
Casalbore AV 16 1800 192589
Montefalcione AV 16 3359 195948
Flumeri AV 17 2963 198911
San Leucio del Sannio BN 17 3106 202017
Villanova del Battista AV 17 1690 203707
Ceppaloni BN 17 3415 207122
Villamaina AV 18 995 208117
Pago Veiano BN 18 2406 210523
Altavilla Irpina AV 18 4196 214719
Candida AV 19 1147 215866
Chiusano di San Domenico AV 19 2277 218143
Castelvetere sul Calore AV 19 1615 219758
Arpaise BN 19 761 220519
Montefredane AV 19 2297 222816
Manocalzati AV 20 3160 225976
Parolise AV 20 663 226639
Pesco Sannita BN 20 1972 228611
San Giorgio La Molara BN 20 2994 231605
Castelfranci AV 20 2041 233646
Grottolella AV 20 1869 235515
Montemarano AV 20 2851 238366

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km E of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
24 Km NE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
52 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
52 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
53 Km NE of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
58 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
59 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
60 Km NE of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
60 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
60 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
64 Km SW of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
88 Km NW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 2.2
ML-VAX 1.6 		1996-02-22
04:47:55		 41.098 14.957 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 241699
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-02-22 04:47:55 ± 0.668
Latitude 41.0980 ± 0.0326
Longitude 14.9570 ± 0.0330
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 241699

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) 4560.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 310
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.00210
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00534
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 241699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:48:46

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 241699
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. 1996-02-22T04:48:15.99 10.0 undecidable manual SG 153 0.5883 -0.25 0.5
--.MU9.Z. 1996-02-22T04:48:14.23 10.0 undecidable manual SG 129 0.5217 0.43 0.4
--.CA9.Z. 1996-02-22T04:48:10.89 10.0 undecidable manual SG 118 0.4107 0.59 0.2
--.SGO.Z. 1996-02-22T04:48:07.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 153 0.5883 0.09 1.6
--.MU9.Z. 1996-02-22T04:48:05.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 129 0.5217 -0.18 1.6
--.CI9.Z. 1996-02-22T04:48:03.97 10.0 undecidable manual SG 167 0.2331 -0.78 0.1
--.CA9.Z. 1996-02-22T04:48:03.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 118 0.4107 -0.48 0.8
--.CI9.Z. 1996-02-22T04:48:00.94 10.0 positive manual PG 167 0.2331 0.29 2.8
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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