Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 03-05-1996 and time 09:45:51 (UTC) in region 1 km NE Romagnano al Monte (SA)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Romagnano al Monte (SA), on

  • 03-05-1996 09:45:51 (UTC)
  • 03-05-1996 11:45:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6360, 15.4480 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Romagnano al Monte SA 1 368 368
San Gregorio Magno SA 5 4286 4654
Ricigliano SA 5 1144 5798
Salvitelle SA 5 560 6358
Balvano PZ 6 1830 8188
Vietri di Potenza PZ 6 2832 11020
Buccino SA 7 5047 16067
Caggiano SA 9 2765 18832
Auletta SA 9 2336 21168
Pertosa SA 10 690 21858
Savoia di Lucania PZ 11 1127 22985
Petina SA 13 1159 24144
Baragiano PZ 13 2671 26815
Palomonte SA 13 3985 30800
Muro Lucano PZ 14 5497 36297
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 14 1429 37726
Polla SA 14 5279 43005
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 15 3519 46524
Bella PZ 16 5171 51695
Picerno PZ 16 5985 57680
Colliano SA 17 3638 61318
Castelgrande PZ 17 943 62261
Contursi Terme SA 18 3394 65655
Sant'Arsenio SA 19 2815 68470
Satriano di Lucania PZ 19 2374 70844
Oliveto Citra SA 19 3802 74646
Valva SA 19 1643 76289

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
39 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
58 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
63 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
79 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
92 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Matera (60436 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 2.0 1996-05-03
09:45:51
40.636 15.448 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 245479
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-05-03 09:45:51 ± 0.238
Latitude 40.6360 ± 0.0139
Longitude 15.4480 ± 0.0384
Depth (km) 10 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 245479

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) 3586.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 136
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00113
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00251
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 245479
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:52:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SL9.Z. 1996-05-03T09:46:03.31 10.0 undecidable manual SG 150 0.2775 0.55 0.5
--.SGO.Z. 1996-05-03T09:45:58.71 10.0 undecidable manual SG 234 0.1221 0.83 0.3
--.MU9.Z. 1996-05-03T09:45:58.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 14 0.1221 0.9 0.3
--.CA9.Z. 1996-05-03T09:45:58.11 10.0 undecidable manual PG 358 0.2553 0.36 1.6
--.SL9.Z. 1996-05-03T09:45:57.94 10.0 undecidable manual PG 150 0.2775 -0.17 1.8
--.MU9.Z. 1996-05-03T09:45:54.51 10.0 undecidable manual PG 14 0.1221 -0.75 0.9
--.SGO.Z. 1996-05-03T09:45:54.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 234 0.1221 -0.45 1.7
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