Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 08-05-1996 and time 01:08:36 (Italy) in region Golfo di Napoli e Capri (Napoli)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Golfo di Napoli e Capri (Napoli), on

  • 07-05-1996 23:08:36 (UTC)
  • 08-05-1996 01:08:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6140, 14.2780 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
Massa Lubrense NA 6 14243 14243
Capri NA 8 7205 21448
Anacapri NA 9 6946 28394
Sorrento NA 9 16679 45073
Sant'Agnello NA 11 9122 54195
Piano di Sorrento NA 12 13109 67304
Meta NA 12 8015 75319
Vico Equense NA 14 20969 96288
Positano SA 18 3955 100243
Castellammare di Stabia NA 19 66466 166709

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km W of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
21 Km SW of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
23 Km S of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
24 Km S of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
25 Km S of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
26 Km SW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
30 Km SE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
33 Km S of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
33 Km S of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
35 Km S of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
36 Km S of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
38 Km W of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
38 Km S of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
41 Km S of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
41 Km W of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
52 Km S of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
55 Km SW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Benevento (60091 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 1.6
1996-05-07
23:08:36
40.614 14.278 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 245849
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-05-07 23:08:36 ± 0.361
Latitude 40.6140 ± 0.0221
Longitude 14.2780 ± 0.0195
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 245849

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) 2959.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 226
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00550
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01028
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 245849
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:52:38

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 245849
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
--.MU9.Z. 1996-05-07T23:09:09.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG 80 0.9213 0.22 0.6
--.CA9.Z. 1996-05-07T23:09:09.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 72 0.9213 0.2 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1996-05-07T23:09:04.14 10.0 undecidable manual SG 94 0.777 -0.3 0.6
--.RFI.Z. 1996-05-07T23:09:01.86 10.0 undecidable manual SG 342 0.7215 -0.55 0.4
--.SDI.Z. 1996-05-07T23:08:58.15 10.0 undecidable manual PN 342 1.1433 -0.88 0.4
--.MGR.Z. 1996-05-07T23:08:58.57 10.0 undecidable manual PN 116 1.0767 0.47 1.1
--.CI9.Z. 1996-05-07T23:08:58.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 66 0.6105 -0.63 0.4
--.DUI.Z. 1996-05-07T23:08:58.24 10.0 undecidable manual PG 7 1.0545 0.66 0.7
--.CA9.Z. 1996-05-07T23:08:55.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 72 0.9213 0.34 1.4
--.MU9.Z. 1996-05-07T23:08:54.53 10.0 undecidable manual PG 80 0.9213 -0.77 0.6
--.SGO.Z. 1996-05-07T23:08:52.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 94 0.777 -0.3 1.6
--.RFI.Z. 1996-05-07T23:08:51.62 10.0 negative manual PG 342 0.7215 0.2 3.4
--.CI9.Z. 1996-05-07T23:08:49.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 66 0.6105 0.51 1.1
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