Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 27-05-1996 and time 00:58:16 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Jelsi (CB)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Jelsi (CB), on

  • 26-05-1996 22:58:16 (UTC)
  • 27-05-1996 00:58:16 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.5310, 14.8090 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
Jelsi CB 2 1781 1781
Riccia CB 5 5262 7043
Campodipietra CB 6 2570 9613
Toro CB 6 1391 11004
Gildone CB 6 809 11813
Pietracatella CB 8 1375 13188
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 8 580 13768
Monacilioni CB 9 523 14291
Gambatesa CB 9 1464 15755
Cercemaggiore CB 11 3777 19532
Macchia Valfortore CB 11 576 20108
Ferrazzano CB 11 3344 23452
Mirabello Sannitico CB 11 2180 25632
Sant'Elia a Pianisi CB 12 1818 27450
Campolieto CB 12 839 28289
Matrice CB 12 1115 29404
Tufara CB 13 925 30329
Campobasso CB 13 49431 79760
Cercepiccola CB 14 681 80441
Castelpagano BN 14 1483 81924
Celenza Valfortore FG 15 1598 83522
Castelvetere in Val Fortore BN 15 1240 84762
Ripalimosani CB 15 3114 87876
Carlantino FG 16 980 88856
San Giuliano del Sannio CB 16 1029 89885
San Marco la Catola FG 17 1012 90897
Santa Croce del Sannio BN 17 927 91824
Montagano CB 17 1086 92910
Ripabottoni CB 18 514 93424
Colle Sannita BN 19 2431 95855
Vinchiaturo CB 19 3324 99179
Circello BN 19 2388 101567
Oratino CB 20 1641 103208

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km N of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
51 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
75 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
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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 2.3 1996-05-26
22:58:16
41.531 14.809 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 246609
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-05-26 22:58:16 ± 0.296
Latitude 41.5310 ± 0.0233
Longitude 14.8090 ± 0.0238
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 246609

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) 3257.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 117
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.00259
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00826
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 246609
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:53:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MU9.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:47.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 145 0.9213 -1.01 0.2
--.SDI.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:42.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 283 0.7659 -0.18 0.7
--.MU9.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:34.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 145 0.9213 -0.7 0.9
--.FG5.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:32.79 10.0 undecidable manual SG 125 0.4218 0.7 0.8
--.SDI.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:32.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 283 0.7659 0.21 1.7
--.CI9.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:30.24 10.0 undecidable manual PG 166 0.6882 -0.18 1.6
--.FG2.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:29.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 43 0.3774 -1.05 0.4
--.FG5.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:28.11 10.0 undecidable manual PG 125 0.4218 2.59 0.2
--.DUI.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:27.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 295 0.2886 -0.57 0.7
--.FG2.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:24.77 10.0 undecidable manual PG 43 0.3774 0.09 2
--.DUI.Z. 1996-05-26T22:58:23.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 295 0.2886 0.34 1.9
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