Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 05-06-1996 and time 01:48:26 (UTC) in region 3 km NE Buonabitacolo (SA)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Buonabitacolo (SA), on

  • 05-06-1996 01:48:26 (UTC)
  • 05-06-1996 03:48:26 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2900, 15.6370 at 12 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
Buonabitacolo SA 3 2549 2549
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 6 6704 9253
Padula SA 6 5368 14621
Sassano SA 8 5013 19634
Sanza SA 9 2608 22242
Casalbuono SA 9 1194 23436
Monte San Giacomo SA 10 1572 25008
Paterno PZ 13 3368 28376
Teggiano SA 13 7976 36352
Sala Consilina SA 13 12664 49016
Tramutola PZ 13 3089 52105
Caselle in Pittari SA 15 1956 54061
Casaletto Spartano SA 15 1420 55481
Tortorella SA 17 523 56004
Marsico Nuovo PZ 17 4098 60102
Morigerati SA 18 665 60767
Marsicovetere PZ 19 5546 66313
Atena Lucana SA 20 2336 68649
Rofrano SA 20 1576 70225
Torraca SA 20 1263 71488

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
66 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
86 Km SE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Avellino (54857 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 2.2 1996-06-05
01:48:26
40.29 15.637 12 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 247089
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-06-05 01:48:26 ± 0.371
Latitude 40.2900 ± 0.0136
Longitude 15.6370 ± 0.0321
Depth (km) 12 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 247089

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) 3115.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00089
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00591
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 247089
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:53:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MU9.Z. 1996-06-05T01:48:45.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 346 0.4773 0.89 0.1
--.ORI.Z. 1996-06-05T01:48:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 111 0.6549 0.01 1.4
--.MU9.Z. 1996-06-05T01:48:36.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 346 0.4773 -0.73 0.5
--.MGR.Z. 1996-06-05T01:48:34.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 202 0.1665 0.55 0.5
--.SL9.Z. 1996-06-05T01:48:32.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 357 0.0999 -0.07 0.9
--.SL9.Z. 1996-06-05T01:48:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 357 0.0999 0.22 2
--.MGR.Z. 1996-06-05T01:48:30.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 202 0.1665 -0.36 1.6
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