Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 16-07-1996 and time 01:36:54 (UTC) in region 6 km NW San Gregorio Magno (SA)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW San Gregorio Magno (SA), on

  • 16-07-1996 01:36:54 (UTC)
  • 16-07-1996 03:36:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6980, 15.3610 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
San Gregorio Magno SA 6 4286 4286
Colliano SA 7 3638 7924
Palomonte SA 7 3985 11909
Buccino SA 7 5047 16956
Valva SA 9 1643 18599
Romagnano al Monte SA 10 368 18967
Oliveto Citra SA 11 3802 22769
Laviano SA 11 1438 24207
Ricigliano SA 11 1144 25351
Contursi Terme SA 11 3394 28745
Castelgrande PZ 12 943 29688
Muro Lucano PZ 12 5497 35185
Santomenna SA 13 443 35628
Balvano PZ 14 1830 37458
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 14 619 38077
Senerchia AV 14 842 38919
Salvitelle SA 14 560 39479
Calabritto AV 15 2391 41870
Pescopagano PZ 16 1910 43780
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 16 3519 47299
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 16 1539 48838
Auletta SA 16 2336 51174
Vietri di Potenza PZ 17 2832 54006
Bella PZ 17 5171 59177
Caposele AV 17 3483 62660
Conza della Campania AV 18 1373 64033
Petina SA 18 1159 65192
Caggiano SA 19 2765 67957
Pertosa SA 19 690 68647
Postiglione SA 19 2151 70798
Serre SA 19 3995 74793
Teora AV 19 1537 76330
Baragiano PZ 20 2671 79001

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
38 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
51 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
53 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
55 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
68 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
87 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Andria (100440 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 2.0 1996-07-16
01:36:54
40.698 15.361 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 249099
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-07-16 01:36:54 ± 0.203
Latitude 40.6980 ± 0.0088
Longitude 15.3610 ± 0.0213
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 249099

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) 2048.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 180
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00332
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 249099
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:55:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SL9.Z. 1996-07-16T01:37:07.98 10.0 undecidable manual SG 146 0.3663 0.13 0.6
--.SL9.Z. 1996-07-16T01:37:02.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 146 0.3663 0.4 1.3
--.CA9.Z. 1996-07-16T01:37:02.56 10.0 undecidable manual SG 16 0.2109 -0.17 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1996-07-16T01:37:00.54 10.0 undecidable manual SG 196 0.1332 -0.03 0.9
--.MU9.Z. 1996-07-16T01:36:59.55 10.0 undecidable manual SG 56 0.111 -0.16 0.9
--.CA9.Z. 1996-07-16T01:36:59.98 10.0 undecidable manual PG 16 0.2109 0.92 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1996-07-16T01:36:57.55 10.0 undecidable manual PG 196 0.1332 -0.26 1.8
--.MU9.Z. 1996-07-16T01:36:56.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 56 0.111 -0.51 1.1
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