Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 16-07-1996 and time 19:06:50 (UTC) in region 2 km E San Gregorio Magno (SA)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E San Gregorio Magno (SA), on

  • 16-07-1996 19:06:50 (UTC)
  • 16-07-1996 21:06:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6620, 15.4180 at 8 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 2 4286 4286
Romagnano al Monte SA 4 368 4654
Buccino SA 5 5047 9701
Ricigliano SA 6 1144 10845
Balvano PZ 8 1830 12675
Salvitelle SA 9 560 13235
Vietri di Potenza PZ 10 2832 16067
Palomonte SA 11 3985 20052
Auletta SA 12 2336 22388
Muro Lucano PZ 12 5497 27885
Caggiano SA 12 2765 30650
Colliano SA 13 3638 34288
Pertosa SA 13 690 34978
Castelgrande PZ 14 943 35921
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 15 3519 39440
Bella PZ 15 5171 44611
Contursi Terme SA 15 3394 48005
Petina SA 15 1159 49164
Baragiano PZ 15 2671 51835
Valva SA 15 1643 53478
Savoia di Lucania PZ 15 1127 54605
Oliveto Citra SA 16 3802 58407
Laviano SA 17 1438 59845
Polla SA 18 5279 65124
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 18 1429 66553
Santomenna SA 18 443 66996
Picerno PZ 19 5985 72981
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 19 619 73600
Postiglione SA 19 2151 75751
Pescopagano PZ 20 1910 77661

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
37 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
56 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
75 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
100 Km W of Matera (60436 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
19:06:50
40.662 15.418 8 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 249219
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-07-16 19:06:50 ± 0.131
Latitude 40.6620 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.4180 ± 0.0123
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 249219

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) 1309.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 120
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00478
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 249219
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:55:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CI9.Z. 1996-07-16T19:07:04.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 303 0.3552 -0.09 0.7
--.SL9.Z. 1996-07-16T19:07:03.61 10.0 undecidable manual SG 148 0.3108 0.75 0.1
--.MGR.Z. 1996-07-16T19:07:00.89 10.0 undecidable manual PG 168 0.5328 -0.7 0.2
--.CI9.Z. 1996-07-16T19:06:58.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 303 0.3552 0.18 1.5
--.SL9.Z. 1996-07-16T19:06:57.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 148 0.3108 0.17 1.6
--.SGO.Z. 1996-07-16T19:06:56.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 218 0.1221 0.2 0.7
--.MU9.Z. 1996-07-16T19:06:55.71 10.0 undecidable manual SG 28 0.111 0.24 0.6
--.MU9.Z. 1996-07-16T19:06:53.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 28 0.111 -0.2 1.7
--.SGO.Z. 1996-07-16T19:06:53.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 218 0.1221 -0.1 1.9
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