Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 15-08-1996 and time 10:33:19 (Italy) in region 5 km W Sanza (SA)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Sanza (SA), on

  • 15-08-1996 08:33:19 (UTC)
  • 15-08-1996 10:33:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2440, 15.4940 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
Sanza SA 5 2608 2608
Rofrano SA 7 1576 4184
Caselle in Pittari SA 9 1956 6140
Alfano SA 9 1023 7163
Laurito SA 11 788 7951
Buonabitacolo SA 11 2549 10500
Monte San Giacomo SA 12 1572 12072
Morigerati SA 13 665 12737
Torre Orsaia SA 13 2118 14855
Sassano SA 13 5013 19868
Montano Antilia SA 14 2077 21945
Tortorella SA 15 523 22468
Casaletto Spartano SA 15 1420 23888
Piaggine SA 15 1311 25199
Valle dell'Angelo SA 15 248 25447
Teggiano SA 16 7976 33423
Santa Marina SA 16 3243 36666
Roccagloriosa SA 16 1722 38388
Casalbuono SA 16 1194 39582
Laurino SA 17 1548 41130
Cannalonga SA 17 1063 42193
Vibonati SA 17 3293 45486
Futani SA 18 1204 46690
Novi Velia SA 18 2324 49014
Padula SA 18 5368 54382
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 18 6704 61086
Celle di Bulgheria SA 18 1922 63008
Cuccaro Vetere SA 18 573 63581
Ispani SA 18 1026 64607
Campora SA 18 439 65046
Sacco SA 19 492 65538
Moio della Civitella SA 19 1827 67365
Torraca SA 19 1263 68628
Vallo della Lucania SA 19 8531 77159
Sala Consilina SA 20 12664 89823

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
59 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
79 Km SE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
95 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
99 Km SE 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 2.4 1996-08-15
08:33:19
40.244 15.494 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 251079
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-08-15 08:33:19 ± 0.277
Latitude 40.2440 ± 0.0138
Longitude 15.4940 ± 0.0284
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 251079

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) 2858.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 179
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00955
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 251079
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:57:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.LT9.Z. 1996-08-15T08:33:41.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 70 1.0656 0.26 1.4
--.ORI.Z. 1996-08-15T08:33:35.89 10.0 undecidable manual PG 104 0.7437 1.05 0.6
--.SGO.Z. 1996-08-15T08:33:32.97 10.0 undecidable manual SG 335 0.3441 0.28 0.9
--.MU9.Z. 1996-08-15T08:33:30.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 359 0.5106 -0.39 1.9
--.SGO.Z. 1996-08-15T08:33:27.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 335 0.3441 0.14 2.4
--.SL9.Z. 1996-08-15T08:33:25.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 35 0.1665 -0.57 0.4
--.MGR.Z. 1996-08-15T08:33:24.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 156 0.111 0.42 0.7
--.SL9.Z. 1996-08-15T08:33:20.53 10.0 undecidable manual PG! 35 0.1665 -2.87 0
--.MGR.Z. 1996-08-15T08:33:20.94 10.0 undecidable manual PG 156 0.111 -1.11 0.8
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