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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 19-08-1996 and time 01:15:04 (Italy) in region 2 km W Tufara (CB)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Tufara (CB), on

  • 18-08-1996 23:15:04 (UTC)
  • 19-08-1996 01:15:04 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.4890, 14.9200 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Tufara CB 2 925 925
Gambatesa CB 2 1464 2389
Castelvetere in Val Fortore BN 6 1240 3629
Riccia CB 7 5262 8891
San Marco la Catola FG 8 1012 9903
Celenza Valfortore FG 10 1598 11501
Jelsi CB 11 1781 13282
Baselice BN 11 2397 15679
Volturara Appula FG 11 430 16109
Pietracatella CB 11 1375 17484
Macchia Valfortore CB 12 576 18060
San Bartolomeo in Galdo BN 12 4867 22927
Carlantino FG 13 980 23907
Castelpagano BN 13 1483 25390
Gildone CB 15 809 26199
Sant'Elia a Pianisi CB 15 1818 28017
Colle Sannita BN 16 2431 30448
Foiano di Val Fortore BN 16 1410 31858
Toro CB 16 1391 33249
Monacilioni CB 16 523 33772
Campodipietra CB 16 2570 36342
Motta Montecorvino FG 16 730 37072
Cercemaggiore CB 17 3777 40849
Volturino FG 17 1743 42592
Circello BN 17 2388 44980
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 18 580 45560
Alberona FG 18 985 46545
Pietramontecorvino FG 19 2721 49266
Santa Croce del Sannio BN 19 927 50193
Montefalcone di Val Fortore BN 20 1525 51718
Castelnuovo della Daunia FG 20 1445 53163
Roseto Valfortore FG 20 1074 54237
Casalvecchio di Puglia FG 20 1877 56114
Colletorto CB 20 1938 58052

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km N of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
44 Km SW of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
65 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1996-08-18
23:15:04		 41.489 14.92 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 251209
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-08-18 23:15:04 ± 0.336
Latitude 41.4890 ± 0.0194
Longitude 14.9200 ± 0.0251
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 251209

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) 3001.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 119
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) 0.8
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00324
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00753
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 251209
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:57:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MU9.Z. 1996-08-18T23:15:33.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 149 0.8325 0.48 0.7
--.RFI.Z. 1996-08-18T23:15:29.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 255 0.7215 -0.34 0.8
--.MU9.Z. 1996-08-18T23:15:21.31 10.0 undecidable manual PG 149 0.8325 0.45 1.7
--.DUI.Z. 1996-08-18T23:15:19.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 296 0.3774 0.62 0.8
--.RFI.Z. 1996-08-18T23:15:17.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 255 0.7215 -1.67 0.6
--.FG2.Z. 1996-08-18T23:15:17.78 10.0 undecidable manual SG 29 0.3552 0.1 0.9
--.DUI.Z. 1996-08-18T23:15:14.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 296 0.3774 1.65 0.7
--.FG2.Z. 1996-08-18T23:15:11.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 29 0.3552 -0.79 1.8
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