Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 19-09-1996 and time 03:31:08 (UTC) in region Golfo di Policastro (Salerno, Potenza)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Golfo di Policastro (Salerno, Potenza), on

  • 19-09-1996 03:31:08 (UTC)
  • 19-09-1996 05:31:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.8670, 15.4740 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
91 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
93 Km NW of Cosenza (67546 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.6
1996-09-19
03:31:08
39.867 15.474 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 252559
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-09-19 03:31:08 ± 0.495
Latitude 39.8670 ± 0.0199
Longitude 15.4740 ± 0.0411
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 252559

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) 4143.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 196
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00243
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01141
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 252559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:59:00

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 252559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SGO.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:33.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 349 0.6993 -0.53 0.5
--.TDS.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:33.26 10.0 undecidable manual SG 107 0.6882 -0.64 0.4
--.GRI.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:33.49 10.0 undecidable manual PN 144 1.2654 0.43 0.9
--.CI9.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:30.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 341 1.0434 0.24 1.2
--.SL9.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 13 0.5328 1.19 0.1
--.MU9.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:28.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 0 0.888 1.09 0.4
--.ORI.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:24.58 10.0 undecidable manual PG 75 0.7659 0.02 1.5
--.TDS.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:23.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 107 0.6882 -0.06 1.6
--.SGO.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:21.82 10.0 undecidable manual PG 349 0.6993 -1.59 0.1
--.SL9.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:20.23 10.0 undecidable manual PG 13 0.5328 -0.09 1.6
--.MGR.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:19.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 12 0.2664 -0.15 0.6
--.MGR.Z. 1996-09-19T03:31:14.97 10.0 negative manual PG 12 0.2664 0 3.2
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