Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 22-09-1996 and time 21:11:12 (UTC) in region 3 km NW Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea (PZ), on

  • 22-09-1996 21:11:12 (UTC)
  • 22-09-1996 23:11:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.2020, 16.1590 at 10 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
Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea PZ 3 1067 1067
Roccanova PZ 4 1543 2610
Calvera PZ 6 387 2997
San Chirico Raparo PZ 7 1084 4081
Teana PZ 9 613 4694
Carbone PZ 9 638 5332
Missanello PZ 9 566 5898
Fardella PZ 10 627 6525
Chiaromonte PZ 10 1965 8490
Gallicchio PZ 10 862 9352
San Martino d'Agri PZ 10 801 10153
Sant'Arcangelo PZ 11 6533 16686
Senise PZ 13 7115 23801
Francavilla in Sinni PZ 14 4215 28016
Armento PZ 14 631 28647
Aliano MT 14 1008 29655
Castelsaraceno PZ 15 1384 31039
Episcopia PZ 15 1434 32473
Montemurro PZ 18 1235 33708
Latronico PZ 18 4556 38264
Spinoso PZ 18 1462 39726
Guardia Perticara PZ 19 552 40278
Noepoli PZ 19 878 41156

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km SE of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
64 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
77 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Taranto (201100 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 2.3 1996-09-22
21:11:12
40.202 16.159 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 252679
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-09-22 21:11:12 ± 0.319
Latitude 40.2020 ± 0.0351
Longitude 16.1590 ± 0.0259
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 252679

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) 4476.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 137
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00235
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00680
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 252679
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:59:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MU9.Z. 1996-09-22T21:11:28.96 10.0 undecidable manual PG 318 0.7548 1.83 0.2
--.SL9.Z. 1996-09-22T21:11:27.82 10.0 undecidable manual SG 295 0.444 -0.33 0.6
--.LT9.Z. 1996-09-22T21:11:24.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 51 0.6327 -0.61 1.1
--.ORI.Z. 1996-09-22T21:11:22.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 124 0.2553 0.41 0.6
--.MGR.Z. 1996-09-22T21:11:21.72 10.0 undecidable manual PG 262 0.4551 -0.04 1.8
--.SL9.Z. 1996-09-22T21:11:20.37 10.0 undecidable manual PG 295 0.444 -0.96 0.9
--.ORI.Z. 1996-09-22T21:11:18.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 124 0.2553 0.04 1.8
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