Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 13-01-1997 and time 22:24:08 (Italy) in region Costa Cilentana (Salerno)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Cilentana (Salerno), on

  • 13-01-1997 21:24:08 (UTC)
  • 13-01-1997 22:24:08 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.9340, 15.2920 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
Camerota SA 13 6985 6985
Centola SA 15 5168 12153
San Giovanni a Piro SA 19 3780 15933
Pisciotta SA 20 2641 18574

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
79 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 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 1997-01-13
21:24:08
39.934 15.292 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 259539
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-01-13 21:24:08 ± 1.056
Latitude 39.9340 ± 0.0374
Longitude 15.2920 ± 0.0772
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 259539

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) 7786.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 252
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) 0.00469
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00761
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 259539
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:05:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MU9.Z. 1997-01-13T21:24:38.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 10 0.8325 1.21 0.3
--.TDS.Z. 1997-01-13T21:24:37.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 108 0.8436 -0.55 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1997-01-13T21:24:28.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 1 0.6216 -1.41 0.3
--.SL9.Z. 1997-01-13T21:24:26.31 10.0 undecidable manual SG 29 0.5217 -0.84 0.6
--.MU9.Z. 1997-01-13T21:24:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 10 0.8325 0.92 1.2
--.TDS.Z. 1997-01-13T21:24:25.23 10.0 undecidable manual PG 108 0.8436 -0.01 2.1
--.SL9.Z. 1997-01-13T21:24:20.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 29 0.5217 0.8 1.6
--.SGO.Z. 1997-01-13T21:24:20.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 1 0.6216 -1.05 1.2
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