Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 29-05-1997 and time 14:04:23 (UTC) in region 5 km NW Grumento Nova (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NW Grumento Nova (PZ), on

  • 29-05-1997 14:04:23 (UTC)
  • 29-05-1997 16:04:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.3180, 15.8570 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
Grumento Nova PZ 5 1700 1700
Viggiano PZ 5 3329 5029
Tramutola PZ 6 3089 8118
Marsicovetere PZ 7 5546 13664
Sarconi PZ 8 1404 15068
Moliterno PZ 8 4062 19130
Spinoso PZ 11 1462 20592
Montemurro PZ 12 1235 21827
Paterno PZ 13 3368 25195
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 14 6704 31899
Marsico Nuovo PZ 15 4098 35997
Padula SA 17 5368 41365
Corleto Perticara PZ 17 2511 43876
Calvello PZ 18 1948 45824
Armento PZ 18 631 46455
Casalbuono SA 19 1194 47649
Laurenzana PZ 19 1797 49446
San Martino d'Agri PZ 19 801 50247

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Altamura (70396 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
ML-VAX 1.9
1997-05-29
14:04:23
40.318 15.857 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 269839
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-05-29 14:04:23 ± 0.252
Latitude 40.3180 ± 0.0272
Longitude 15.8570 ± 0.0280
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 269839

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) 3843.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 142
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
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) 0.00162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00745
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 269839
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:15:05

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 269839
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
--.CI9.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:53.87 10.0 undecidable manual SG 310 0.8214 1.52 0.1
--.TDS.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:51.42 10.0 undecidable manual SG 150 0.7437 1.65 0.1
--.ORI.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:42.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 120 0.5106 0.25 0.8
--.MU9.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:42.65 10.0 undecidable manual SG 327 0.5217 0.22 0.8
--.SGO.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:40.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 300 0.4773 -0.14 0.8
--.CI9.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:40.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 310 0.8214 0.37 1.5
--.LT9.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:39.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 68 0.777 0.32 1.6
--.TDS.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:38.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 150 0.7437 -0.33 1.6
--.MU9.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:34.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 327 0.5217 -0.36 1.8
--.ORI.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:33.94 10.0 undecidable manual PG 120 0.5106 -0.5 1.6
--.SL9.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:32.98 10.0 undecidable manual SG 292 0.1776 1.42 0.1
--.SGO.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:32.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 300 0.4773 -1.13 0.6
--.SL9.Z. 1997-05-29T14:04:27.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 292 0.1776 -0.45 1.7
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