Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 19-09-1997 and time 21:59:30 (Italy) in region W Muro Lucano (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: W Muro Lucano (PZ), on

  • 19-09-1997 19:59:30 (UTC)
  • 19-09-1997 21:59:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.7540, 15.4810 at 5 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Muro Lucano PZ 0 5497 5497
Bella PZ 5 5171 10668
Castelgrande PZ 5 943 11611
San Fele PZ 9 3004 14615
Ricigliano SA 9 1144 15759
Rapone PZ 11 990 16749
Pescopagano PZ 12 1910 18659
Balvano PZ 12 1830 20489
Ruvo del Monte PZ 12 1083 21572
Baragiano PZ 13 2671 24243
San Gregorio Magno SA 13 4286 28529
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 14 1539 30068
Romagnano al Monte SA 14 368 30436
Santomenna SA 15 443 30879
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 15 619 31498
Laviano SA 15 1438 32936
Colliano SA 16 3638 36574
Buccino SA 17 5047 41621
Calitri AV 17 4666 46287
Conza della Campania AV 17 1373 47660
Ruoti PZ 17 3579 51239
Vietri di Potenza PZ 17 2832 54071
Valva SA 18 1643 55714
Salvitelle SA 18 560 56274
Picerno PZ 18 5985 62259
Cairano AV 18 326 62585
Palomonte SA 19 3985 66570

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
45 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
72 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
79 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Trani (56217 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 2.0 1997-09-19
19:59:30
40.754 15.481 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 278149
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-19 19:59:30 ± 0.243
Latitude 40.7540 ± 0.0127
Longitude 15.4810 ± 0.0314
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 278149

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) 2997.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 174
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00008
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00324
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 278149
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:22:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SGO.Z. 1997-09-19T19:59:39.46 10.0 undecidable manual SG 214 0.2331 0.16 0.6
--.CI9.Z. 1997-09-19T19:59:38.87 10.0 undecidable manual PG 287 0.3552 0.64 0.6
--.CA9.Z. 1997-09-19T19:59:36.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 348 0.1443 -0.03 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1997-09-19T19:59:34.85 10.0 undecidable manual PG 214 0.2331 -0.57 0.8
--.MU9.Z. 1997-09-19T19:59:32.75 10.0 undecidable manual SG 39 0.0111 0.84 0.1
--.CA9.Z. 1997-09-19T19:59:32.86 10.0 undecidable manual PG 348 0.1443 -0.73 0.6
--.MU9.Z. 1997-09-19T19:59:31.26 10.0 positive manual PG 39 0.0111 0.11 3.5
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