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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.9 on date 04-01-1998 and time 11:14:02 (UTC) in region 3 km NW Sepino (CB)

A magnitude Md 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Sepino (CB), on

  • 04-01-1998 11:14:02 (UTC)
  • 04-01-1998 12:14:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.4300, 14.6090 at 25 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Sepino CB 3 1964 1964
San Giuliano del Sannio CB 4 1029 2993
Guardiaregia CB 6 801 3794
Cercepiccola CB 6 681 4475
Vinchiaturo CB 7 3324 7799
Sassinoro BN 8 618 8417
Campochiaro CB 9 646 9063
Cercemaggiore CB 10 3777 12840
San Polo Matese CB 10 470 13310
Pietraroja BN 10 545 13855
Morcone BN 11 4932 18787
Mirabello Sannitico CB 11 2180 20967
Santa Croce del Sannio BN 11 927 21894
Baranello CB 12 2673 24567
Colle d'Anchise CB 12 807 25374
Ferrazzano CB 13 3344 28718
Bojano CB 13 8058 36776
Cusano Mutri BN 13 4091 40867
Gildone CB 14 809 41676
Busso CB 15 1273 42949
Campobasso CB 15 49431 92380
Spinete CB 16 1320 93700
Cerreto Sannita BN 17 3940 97640
Castelpagano BN 17 1483 99123
Pontelandolfo BN 17 2167 101290
Oratino CB 18 1641 102931
San Lorenzello BN 18 2227 105158
San Massimo CB 18 855 106013
Casalciprano CB 18 564 106577
Campodipietra CB 18 2570 109147
Jelsi CB 19 1781 110928
Circello BN 19 2388 113316
Campolattaro BN 19 1072 114388
San Lupo BN 19 801 115189
Guardia Sanframondi BN 19 5078 120267
Gioia Sannitica CE 20 3638 123905
Faicchio BN 20 3634 127539
San Lorenzo Maggiore BN 20 2154 129693
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 20 275 129968

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
46 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
62 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
70 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
97 Km NW of Battipaglia (50786 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 1.9 1998-01-04
11:14:02		 41.43 14.609 25 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 319039
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-01-04 11:14:02 ± 0.567
Latitude 41.4300 ± 0.0201
Longitude 14.6090 ± 0.0434
Depth (km) 25 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 319039

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) 4254.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 155
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00073
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00227
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:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 319039
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:59:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PSB1.Z. 1998-01-04T11:14:15.14 10.0 undecidable manual SG 143 0.2553 0.71 0.2
--.VTB1.Z. 1998-01-04T11:14:14.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG 176 0.2442 0.21 0.7
--.SMB1.Z. 1998-01-04T11:14:11.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 113 0.0777 0.01 1
--.BAI2.Z. 1998-01-04T11:14:10.43 10.0 undecidable manual SG 332 0.0777 -0.64 0.3
--.PSB1.Z. 1998-01-04T11:14:09.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 143 0.2553 -0.1 1.9
--.VTB1.Z. 1998-01-04T11:14:09.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 176 0.2442 -0.3 1.6
--.BAI2.Z. 1998-01-04T11:14:08.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 332 0.0777 0.66 0.8
--.SMB1.Z. 1998-01-04T11:14:07.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 113 0.0777 -0.38 1.6
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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