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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 01-03-1998 and time 18:05:43 (Italy) in region 4 km W Lacedonia (AV)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Lacedonia (AV), on

  • 01-03-1998 17:05:43 (UTC)
  • 01-03-1998 18:05:43 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.0640, 15.3830 at 5 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
Lacedonia AV 4 2340 2340
Bisaccia AV 6 3831 6171
Scampitella AV 8 1234 7405
Rocchetta Sant'Antonio FG 8 1875 9280
Sant'Agata di Puglia FG 10 1959 11239
Anzano di Puglia FG 10 1284 12523
Vallesaccarda AV 11 1386 13909
Aquilonia AV 11 1739 15648
Vallata AV 11 2714 18362
Accadia FG 11 2376 20738
Trevico AV 13 993 21731
Candela FG 14 2728 24459
Monteverde AV 15 784 25243
San Sossio Baronia AV 15 1643 26886
Carife AV 15 1408 28294
Monteleone di Puglia FG 15 1021 29315
San Nicola Baronia AV 15 771 30086
Andretta AV 15 1927 32013
Castel Baronia AV 16 1129 33142
Zungoli AV 17 1099 34241
Deliceto FG 18 3828 38069
Cairano AV 19 326 38395
Calitri AV 19 4666 43061
Guardia Lombardi AV 19 1718 44779
Flumeri AV 19 2963 47742
Morra De Sanctis AV 19 1297 49039
Panni FG 20 804 49843
Villanova del Battista AV 20 1690 51533

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
51 Km E of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
52 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
59 Km NW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
69 Km S of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
77 Km SW of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
80 Km W of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 2.4 1998-03-01
17:05:43		 41.064 15.383 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 324099
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-03-01 17:05:43 ± 0.263
Latitude 41.0640 ± 0.0141
Longitude 15.3830 ± 0.0260
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 324099

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) 2684.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
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) 0.00105
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00688
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 324099
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:03:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SL9.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:58.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 164 0.6882 0.23 0.8
--.SMB1.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:58.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 303 0.5883 1.76 0.1
--.FG3.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:58.27 10.0 undecidable manual PG 33 0.7659 -1.5 0.1
--.PSB1.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:57.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 290 0.4551 -3.69 0
--.MU9.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:54.83 10.0 undecidable manual SG 165 0.3108 -1.18 0.2
--.PSB1.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:53.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 290 0.4551 -0.8 0.6
--.CA9.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:51.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 165 0.1665 0.6 0.3
--.CI9.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:50.86 10.0 negative manual PG 233 0.333 -0.58 1.8
--.MU9.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:50.50 10.0 positive manual PG 165 0.3108 -0.37 2.1
--.FG5.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:49.38 10.0 positive manual PG 338 0.2331 0.22 2.2
--.FG4.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:49.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG 56 0.1221 0.57 0.4
--.CA9.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:48.66 10.0 positive manual PG 165 0.1665 0.92 1.2
--.FG4.Z. 1998-03-01T17:05:46.67 10.0 negative manual PG 56 0.1221 -0.05 2.3
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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