Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 15-03-1998 and time 06:18:57 (Italy) in region 3 km S Arcevia (AN)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Arcevia (AN), on

  • 15-03-1998 05:18:57 (UTC)
  • 15-03-1998 06:18:57 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.4710, 12.9460 at 16 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
Arcevia AN 3 4612 4612
Genga AN 5 1797 6409
Serra San Quirico AN 6 2850 9259
Mergo AN 8 1037 10296
Sassoferrato AN 8 7285 17581
Rosora AN 10 1985 19566
Serra de' Conti AN 11 3746 23312
Castelplanio AN 11 3540 26852
Montecarotto AN 12 1987 28839
Poggio San Marcello AN 12 693 29532
Pergola PU 14 6333 35865
Barbara AN 14 1368 37233
Cupramontana AN 14 4756 41989
Maiolati Spontini AN 14 6248 48237
Serra Sant'Abbondio PU 14 1027 49264
San Lorenzo in Campo PU 15 3414 52678
Poggio San Vicino MC 15 246 52924
Fabriano AN 15 31480 84404
Castelleone di Suasa AN 16 1676 86080
Monte Roberto AN 16 3061 89141
Castelbellino AN 16 4947 94088
Cerreto d'Esi AN 17 3817 97905
Apiro MC 17 2280 100185
Frontone PU 17 1300 101485
Ostra Vetere AN 17 3311 104796
Fratte Rosa PU 18 966 105762
San Paolo di Jesi AN 19 933 106695
Staffolo AN 20 2253 108948

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
49 Km S of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
60 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
72 Km SE of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
93 Km SE of Cesena (96758 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 1998-03-15
05:18:57
43.471 12.946 16 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 325059
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-03-15 05:18:57 ± 0.35
Latitude 43.4710 ± 0.0137
Longitude 12.9460 ± 0.0736
Depth (km) 16 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 325059

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) 6130.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 171
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00024
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00583
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 325059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:04:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-03-15T05:19:20.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 169 0.6438 -0.35 0.2
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-03-15T05:19:10.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 169 0.6438 -0.23 0.8
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-03-15T05:19:07.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 181 0.2109 0.16 0.6
--.FB9.Z. 1998-03-15T05:19:07.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 331 0.2553 -0.68 0
--.FB9.Z. 1998-03-15T05:19:04.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 331 0.2553 0.27 1.1
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-03-15T05:19:03.45 10.0 positive manual PG 181 0.2109 0.12 3.4
--.ARV.Z. 1998-03-15T05:19:03.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 357 0.0222 -0.3 0.4
--.ARV.Z. 1998-03-15T05:19:01.25 10.0 undecidable manual PG 357 0.0222 0.19 1.4
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