Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 18-03-1998 and time 01:38:04 (UTC) in region 3 km S Massa Martana (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Massa Martana (PG), on

  • 18-03-1998 01:38:04 (UTC)
  • 18-03-1998 02:38:04 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.7500, 12.5190 at 10 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
Massa Martana PG 3 3770 3770
Acquasparta TR 7 4778 8548
Todi PG 10 16851 25399
Giano dell'Umbria PG 11 3846 29245
Montecastrilli TR 11 5022 34267
Avigliano Umbro TR 13 2558 36825
Castel Ritaldi PG 15 3278 40103
San Gemini TR 15 5018 45121
Monte Castello di Vibio PG 17 1567 46688
Fratta Todina PG 17 1839 48527
Collazzone PG 17 3473 52000
Spoleto PG 18 38218 90218
Gualdo Cattaneo PG 18 6155 96373
Montefalco PG 20 5679 102052

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
28 Km SW of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
41 Km S of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
85 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Civitavecchia (52991 inhabitants)
95 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Teramo (54892 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 1998-03-18
01:38:04
42.75 12.519 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 325419
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-03-18 01:38:04 ± 0.263
Latitude 42.7500 ± 0.0067
Longitude 12.5190 ± 0.0329
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 325419

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) 2786.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 215
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) 0.00291
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00526
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 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 325419
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:05:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-03-18T01:38:24.57 10.0 undecidable manual SG 31 0.5883 -0.62 0.1
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-03-18T01:38:21.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 79 0.444 0.57 0.1
--.MNS.Z. 1998-03-18T01:38:18.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 161 0.3774 0.15 0.7
--.ASS.Z. 1998-03-18T01:38:17.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 17 0.3219 0.31 0.5
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-03-18T01:38:16.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 31 0.5883 -0.07 1.7
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-03-18T01:38:13.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 79 0.444 -0.29 1.3
--.MNS.Z. 1998-03-18T01:38:12.46 10.0 undecidable manual PG 161 0.3774 -0.06 2.1
--.ASS.Z. 1998-03-18T01:38:11.72 10.0 undecidable manual PG 17 0.3219 0.25 1.5
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