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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 19-03-1998 and time 01:10:50 (UTC) in region 1 km E Baranello (CB)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Baranello (CB), on

  • 19-03-1998 01:10:50 (UTC)
  • 19-03-1998 02:10:50 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.5300, 14.5730 at 20 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
Baranello CB 1 2673 2673
Busso CB 3 1273 3946
Vinchiaturo CB 4 3324 7270
Colle d'Anchise CB 5 807 8077
Oratino CB 6 1641 9718
Casalciprano CB 7 564 10282
Spinete CB 7 1320 11602
Campobasso CB 8 49431 61033
Ferrazzano CB 8 3344 64377
Mirabello Sannitico CB 9 2180 66557
Bojano CB 10 8058 74615
San Giuliano del Sannio CB 10 1029 75644
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 10 275 75919
Castropignano CB 10 947 76866
San Polo Matese CB 10 470 77336
Campochiaro CB 11 646 77982
Guardiaregia CB 11 801 78783
Cercepiccola CB 11 681 79464
Ripalimosani CB 12 3114 82578
Frosolone IS 13 3170 85748
Molise CB 13 167 85915
Torella del Sannio CB 13 795 86710
San Massimo CB 14 855 87565
Sepino CB 14 1964 89529
Gildone CB 14 809 90338
Macchiagodena IS 14 1854 92192
Cercemaggiore CB 15 3777 95969
Matrice CB 15 1115 97084
Campodipietra CB 15 2570 99654
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 15 739 100393
Montagano CB 16 1086 101479
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 16 580 102059
Fossalto CB 16 1345 103404
Limosano CB 17 768 104172
Toro CB 17 1391 105563
Santa Maria del Molise IS 17 665 106228
Duronia CB 17 405 106633
Pietracupa CB 18 215 106848
Sant'Angelo Limosano CB 18 352 107200
Sassinoro BN 19 618 107818
Jelsi CB 19 1781 109599
Roccamandolfi IS 19 938 110537
Castelpetroso IS 19 1680 112217

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
54 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
70 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Chieti (51815 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 2.2 1998-03-19
01:10:50		 41.53 14.573 20 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 325579
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-03-19 01:10:50 ± 0.664
Latitude 41.5300 ± 0.0335
Longitude 14.5730 ± 0.0363
Depth (km) 20 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 325579

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) 4794.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 309
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00154
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00316
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 325579
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:05:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PSB1.Z. 1998-03-19T01:11:04.56 10.0 undecidable manual SG 149 0.3552 0.6 0.2
--.VTB1.Z. 1998-03-19T01:11:03.31 10.0 undecidable manual SG 173 0.3441 -0.48 0.4
--.MAB1.Z. 1998-03-19T01:11:02.18 10.0 undecidable manual SG 192 0.2664 0.51 0.3
--.SMB1.Z. 1998-03-19T01:10:58.32 10.0 undecidable manual SG 141 0.1665 -0.58 0.3
--.PSB1.Z. 1998-03-19T01:10:58.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 149 0.3552 0.09 1.9
--.VTB1.Z. 1998-03-19T01:10:57.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 173 0.3441 -0.44 1
--.MAB1.Z. 1998-03-19T01:10:56.85 10.0 undecidable manual PG 192 0.2664 0.06 2.2
--.SMB1.Z. 1998-03-19T01:10:55.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 141 0.1665 0.21 1.8
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