Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 27-03-1998 and time 04:37:30 (Italy) in region 3 km NW Falciano del Massico (CE)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Falciano del Massico (CE), on

  • 27-03-1998 03:37:30 (UTC)
  • 27-03-1998 04:37:30 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.1950, 13.9340 at 5 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
Falciano del Massico CE 3 3695 3695
Carinola CE 4 7283 10978
Sessa Aurunca CE 6 21727 32705
Cellole CE 7 7830 40535
Mondragone CE 10 28624 69159
Francolise CE 10 4922 74081
Roccamonfina CE 11 3511 77592
Teano CE 13 12577 90169
Sparanise CE 14 7429 97598
Castelforte LT 15 4386 101984
Santi Cosma e Damiano LT 15 6897 108881
Cancello ed Arnone CE 16 5675 114556
Conca della Campania CE 16 1239 115795
Marzano Appio CE 16 2226 118021
Galluccio CE 17 2154 120175
Calvi Risorta CE 17 5707 125882
Caianello CE 17 1824 127706
Minturno LT 17 19783 147489
Tora e Piccilli CE 18 910 148399
Castel Volturno CE 18 25281 173680
Grazzanise CE 18 7067 180747
Rocchetta e Croce CE 19 460 181207
Riardo CE 20 2321 183528
Pignataro Maggiore CE 20 6084 189612

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km NW of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
36 Km W of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
37 Km NW of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
39 Km NW of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
41 Km NW of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
44 Km NW of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
44 Km NW of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
46 Km NW of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
48 Km NW of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
54 Km NW of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
55 Km NW of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
58 Km NW of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
70 Km NW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
72 Km NW of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
85 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Latina (125985 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.4 1998-03-27
03:37:30
41.195 13.934 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 328459
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-03-27 03:37:30 ± 0.699
Latitude 41.1950 ± 0.0315
Longitude 13.9340 ± 0.0348
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 328459

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) 4559.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 243
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.8
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00818
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 328459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:07:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PQ9.Z. 1998-03-27T03:38:04.33 10.0 undecidable manual SG 334 0.9102 1.41 0.2
--.PSB1.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:54.54 10.0 undecidable manual SG 87 0.6549 -0.11 0.8
--.PQ9.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:50.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 334 0.9102 0.87 1
--.SDI.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:50.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 349 0.5217 0.47 0.8
--.VTB1.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:50.65 10.0 undecidable manual SG 91 0.5217 0.36 0.8
--.MAB1.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:47.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 81 0.4218 0.25 0.8
--.SMB1.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:45.54 10.0 undecidable manual PG 71 0.6216 1.75 0.4
--.PSB1.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:44.96 10.0 undecidable manual PG 87 0.6549 0.47 1.7
--.CRVI.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:42.31 10.0 undecidable manual PG 27 0.5883 -1.01 1.1
--.VTB1.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:41.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 91 0.5217 -0.61 1.7
--.SDI.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:40.51 10.0 undecidable manual PG 349 0.5217 -1.43 0.7
--.MAB1.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:39.43 10.0 undecidable manual PG 81 0.4218 -0.73 1.6
--.RFI.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:35.81 10.0 undecidable manual SG 19 0.111 0.56 0.7
--.RFI.Z. 1998-03-27T03:37:32.68 10.0 undecidable manual PG 19 0.111 -0.61 1.7
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