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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 3.0 on date 29-03-1998 and time 03:59:10 (Italy) in region 1 km W Santomenna (SA)

A magnitude Md 3.0 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Santomenna (SA), on

  • 29-03-1998 01:59:10 (UTC)
  • 29-03-1998 03:59:10 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8090, 15.3120 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.

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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
Santomenna SA 1 443 443
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 1 619 1062
Laviano SA 3 1438 2500
Conza della Campania AV 6 1373 3873
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 7 1539 5412
Teora AV 7 1537 6949
Caposele AV 7 3483 10432
Pescopagano PZ 8 1910 12342
Calabritto AV 8 2391 14733
Valva SA 8 1643 16376
Colliano SA 9 3638 20014
Castelgrande PZ 11 943 20957
Cairano AV 11 326 21283
Senerchia AV 12 842 22125
Lioni AV 13 6201 28326
Andretta AV 14 1927 30253
Morra De Sanctis AV 14 1297 31550
Oliveto Citra SA 14 3802 35352
Calitri AV 15 4666 40018
Muro Lucano PZ 16 5497 45515
Rapone PZ 16 990 46505
Palomonte SA 17 3985 50490
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi AV 17 4250 54740
San Gregorio Magno SA 18 4286 59026
Guardia Lombardi AV 19 1718 60744
Contursi Terme SA 19 3394 64138
San Fele PZ 19 3004 67142
Ruvo del Monte PZ 20 1083 68225
Bella PZ 20 5171 73396

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km NE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
45 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
49 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
52 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
57 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
75 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
98 Km S of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity

These maps show the seismic activity in different time intervals, before the seismic event to which they refer. Data reported in the first two maps come from the analysis carried out in real time by the personnel of the INGV Operating Rooms, immediately after each earthquake. The third map shows data from 1985 to the date of the earthquake: the locations are reviewed by the seismological analysts of the INGV Italian Seismic Bulletin (Bollettino Sismico Italiano dell’INGV). The localization parameters (hypocentral coordinates and magnitude) are the best possible estimate with the data available to the INGV, but are constantly updated according to further data that become available. The location and magnitude parameters, subsequently reviewed by seismological analysts, may vary.

Earthquakes of the 3 days preceding this event

Earthquakes of the 3 days preceding this event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 0.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, in the 72 hours preceding this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.
Earthquakes of the 90 days preceding this event

Earthquakes of the 90 days preceding this event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 2.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, in the 90 days preceding this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.
Earthquakes from 1985 to the date of the event

Earthquakes from 1985 to the date of the event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 3.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, from 1985 to the date of this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.
Earthquakes since 1000 AD until 2019

Earthquakes since 1000 AD until 2019

This map shows the epicenters of the historical earthquakes catalogue CPT15 (Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani, 2015 version 3.0, https://doi.org/10.13127/cpti/cpti15.3) since 1000 AD until 2019. The size of the square indicates the different classes of magnitude. For earthquakes with magnitude ≥ 6.0, it is also shown the year of occurrence and the magnitude value. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.
Seismic hazard

Seismic hazard maps provide probabilistic estimates of the earthquake ground shaking exceeding a given threshold in a given geographic region within a given time window. Thus, it is not a deterministic prediction - a target that may be never reached given the complexity of the earthquake physical phenomenon - nor of the maximum expected earthquake since this has extremely low probabilities to occur.

In 2004, it was published the seismic hazard map of Italy (http://zonesismiche.mi.ingv.it) that provides a picture of the most hazardous geographic regions. The seismic hazard map of Italy (GdL MPS, 2004; rif. Ordinanza PCM del 28 aprile 2006, n. 3519, All. 1b) provides the 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years of the horizontal acceleration at rock sites (i.e., Vs30>800 m/s; cat. A, 3.2.1 of the D.M. 14.09.2005).

The colours indicate the various values of the ground acceleration that have 10% to be exceeded within 50 years. In general, the colours associated to low values of acceleration refer to areas that are less hazardous and stronger earthquakes repeat less frequently although they may still occur.

Seismic hazard map

Seismic hazard map

This map shows the seismic hazard map of Italy for the region where the earthquake occurred.
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 3.0
ML-VAX 1.7 		1998-03-29
01:59:10		 40.809 15.312 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 328799
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-03-29 01:59:10 ± 0.216
Latitude 40.8090 ± 0.0157
Longitude 15.3120 ± 0.0212
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 328799

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) 2499.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 102
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 20
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00113
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01295
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

Md:3.0

Field Value
Value 3.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 328799
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:08:11

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 328799
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.RFI.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:49.90 10.0 undecidable manual SN 296 1.11 0.6 0.6
--.CRVI.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:49.72 10.0 undecidable manual SN 320 1.1766 -1.28 0.2
--.MAB1.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:38.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 306 0.7548 0.54 0.7
--.SDI.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:38.79 10.0 undecidable manual PN 309 1.443 1.19 0.7
--.TDS.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:37.41 10.0 undecidable manual PN 145 1.3875 0.55 1.1
--.CRVI.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:36.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 320 1.1766 1.93 0.3
--.RFI.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:34.49 10.0 undecidable manual PN 296 1.11 1.4 0.6
--.ORI.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:33.51 10.0 undecidable manual PN 131 1.1433 -0.02 1.5
--.FG3.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:30.66 10.0 undecidable manual PG 27 1.0101 -0.81 1
--.MAB1.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:27.18 10.0 undecidable manual PG 306 0.7548 0.44 1.8
--.SMB1.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:25.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 322 0.7326 -0.93 1
--.PSB1.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:22.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 317 0.555 -0.88 1.1
--.SGO.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:21.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 180 0.2442 0.31 0.6
--.FG5.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:20.94 10.0 undecidable manual PG 356 0.4662 -0.46 1.6
--.SL9.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:19.62 10.0 undecidable manual PG 149 0.4773 -1.96 0.3
--.MU9.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:17.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 109 0.1332 0.5 0.6
--.SGO.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:16.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 180 0.2442 -0.24 1.9
--.CI9.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:15.51 10.0 undecidable manual PG 283 0.2109 -0.53 1.5
--.CA9.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:15.25 10.0 undecidable manual PG 46 0.1221 1.17 1
--.MU9.Z. 1998-03-29T01:59:14.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 109 0.1332 -0.24 1.9
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Fault Plane solutions

Fault Plane solutions

The map reports the fault plane solutions for earthquakes in the region from 1977 to the date of this event. Red moment tensors are determined using the Regional Centroid Moment Tensor technique (RCMT, http://www.bo.ingv.it/RCMT) applied for earthquakes with magnitude larger than 4.5 in the Euro-Mediterranenan area. Occasionally, when a station azimuthal coverage exists RCMTs can be obtained also for earthquakes with magnitude down to 4.0. The gray moment tensors are obtained with the Time Domain Moment Tensor method (TDMT, /tdmt). This technique is applied to earthquakes with magnitude ML greater than 3.2, when it is possible. The size of symbols scales with the calculated moment magnitude Mw.
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