Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 05-05-1998 and time 14:10:40 (UTC) in region 7 km SW Berceto (PR)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SW Berceto (PR), on

  • 05-05-1998 14:10:40 (UTC)
  • 05-05-1998 16:10:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4660, 9.9360 at 5 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Berceto PR 7 2109 2109
Pontremoli MS 11 7357 9466
Valmozzola PR 12 539 10005
Corniglio PR 12 1936 11941
Borgo Val di Taro PR 14 6999 18940
Filattiera MS 15 2309 21249
Mulazzo MS 16 2424 23673
Monchio delle Corti PR 16 933 24606
Solignano PR 17 1773 26379
Bagnone MS 17 1887 28266
Zeri MS 19 1094 29360
Albareto PR 19 2156 31516
Villafranca in Lunigiana MS 19 4770 36286

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km N of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
45 Km NW of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
49 Km SW of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
50 Km NW of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
68 Km S of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
71 Km NW of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
75 Km S of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
98 Km NW of Pistoia (90315 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 2.3 1998-05-05
14:10:40
44.466 9.936 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 337509
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-05-05 14:10:40 ± 0.288
Latitude 44.4660 ± 0.0382
Longitude 9.9360 ± 0.0332
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 337509

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) 5002.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 180
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00308
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00559
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 337509
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:16:08
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BDI.Z. 1998-05-05T14:11:03.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 130 0.6216 0.74 0.2
--.BOB.Z. 1998-05-05T14:10:58.56 10.0 undecidable manual SG 311 0.4551 0.84 0.2
--.GU9.Z. 1998-05-05T14:10:57.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 104 0.4773 -0.56 0.4
--.EB9.Z. 1998-05-05T14:10:54.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 98 0.3441 0.95 0.1
--.BDI.Z. 1998-05-05T14:10:53.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 130 0.6216 0.04 1.8
--.BOB.Z. 1998-05-05T14:10:50.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 311 0.4551 -0.26 1.9
--.GU9.Z. 1998-05-05T14:10:50.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 104 0.4773 -0.5 1.3
--.EB9.Z. 1998-05-05T14:10:47.66 10.0 undecidable manual PG 98 0.3441 -0.14 2
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