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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 06-05-1998 and time 07:11:52 (UTC) in region 1 km NW Berceto (PR)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Berceto (PR), on

  • 06-05-1998 07:11:52 (UTC)
  • 06-05-1998 09:11:52 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.5170, 9.9750 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.

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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
Berceto PR 1 2109 2109
Valmozzola PR 9 539 2648
Corniglio PR 10 1936 4584
Solignano PR 11 1773 6357
Terenzo PR 14 1196 7553
Calestano PR 15 2100 9653
Monchio delle Corti PR 17 933 10586
Borgo Val di Taro PR 17 6999 17585
Pontremoli MS 17 7357 24942
Tizzano Val Parma PR 18 2077 27019
Varsi PR 19 1230 28249
Varano de' Melegari PR 19 2676 30925
Palanzano PR 20 1142 32067

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km SW of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
47 Km N of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
56 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
64 Km SE of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
69 Km S of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
86 Km NW of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
95 Km NW of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
99 Km NW of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.8 		1998-05-06
07:11:52		 44.517 9.975 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 337659
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-05-06 07:11:52 ± 0.194
Latitude 44.5170 ± 0.0274
Longitude 9.9750 ± 0.0223
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 337659

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) 3517.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 158
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00291
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01319
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 337659
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:16:16

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 337659
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
--.CKI.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:33.92 10.0 undecidable manual SN 266 1.1988 0.43 0.5
--.PII.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:23.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 153 0.8769 -1.1 0.2
--.SFI.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:19.93 10.0 undecidable manual PN 114 1.4652 0.06 1.3
--.BDI.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:16.36 10.0 undecidable manual SG 135 0.6327 0.3 0.7
--.CKI.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:16.75 10.0 undecidable manual PN 266 1.1988 0.46 1.2
--.PII.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:11.73 10.0 undecidable manual PG 153 0.8769 0.85 0.7
--.GU9.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:11.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 110 0.4551 0.83 0.3
--.BOB.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:09.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 304 0.444 -0.25 0.7
--.ZC9.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:08.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 102 0.7326 0.27 1.8
--.EB9.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:06.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 107 0.3219 1.18 0.1
--.BDI.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:05.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 135 0.6327 -0.84 0.8
--.GU9.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:02.31 10.0 positive manual PG 110 0.4551 -0.8 1.8
--.BOB.Z. 1998-05-06T07:12:02.49 10.0 undecidable manual PG 304 0.444 -0.31 1.8
--.EB9.Z. 1998-05-06T07:11:59.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 107 0.3219 -0.24 1.9
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