Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 15-05-1998 and time 23:00:52 (UTC) in region 3 km N Berceto (PR)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Berceto (PR), on

  • 15-05-1998 23:00:52 (UTC)
  • 16-05-1998 01:00:52 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.5400, 9.9970 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
Berceto PR 3 2109 2109
Solignano PR 9 1773 3882
Valmozzola PR 9 539 4421
Corniglio PR 10 1936 6357
Terenzo PR 11 1196 7553
Calestano PR 12 2100 9653
Tizzano Val Parma PR 16 2077 11730
Varano de' Melegari PR 17 2676 14406
Monchio delle Corti PR 17 933 15339
Varsi PR 18 1230 16569
Fornovo di Taro PR 19 6100 22669
Borgo Val di Taro PR 19 6999 29668
Palanzano PR 19 1142 30810

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km SW of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
50 Km N of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
62 Km SE of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
66 Km S of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
97 Km NW of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
100 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.5
1998-05-15
23:00:52
44.54 9.997 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 338649
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-05-15 23:00:52 ± 0.21
Latitude 44.5400 ± 0.0259
Longitude 9.9970 ± 0.0240
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 338649

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) 3448.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 164
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00283
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01101
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 338649
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:17:13

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 338649
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
--.PII.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:24.48 10.0 undecidable manual SG 155 0.8991 -0.24 0.5
--.BDI.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:16.54 10.0 undecidable manual SG 138 0.6327 0.16 0.6
--.CKI.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:16.78 10.0 undecidable manual PN 265 1.221 0.13 1.1
--.PII.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:12.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 155 0.8991 1.02 0.3
--.BOB.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:10.65 10.0 undecidable manual SG 300 0.444 0.38 0.5
--.GU9.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:10.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 114 0.4551 -0.21 0.6
--.ZC9.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:08.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 104 0.7215 0.21 1.4
--.EB9.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:06.82 10.0 undecidable manual SG 112 0.3108 1.46 0
--.BDI.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:05.90 10.0 negative manual PG 138 0.6327 -0.56 2.1
--.GU9.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:02.39 10.0 positive manual PG 114 0.4551 -0.73 1.5
--.BOB.Z. 1998-05-15T23:01:02.72 10.0 undecidable manual PG 300 0.444 -0.21 1.6
--.EB9.Z. 1998-05-15T23:00:59.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 112 0.3108 -0.13 1.6
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