Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 16-05-1998 and time 06:12:09 (UTC) in region 6 km SW Terenzo (PR)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Terenzo (PR), on

  • 16-05-1998 06:12:09 (UTC)
  • 16-05-1998 08:12:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.5720, 10.0370 at 10 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
Terenzo PR 6 1196 1196
Solignano PR 7 1773 2969
Calestano PR 8 2100 5069
Berceto PR 8 2109 7178
Corniglio PR 11 1936 9114
Valmozzola PR 12 539 9653
Varano de' Melegari PR 13 2676 12329
Tizzano Val Parma PR 14 2077 14406
Fornovo di Taro PR 14 6100 20506
Varsi PR 18 1230 21736
Langhirano PR 19 10315 32051
Monchio delle Corti PR 19 933 32984
Palanzano PR 20 1142 34126
Pellegrino Parmense PR 20 1048 35174

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km SW of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
54 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
60 Km SE of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
63 Km S of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
100 Km NW of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
100 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 1998-05-16
06:12:09
44.572 10.037 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 338689
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-05-16 06:12:09 ± 0.261
Latitude 44.5720 ± 0.0820
Longitude 10.0370 ± 0.0659
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 338689

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) 10506.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 184
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00275
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00583
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 338689
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:17:15
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BDI.Z. 1998-05-16T06:12:33.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 141 0.6438 0.64 0.1
--.GU9.Z. 1998-05-16T06:12:27.35 10.0 undecidable manual SG 119 0.444 1.26 0
--.BOB.Z. 1998-05-16T06:12:27.22 10.0 undecidable manual SG 295 0.4551 0.77 0.1
--.BDI.Z. 1998-05-16T06:12:22.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 141 0.6438 -0.41 0.6
--.EB9.Z. 1998-05-16T06:12:21.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 119 0.3108 -0.32 0.4
--.BOB.Z. 1998-05-16T06:12:19.25 10.0 positive manual PG 295 0.4551 -0.13 2.4
--.GU9.Z. 1998-05-16T06:12:18.90 10.0 positive manual PG 119 0.444 -0.26 2
--.EB9.Z. 1998-05-16T06:12:16.50 10.0 positive manual PG 119 0.3108 -0.02 2.5
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