Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 06-06-1998 and time 21:33:59 (Italy) in region 3 km W Satriano di Lucania (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Satriano di Lucania (PZ), on

  • 06-06-1998 19:33:59 (UTC)
  • 06-06-1998 21:33:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5560, 15.6090 at 4 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
Satriano di Lucania PZ 3 2374 2374
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 4 1429 3803
Savoia di Lucania PZ 5 1127 4930
Tito PZ 7 7332 12262
Brienza PZ 9 4078 16340
Picerno PZ 9 5985 22325
Caggiano SA 10 2765 25090
Sasso di Castalda PZ 10 835 25925
Vietri di Potenza PZ 10 2832 28757
Polla SA 11 5279 34036
Atena Lucana SA 12 2336 36372
Salvitelle SA 13 560 36932
Balvano PZ 13 1830 38762
Pertosa SA 14 690 39452
Sant'Arsenio SA 14 2815 42267
Baragiano PZ 14 2671 44938
Pignola PZ 15 6962 51900
San Pietro al Tanagro SA 15 1695 53595
Auletta SA 16 2336 55931
Ricigliano SA 16 1144 57075
Romagnano al Monte SA 17 368 57443
Sala Consilina SA 17 12664 70107
Abriola PZ 18 1531 71638
San Rufo SA 18 1754 73392
Marsico Nuovo PZ 19 4098 77490
Ruoti PZ 19 3579 81069
Potenza PZ 19 67122 148191

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
53 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
79 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.5
1998-06-06
19:33:59
40.556 15.609 4 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 341579
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-06-06 19:33:59 ± 0.494
Latitude 40.5560 ± 0.0156
Longitude 15.6090 ± 0.0308
Depth (km) 4 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 341579

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) 3131.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 291
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00194
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00478
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 341579
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:19:57

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 341579
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
--.CA9.Z. 1998-06-06T19:34:13.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 339 0.3552 0.42 0.1
--.CI9.Z. 1998-06-06T19:34:10.93 10.0 undecidable manual PG 304 0.5328 -0.02 1.2
--.CA9.Z. 1998-06-06T19:34:07.25 10.0 undecidable manual PG 339 0.3552 -0.13 1.3
--.MU9.Z. 1998-06-06T19:34:07.98 10.0 undecidable manual SG 336 0.2109 0.03 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1998-06-06T19:34:07.63 10.0 undecidable manual SG 270 0.222 -0.45 0.1
--.SGO.Z. 1998-06-06T19:34:04.66 10.0 undecidable manual PG 270 0.222 0.33 0.6
--.MU9.Z. 1998-06-06T19:34:04.14 10.0 positive manual PG 336 0.2109 -0.1 3.1
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