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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 17-02-1992 and time 21:20:43 (Italy) in region 3 km W Sant'Angelo in Pontano (MC)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Sant'Angelo in Pontano (MC), on

  • 17-02-1992 20:20:43 (UTC)
  • 17-02-1992 21:20:43 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.1060, 13.3660 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.

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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
Sant'Angelo in Pontano MC 3 1436 1436
San Ginesio MC 4 3498 4934
Ripe San Ginesio MC 4 852 5786
Gualdo MC 5 815 6601
Colmurano MC 7 1263 7864
Penna San Giovanni MC 7 1108 8972
Loro Piceno MC 8 2401 11373
Camporotondo di Fiastrone MC 9 563 11936
Cessapalombo MC 9 512 12448
Falerone FM 9 3337 15785
Montappone FM 9 1682 17467
Sarnano MC 9 3264 20731
Monte Vidon Corrado FM 10 731 21462
Monte San Martino MC 10 765 22227
Urbisaglia MC 10 2628 24855
Massa Fermana FM 10 963 25818
Servigliano FM 11 2336 28154
Caldarola MC 12 1823 29977
Belforte del Chienti MC 12 1886 31863
Mogliano MC 13 4696 36559
Smerillo FM 13 365 36924
Tolentino MC 13 20069 56993
Amandola FM 14 3629 60622
Belmonte Piceno FM 14 646 61268
Montegiorgio FM 14 6851 68119
Santa Vittoria in Matenano FM 14 1330 69449
Monteleone di Fermo FM 15 395 69844
Montefalcone Appennino FM 15 424 70268
Petriolo MC 15 1998 72266
Monsampietro Morico FM 16 659 72925
Serrapetrona MC 16 966 73891
Bolognola MC 17 142 74033
Comunanza AP 17 3166 77199
Montelparo FM 17 778 77977
Francavilla d'Ete FM 17 964 78941
Acquacanina MC 18 121 79062
Montefortino FM 18 1178 80240
Pollenza MC 18 6618 86858
Magliano di Tenna FM 18 1452 88310
Montottone FM 19 979 89289
Fiastra MC 19 559 89848
Force AP 19 1354 91202
Grottazzolina FM 19 3398 94600
Rapagnano FM 20 2145 96745
Monte Rinaldo FM 20 379 97124
Corridonia MC 20 15430 112554
Monte San Pietrangeli FM 20 2458 115012

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
56 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
57 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
84 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
92 Km NW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
99 Km NW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.0
ML-VAX 1.6 		1992-02-17
20:20:43		 43.106 13.366 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 159139
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-02-17 20:20:43 ± 0.226
Latitude 43.1060 ± 0.0099
Longitude 13.3660 ± 0.0177
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 159139

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) 1809.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 193
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00469
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 159139
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:28:41

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 159139
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
--.ASS.Z. 1992-02-17T20:21:02.32 10.0 undecidable manual SG 265 0.5217 0.18 0.4
--.ARV.Z. 1992-02-17T20:21:02.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 322 0.4995 0.7 0.1
--.ALP.Z. 1992-02-17T20:20:57.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 155 0.3552 0.28 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1992-02-17T20:20:53.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 322 0.4995 -0.44 0.6
--.ASS.Z. 1992-02-17T20:20:53.58 10.0 undecidable manual PG 265 0.5217 -0.66 0.2
--.CIO.Z. 1992-02-17T20:20:51.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 298 0.1776 0.41 0.5
--.RMF.Z. 1992-02-17T20:20:51.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 216 0.1887 -0.06 0.9
--.ALP.Z. 1992-02-17T20:20:50.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 155 0.3552 -0.27 1.1
--.RMF.Z. 1992-02-17T20:20:48.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 216 0.1887 0.13 2.9
--.CIO.Z. 1992-02-17T20:20:47.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 298 0.1776 -0.18 2.7
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