Earthquake with magnitude of ML-VAX 3.1 on date 12-01-1997 and time 19:54:16 (Italy) in region Confine Grecia Albania (GRECIA, ALBANIA)

A magnitude ML-VAX 3.1 earthquake occured in region: Confine Grecia Albania (GRECIA, ALBANIA), on

  • 12-01-1997 18:54:16 (UTC)
  • 12-01-1997 19:54:16 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6310, 20.7550 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML-VAX 3.1 1997-01-12
18:54:16
40.631 20.755 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 259389
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-01-12 18:54:16 ± 1.979
Latitude 40.6310 ± 0.1982
Longitude 20.7550 ± 0.1763
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 259389

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) 26591.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 339
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) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02461
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.05658
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

ML:3.1

Field Value
Value 3.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 259389
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
--.MNS.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:49.82 10.0 undecidable manual PN 286 6.2826 0.91 0.8
--.LT9.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:37.95 10.0 undecidable manual SN 268 2.9859 -0.07 0.6
--.RMI2.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:31.41 10.0 undecidable manual PN 276 4.9284 1.03 0.9
--.DUI.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:28.87 10.0 undecidable manual PN 281 4.8396 -0.26 1.4
--.PSB1.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:24.77 10.0 undecidable manual PN 277 4.5177 0.05 1.5
--.CI9.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:22.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 272 4.3401 -0.14 1.5
--.SGO.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:17.62 10.0 undecidable manual PN 268 4.1292 -1.7 0.4
--.MU9.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:16.71 10.0 undecidable manual PN 271 3.9849 -0.66 1.3
--.SL9.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:16.33 10.0 undecidable manual PN 265 3.8961 0.23 1.5
--.FG3.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:12.66 10.0 undecidable manual PN 285 3.7629 -1.7 0.4
--.LT9.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:03.99 10.0 undecidable manual PN 268 2.9859 0.41 1.4
--.BRT.Z. 1997-01-12T18:55:02.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 273 2.7306 1.87 0.3
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