Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 09-03-1997 and time 13:39:09 (UTC) in region 3 km N Craco (MT)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Craco (MT), on

  • 09-03-1997 13:39:09 (UTC)
  • 09-03-1997 14:39:09 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.3820, 16.5010 at 10 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
Craco MT 3 745 745
Pisticci MT 5 17768 18513
Montalbano Jonico MT 12 7357 25870
Ferrandina MT 13 8853 34723
Tursi MT 15 5037 39760
Pomarico MT 16 4145 43905
Bernalda MT 16 12453 56358

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km S of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
50 Km S of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
63 Km W of Taranto (201100 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
83 Km S of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Bari (326344 inhabitants)
92 Km S of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
96 Km S of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
96 Km S of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
100 Km S of Trani (56217 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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.7
1997-03-09
13:39:09
40.382 16.501 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 262349
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-03-09 13:39:09 ± 0.193
Latitude 40.3820 ± 0.0129
Longitude 16.5010 ± 0.0213
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 262349

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) 2303.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 140
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00291
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00623
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 262349
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:08:11

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 262349
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
--.BRT.Z. 1997-03-09T13:39:34.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 44 0.6882 0.98 0
--.SL9.Z. 1997-03-09T13:39:31.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 271 0.6549 -0.59 0.3
--.BRT.Z. 1997-03-09T13:39:22.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 44 0.6882 -0.33 1.3
--.SL9.Z. 1997-03-09T13:39:22.91 10.0 undecidable manual PG 271 0.6549 0.43 1.1
--.ORI.Z. 1997-03-09T13:39:21.78 10.0 undecidable manual SG 187 0.333 0.04 0.8
--.ORI.Z. 1997-03-09T13:39:16.42 10.0 undecidable manual PG 187 0.333 0.02 2
--.LT9.Z. 1997-03-09T13:39:15.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 47 0.3219 -0.31 1.5
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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