Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 26-09-1997 and time 12:39:57 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Serravalle di Chienti (MC)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Serravalle di Chienti (MC), on

  • 26-09-1997 10:39:57 (UTC)
  • 26-09-1997 12:39:57 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0500, 12.9380 at 5 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
Serravalle di Chienti MC 3 1070 1070
Monte Cavallo MC 8 145 1215
Pieve Torina MC 9 1458 2673
Muccia MC 9 915 3588
Sefro MC 11 422 4010
Pievebovigliana MC 12 866 4876
Fiordimonte MC 13 202 5078
Nocera Umbra PG 14 5839 10917
Camerino MC 14 6974 17891
Pioraco MC 15 1134 19025
Valtopina PG 15 1398 20423
Fiuminata MC 16 1402 21825
Sellano PG 18 1079 22904
Fiastra MC 18 559 23463
Visso MC 18 1107 24570
Acquacanina MC 19 121 24691

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
45 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
59 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
86 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
89 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
96 Km S of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 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 2.4
ML-VAX 2.8
1997-09-26
10:39:57
43.05 12.938 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 279359
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-26 10:39:57 ± 0.201
Latitude 43.0500 ± 0.0072
Longitude 12.9380 ± 0.0225
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 279359

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) 1995.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 195
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) 0.00186
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00615
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 279359
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:23:48

ML:2.8

Field Value
Value 2.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 279359
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. 1997-09-26T10:40:22.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 195 0.6882 0.03 0.8
--.FB9.Z. 1997-09-26T10:40:21.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 349 0.6438 0.14 0.7
--.FB9.Z. 1997-09-26T10:40:11.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 349 0.6438 0.38 1.2
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-26T10:40:11.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 195 0.6882 -0.07 1.9
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-26T10:40:06.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 0 0.444 -0.5 0.9
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-26T10:40:05.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 273 0.2109 -0.64 0.2
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-26T10:40:02.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 273 0.2109 0.38 1.3
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