Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 27-09-1997 and time 01:04:04 (Italy) in region 7 km E Valtopina (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Valtopina (PG), on

  • 26-09-1997 23:04:04 (UTC)
  • 27-09-1997 01:04:04 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0410, 12.8370 at 20 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Valtopina PG 7 1398 1398
Nocera Umbra PG 9 5839 7237
Serravalle di Chienti MC 10 1070 8307
Foligno PG 14 57155 65462
Spello PG 14 8645 74107
Monte Cavallo MC 14 145 74252
Sefro MC 15 422 74674
Pieve Torina MC 17 1458 76132
Muccia MC 18 915 77047
Assisi PG 18 28299 105346
Fiuminata MC 18 1402 106748
Sellano PG 18 1079 107827
Trevi PG 20 8469 116296
Pioraco MC 20 1134 117430

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
37 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
91 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
97 Km S of Pesaro (94582 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 2.1 1997-09-26
23:04:04
43.041 12.837 20 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 280669
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-26 23:04:04 ± 0.256
Latitude 43.0410 ± 0.0131
Longitude 12.8370 ± 0.0420
Depth (km) 20 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 280669

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) 3710.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00121
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01004
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 280669
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:24:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-26T23:04:28.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 189 0.666 -0.34 0.6
--.SFI.Z. 1997-09-26T23:04:25.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 320 1.11 -0.18 1.5
--.AQU.Z. 1997-09-26T23:04:22.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 148 0.7992 1.2 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-26T23:04:22.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 9 0.4551 0.43 0.7
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-26T23:04:17.98 10.0 undecidable manual PG 189 0.666 -0.48 1.3
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-26T23:04:14.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 9 0.4551 -0.8 1.1
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-26T23:04:13.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 278 0.1332 0.12 0.8
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-26T23:04:10.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 278 0.1332 0.5 1.4
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