Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 28-09-1997 and time 13:45:39 (Italy) in region 6 km SW Serravalle di Chienti (MC)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Serravalle di Chienti (MC), on

  • 28-09-1997 11:45:39 (UTC)
  • 28-09-1997 13:45:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0440, 12.8970 at 4 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
Serravalle di Chienti MC 6 1070 1070
Monte Cavallo MC 10 145 1215
Nocera Umbra PG 11 5839 7054
Valtopina PG 12 1398 8452
Sefro MC 12 422 8874
Pieve Torina MC 13 1458 10332
Muccia MC 13 915 11247
Pievebovigliana MC 16 866 12113
Fiordimonte MC 16 202 12315
Fiuminata MC 16 1402 13717
Pioraco MC 17 1134 14851
Sellano PG 17 1079 15930
Camerino MC 17 6974 22904
Foligno PG 18 57155 80059
Spello PG 19 8645 88704
Visso MC 20 1107 89811

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
81 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
95 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
96 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 2.4 1997-09-28
11:45:39
43.044 12.897 4 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 283119
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-28 11:45:39 ± 0.217
Latitude 43.0440 ± 0.0087
Longitude 12.8970 ± 0.0175
Depth (km) 4 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 283119

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) 1717.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 189
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00154
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00801
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 283119
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:27:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CRE.Z. 1997-09-28T11:45:58.24 10.0 undecidable manual PG 310 0.888 0.32 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-28T11:45:57.43 10.0 undecidable manual SG 4 0.444 0.23 0.5
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-28T11:45:53.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 193 0.6771 -0.02 1.6
--.FB9.Z. 1997-09-28T11:45:53.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 352 0.6438 -0.42 0.5
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-28T11:45:49.82 10.0 undecidable manual PG 4 0.444 0.08 1.9
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-28T11:45:46.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 275 0.1665 -0.43 0.2
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-28T11:45:43.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 275 0.1665 0.16 1.6
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