Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 28-09-1997 and time 18:18:27 (Italy) in region 2 km W Monte Cavallo (MC)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Monte Cavallo (MC), on

  • 28-09-1997 16:18:27 (UTC)
  • 28-09-1997 18:18:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9940, 12.9770 at 8 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
Monte Cavallo MC 2 145 145
Pieve Torina MC 8 1458 1603
Serravalle di Chienti MC 9 1070 2673
Fiordimonte MC 10 202 2875
Muccia MC 11 915 3790
Visso MC 12 1107 4897
Pievebovigliana MC 12 866 5763
Sellano PG 12 1079 6842
Preci PG 14 724 7566
Ussita MC 14 444 8010
Fiastra MC 15 559 8569
Acquacanina MC 17 121 8690
Sefro MC 17 422 9112
Camerino MC 18 6974 16086
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 18 281 16367
Valtopina PG 19 1398 17765
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 20 1075 18840

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
49 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
70 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
95 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
96 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 2.5 1997-09-28
16:18:27
42.994 12.977 8 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 283429
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-28 16:18:27 ± 0.462
Latitude 42.9940 ± 0.0097
Longitude 12.9770 ± 0.0330
Depth (km) 8 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 283429

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) 2890.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 164
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00219
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01182
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 283429
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:27:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.FB9.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:53.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 348 0.7104 0.67 0.3
--.CSNT.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:51.94 10.0 undecidable manual PN 291 1.3098 0.08 1.4
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:49.61 10.0 undecidable manual SG 199 0.6327 -0.88 0.1
--.PQ9.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:48.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 161 1.0101 0.66 0.6
--.CRE.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:47.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 310 0.9657 0.39 1.2
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:46.21 10.0 undecidable manual SG 357 0.4995 0.29 0.7
--.FB9.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:41.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 348 0.7104 -0.55 1
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:40.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 199 0.6327 -0.13 2
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:37.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 285 0.2442 0.41 0.6
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:37.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 357 0.4995 -0.49 1.2
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-28T16:18:32.93 10.0 undecidable manual PG 285 0.2442 -0.16 2
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