Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 16-10-1997 and time 00:38:53 (Italy) in region 9 km W Monte Cavallo (MC)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 9 km W Monte Cavallo (MC), on

  • 15-10-1997 22:38:53 (UTC)
  • 16-10-1997 00:38:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9760, 12.8900 at 4 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
Monte Cavallo MC 9 145 145
Sellano PG 10 1079 1224
Serravalle di Chienti MC 12 1070 2294
Valtopina PG 14 1398 3692
Pieve Torina MC 15 1458 5150
Foligno PG 15 57155 62305
Trevi PG 16 8469 70774
Preci PG 16 724 71498
Visso MC 17 1107 72605
Nocera Umbra PG 17 5839 78444
Muccia MC 17 915 79359
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 18 1075 80434
Fiordimonte MC 18 202 80636
Spello PG 18 8645 89281
Pievebovigliana MC 19 866 90147
Campello sul Clitunno PG 20 2442 92589
Sefro MC 20 422 93011

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
43 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
81 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
97 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.8
1997-10-15
22:38:53
42.976 12.89 4 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 301219
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-15 22:38:53 ± 0.382
Latitude 42.9760 ± 0.0095
Longitude 12.8900 ± 0.0277
Depth (km) 4 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 301219

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) 2485.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
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) 0.00170
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01133
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 301219
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:43:02

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 301219
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
--.FB9.Z. 1997-10-15T22:39:19.63 10.0 undecidable manual SG 353 0.7215 0.37 0.6
--.CSNT.Z. 1997-10-15T22:39:18.40 10.0 undecidable manual PN 293 1.2543 0.59 0.8
--.PQ9.Z. 1997-10-15T22:39:15.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 158 1.0101 1.15 0.2
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-15T22:39:15.29 10.0 undecidable manual SG 194 0.5994 -0.44 0.6
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-15T22:39:13.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 4 0.5217 0.07 0.8
--.AQU.Z. 1997-10-15T22:39:08.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 148 0.7215 -0.12 1.8
--.FB9.Z. 1997-10-15T22:39:07.72 10.0 undecidable manual PG 353 0.7215 -0.49 1.3
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-15T22:39:05.23 10.0 undecidable manual PG 194 0.5994 -0.95 0.6
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-15T22:39:04.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 4 0.5217 -0.37 1.6
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-15T22:39:00.97 10.0 undecidable manual SG 296 0.1887 0.23 0.7
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-15T22:38:57.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 296 0.1887 0.08 1.9
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