Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 23-10-1997 and time 10:57:41 (Italy) in region 6 km N Petrella Salto (RI)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 6 km N Petrella Salto (RI), on

  • 23-10-1997 08:57:41 (UTC)
  • 23-10-1997 10:57:41 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3470, 13.0760 at 10 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
Petrella Salto RI 6 1197 1197
Castel Sant'Angelo RI 7 1308 2505
Borgo Velino RI 7 972 3477
Concerviano RI 8 291 3768
Antrodoco RI 8 2588 6356
Fiamignano RI 10 1413 7769
Cittaducale RI 11 6828 14597
Micigliano RI 12 127 14724
Longone Sabino RI 12 597 15321
Varco Sabino RI 13 187 15508
Marcetelli RI 14 89 15597
Rocca Sinibalda RI 15 815 16412
Scoppito AQ 15 3727 20139
Belmonte in Sabina RI 15 636 20775
Pescorocchiano RI 17 2075 22850
Castel di Tora RI 17 288 23138
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 18 1369 24507
Ascrea RI 18 234 24741
Colle di Tora RI 18 372 25113
Paganico Sabino RI 19 172 25285
Rieti RI 19 47698 72983
Borbona RI 19 617 73600
Collegiove RI 19 213 73813
Torricella in Sabina RI 19 1342 75155
Tornimparte AQ 20 3187 78342
Cantalice RI 20 2755 81097
Posta RI 20 694 81791

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km W of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
43 Km SE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
48 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
48 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
74 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Pomezia (62966 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Aprilia (73446 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Fiumicino (78395 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Latina (125985 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 1997-10-23
08:57:41
42.347 13.076 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 305109
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-23 08:57:41 ± 0.224
Latitude 42.3470 ± 0.0188
Longitude 13.0760 ± 0.0199
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 305109

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) 2654.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 134
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00210
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00696
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 305109
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:46:28
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-23T08:58:09.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 336 0.777 0.53 0.6
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-23T08:57:58.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 336 0.777 0.91 0.7
--.PQ9.Z. 1997-10-23T08:57:57.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 143 0.3996 0.56 0.5
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-23T08:57:52.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 277 0.2886 -0.88 0.3
--.PQ9.Z. 1997-10-23T08:57:50.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 143 0.3996 0.36 1.9
--.AQU.Z. 1997-10-23T08:57:50.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 88 0.2331 -0.69 0.4
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-23T08:57:47.79 10.0 undecidable manual PG 277 0.2886 -0.3 2
--.AQU.Z. 1997-10-23T08:57:46.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 88 0.2331 -0.51 1.5
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