Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 27-10-1997 and time 21:48:23 (Italy) in region 8 km SE Valtopina (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 8 km SE Valtopina (PG), on

  • 27-10-1997 20:48:23 (UTC)
  • 27-10-1997 21:48:23 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0140, 12.8350 at 5 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
Valtopina PG 8 1398 1398
Nocera Umbra PG 12 5839 7237
Serravalle di Chienti MC 12 1070 8307
Foligno PG 12 57155 65462
Spello PG 13 8645 74107
Monte Cavallo MC 14 145 74252
Sellano PG 16 1079 75331
Trevi PG 17 8469 83800
Sefro MC 18 422 84222
Pieve Torina MC 18 1458 85680
Muccia MC 19 915 86595
Assisi PG 19 28299 114894
Montefalco PG 20 5679 120573

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
38 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
53 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
94 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
100 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 2.0 1997-10-27
20:48:23
43.014 12.835 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 307139
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-27 20:48:23 ± 0.174
Latitude 43.0140 ± 0.0091
Longitude 12.8350 ± 0.0135
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 307139

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) 1493.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 113
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00121
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00575
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 307139
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:48:17
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-27T20:48:46.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 190 0.6327 -0.8 0.1
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-27T20:48:37.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 190 0.6327 -0.43 1
--.NRCA.Z. 1997-10-27T20:48:35.17 10.0 undecidable manual SG 131 0.2664 0.63 0.4
--.SNTG.Z. 1997-10-27T20:48:33.48 10.0 undecidable manual SG 17 0.2553 -0.34 0.7
--.NRCA.Z. 1997-10-27T20:48:30.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 131 0.2664 0.34 1.8
--.SNTG.Z. 1997-10-27T20:48:29.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 17 0.2553 -0.31 1.9
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-27T20:48:29.75 10.0 undecidable manual SG 289 0.1332 0.09 0.9
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-27T20:48:27.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 289 0.1332 0.55 1.1
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