Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 25-12-1997 and time 23:21:02 (Italy) in region 3 km N Norcia (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Norcia (PG), on

  • 25-12-1997 22:21:02 (UTC)
  • 25-12-1997 23:21:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.8190, 13.0840 at 20 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
Norcia PG 3 4957 4957
Preci PG 8 724 5681
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 10 281 5962
Visso MC 13 1107 7069
Cascia PG 13 3217 10286
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 14 1075 11361
Ussita MC 15 444 11805
Sellano PG 15 1079 12884
Poggiodomo PG 17 117 13001
Arquata del Tronto AP 18 1178 14179
Vallo di Nera PG 19 364 14543
Accumoli RI 19 667 15210

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
46 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
58 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
65 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Tivoli (56533 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 2.3 1997-12-25
22:21:02
42.819 13.084 20 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 318069
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-12-25 22:21:02 ± 0.253
Latitude 42.8190 ± 0.0073
Longitude 13.0840 ± 0.0189
Depth (km) 20 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 318069

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) 1743.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 96
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00016
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00469
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 318069
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:58:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1997-12-25T22:21:20.96 10.0 undecidable manual SG 214 0.5217 -0.3 0.5
--.SNTG.Z. 1997-12-25T22:21:18.65 10.0 undecidable manual SG 346 0.444 -0.16 0.7
--.ASS.Z. 1997-12-25T22:21:17.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 307 0.3996 0.42 0.4
--.AQU.Z. 1997-12-25T22:21:13.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 153 0.5106 0.34 1.1
--.MNS.Z. 1997-12-25T22:21:12.89 10.0 undecidable manual PG 214 0.5217 -0.27 1.3
--.ASS.Z. 1997-12-25T22:21:11.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 307 0.3996 0.39 1
--.SNTG.Z. 1997-12-25T22:21:11.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 346 0.444 -0.4 0.9
--.NRCA.Z. 1997-12-25T22:21:05.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 56 0.0222 -0.05 2.1
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