Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 31-03-1998 and time 05:37:53 (Italy) in region 7 km N Sellano (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 7 km N Sellano (PG), on

  • 31-03-1998 03:37:53 (UTC)
  • 31-03-1998 05:37:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9480, 12.9160 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
Sellano PG 7 1079 1079
Monte Cavallo MC 9 145 1224
Preci PG 13 724 1948
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 14 1075 3023
Serravalle di Chienti MC 14 1070 4093
Visso MC 14 1107 5200
Pieve Torina MC 15 1458 6658
Trevi PG 16 8469 15127
Foligno PG 17 57155 72282
Fiordimonte MC 17 202 72484
Valtopina PG 18 1398 73882
Campello sul Clitunno PG 18 2442 76324
Ussita MC 18 444 76768
Muccia MC 18 915 77683
Pievebovigliana MC 19 866 78549

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
46 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
48 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
100 Km S of Fano (60888 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 2.3 1998-03-31
03:37:53
42.948 12.916 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 329169
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-03-31 03:37:53 ± 0.163
Latitude 42.9480 ± 0.0085
Longitude 12.9160 ± 0.0164
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 329169

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) 1636.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 125
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00672
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 329169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:08:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.FB9.Z. 1998-03-31T03:38:21.42 10.0 undecidable manual SG 352 0.7437 0.83 0.2
--.MNS.Z. 1998-03-31T03:38:15.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 197 0.5883 -0.31 0.6
--.ARV.Z. 1998-03-31T03:38:13.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 2 0.5439 -0.69 0.3
--.FB9.Z. 1998-03-31T03:38:09.58 10.0 undecidable manual PG 352 0.7437 0.38 1.1
--.MNS.Z. 1998-03-31T03:38:05.61 10.0 undecidable manual PG 197 0.5883 -0.6 0.9
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-03-31T03:38:05.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 3 0.3108 -0.15 0.8
--.ARV.Z. 1998-03-31T03:38:04.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 2 0.5439 -1 0.3
--.ASS.Z. 1998-03-31T03:38:02.99 10.0 undecidable manual SG 300 0.2109 0.56 0.4
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-03-31T03:38:01.35 10.0 undecidable manual SG 128 0.1776 0.4 0.6
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-03-31T03:38:00.53 10.0 undecidable manual PG 3 0.3108 -0.01 2
--.ASS.Z. 1998-03-31T03:37:59.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 300 0.2109 0.41 1.5
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-03-31T03:37:58.13 10.0 positive manual PG 128 0.1776 0.27 3.5
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