Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 16-04-1998 and time 20:30:40 (Italy) in region 11 km SE Valtopina (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 11 km SE Valtopina (PG), on

  • 16-04-1998 18:30:40 (UTC)
  • 16-04-1998 20:30:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9860, 12.8510 at 4 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
Valtopina PG 11 1398 1398
Monte Cavallo MC 12 145 1543
Foligno PG 12 57155 58698
Sellano PG 12 1079 59777
Serravalle di Chienti MC 13 1070 60847
Trevi PG 15 8469 69316
Spello PG 15 8645 77961
Nocera Umbra PG 15 5839 83800
Pieve Torina MC 18 1458 85258
Montefalco PG 19 5679 90937
Muccia MC 19 915 91852
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 19 1075 92927
Campello sul Clitunno PG 19 2442 95369
Preci PG 19 724 96093
Sefro MC 20 422 96515

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
40 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
95 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
96 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 2.2 1998-04-16
18:30:40
42.986 12.851 4 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 335069
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-04-16 18:30:40 ± 0.225
Latitude 42.9860 ± 0.0132
Longitude 12.8510 ± 0.0211
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 335069

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) 2261.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 114
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00146
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00939
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 335069
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:13:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PQ9.Z. 1998-04-16T18:31:02.39 10.0 undecidable manual PG 156 1.0434 1.12 0.2
--.ARV.Z. 1998-04-16T18:30:59.86 10.0 undecidable manual SG 7 0.5106 0.05 0.6
--.FB9.Z. 1998-04-16T18:30:55.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 355 0.6993 0.34 1.2
--.MNS.Z. 1998-04-16T18:30:52.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 191 0.6105 -0.47 1.1
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-04-16T18:30:50.87 10.0 undecidable manual SG 128 0.2442 1.21 0.1
--.ARV.Z. 1998-04-16T18:30:50.86 10.0 undecidable manual PG 7 0.5106 -0.63 1
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-04-16T18:30:46.58 10.0 undecidable manual PG 13 0.2664 0.27 1.6
--.ASS.Z. 1998-04-16T18:30:46.91 10.0 undecidable manual SG 297 0.1665 0.34 0.6
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-04-16T18:30:44.98 10.0 negative manual PG 128 0.2442 -0.65 2
--.ASS.Z. 1998-04-16T18:30:43.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 297 0.1665 -0.09 1.7
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