Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 10-08-1998 and time 02:38:59 (UTC) in region 4 km E Valtopina (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Valtopina (PG), on

  • 10-08-1998 02:38:59 (UTC)
  • 10-08-1998 04:38:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0640, 12.8030 at 12 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 4 1398 1398
Nocera Umbra PG 5 5839 7237
Serravalle di Chienti MC 12 1070 8307
Spello PG 13 8645 16952
Foligno PG 14 57155 74107
Sefro MC 15 422 74529
Assisi PG 15 28299 102828
Fiuminata MC 18 1402 104230
Monte Cavallo MC 18 145 104375
Gualdo Tadino PG 19 15208 119583
Cannara PG 19 4305 123888
Valfabbrica PG 20 3389 127277
Pioraco MC 20 1134 128411
Muccia MC 20 915 129326

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
34 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
86 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
89 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
93 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
95 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 1998-08-10
02:38:59
43.064 12.803 12 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 347619
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-08-10 02:38:59 ± 0.122
Latitude 43.0640 ± 0.0026
Longitude 12.8030 ± 0.0084
Depth (km) 12 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 347619

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) 739.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 118
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00615
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 347619
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:25:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1998-08-10T02:39:23.49 10.0 undecidable manual SG 187 0.6882 0.19 0.1
--.MNS.Z. 1998-08-10T02:39:13.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 187 0.6882 -0.16 0.2
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-08-10T02:39:11.71 10.0 undecidable manual SG 135 0.3108 0 0.7
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-08-10T02:39:08.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 27 0.2109 0.12 0.4
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-08-10T02:39:06.49 10.0 undecidable manual PG 135 0.3108 -0.01 1.8
--.ASS.Z. 1998-08-10T02:39:05.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 269 0.111 -0.11 0.7
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-08-10T02:39:04.48 10.0 positive manual PG 27 0.2109 -0.05 2.9
--.ASS.Z. 1998-08-10T02:39:02.75 10.0 undecidable manual PG 269 0.111 0.06 1.2
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