Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 01-02-1997 and time 16:20:15 (UTC) in region Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia), on

  • 01-02-1997 16:20:15 (UTC)
  • 01-02-1997 17:20:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0400, 7.6560 at 10 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
Briga Alta CN 9 39 39
Triora IM 10 355 394
Molini di Triora IM 11 617 1011
Pigna IM 12 859 1870
Castel Vittorio IM 12 287 2157
Mendatica IM 13 185 2342
Montegrosso Pian Latte IM 13 118 2460
Cosio d'Arroscia IM 15 221 2681
Bajardo IM 16 312 2993
Rocchetta Nervina IM 17 298 3291
Rezzo IM 18 366 3657
Pornassio IM 18 685 4342
Apricale IM 18 629 4971
Isolabona IM 18 679 5650
Limone Piemonte CN 19 1485 7135
Carpasio IM 19 168 7303
Perinaldo IM 19 870 8173
Montalto Ligure IM 20 377 8550
Ceriana IM 20 1250 9800

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
40 Km S of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Savona (61345 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 1997-02-01
16:20:15
44.04 7.656 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 260249
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-02-01 16:20:15 ± 0.207
Latitude 44.0400 ± 0.0140
Longitude 7.6560 ± 0.0242
Depth (km) 10 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 260249

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) 2486.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 172
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00210
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00988
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 260249
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:06:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.LMR.Z. 1997-02-01T16:20:51.70 10.0 undecidable manual SN 229 1.0878 -0.12 0.7
--.LRG.Z. 1997-02-01T16:20:51.40 10.0 undecidable manual SN 238 1.0989 -0.77 0.1
--.LRG.Z. 1997-02-01T16:20:37.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 238 1.0989 0.55 0.7
--.LMR.Z. 1997-02-01T16:20:36.60 10.0 undecidable manual PN 229 1.0878 0.15 1.6
--.DOI.Z. 1997-02-01T16:20:34.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG 327 0.5439 -0.63 0.3
--.DOI.Z. 1997-02-01T16:20:27.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 327 0.5439 0.4 1.4
--.CKI.Z. 1997-02-01T16:20:27.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 49 0.5883 -0.29 1.7
--.SBF.Z. 1997-02-01T16:20:24.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 221 0.2331 -0.51 0.4
--.SBF.Z. 1997-02-01T16:20:21.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 221 0.2331 0.03 2.2
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