Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 04-02-1997 and time 19:48:20 (Italy) in region Golfo di Napoli e Capri (Napoli)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Golfo di Napoli e Capri (Napoli), on

  • 04-02-1997 18:48:20 (UTC)
  • 04-02-1997 19:48:20 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.7310, 14.2940 at 5 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
Torre del Greco NA 9 86275 86275
Ercolano NA 10 53709 139984
San Giorgio a Cremano NA 12 45557 185541
Portici NA 12 55274 240815
Napoli NA 13 974074 1214889
Trecase NA 13 9097 1223986
Vico Equense NA 13 20969 1244955
Torre Annunziata NA 13 42789 1287744
Sorrento NA 13 16679 1304423
Sant'Agnello NA 14 9122 1313545
Massa Lubrense NA 14 14243 1327788
Meta NA 14 8015 1335803
San Sebastiano al Vesuvio NA 14 9196 1344999
Piano di Sorrento NA 15 13109 1358108
Massa di Somma NA 15 5444 1363552
Boscotrecase NA 15 10363 1373915
Cercola NA 16 18267 1392182
Pollena Trocchia NA 16 13562 1405744
Boscoreale NA 16 28072 1433816
Castellammare di Stabia NA 16 66466 1500282
Volla NA 17 23755 1524037
Pompei NA 18 25358 1549395
Sant'Anastasia NA 18 27671 1577066
Santa Maria la Carità NA 19 11722 1588788
Casavatore NA 19 18661 1607449
Terzigno NA 19 18968 1626417
Casoria NA 20 77642 1704059
Bacoli NA 20 26560 1730619
Pimonte NA 20 5980 1736599
Positano SA 20 3955 1740554
Somma Vesuviana NA 20 35233 1775787
Gragnano NA 20 29136 1804923
Scafati SA 20 50787 1855710

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km SW of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
10 Km SW of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
12 Km SW of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
13 Km S of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
16 Km W of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
20 Km S of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
20 Km W of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
21 Km SE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
21 Km SE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
21 Km S of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
23 Km SE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
25 Km S of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
28 Km S of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
35 Km W of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
39 Km S of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Benevento (60091 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 2.5 1997-02-04
18:48:20
40.731 14.294 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 260469
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-02-04 18:48:20 ± 0.613
Latitude 40.7310 ± 0.0315
Longitude 14.2940 ± 0.0405
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 260469

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) 4891.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 216
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.9
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00461
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01012
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 260469
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:06:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MU9.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:53.53 10.0 undecidable manual SG 87 0.8991 0.93 0.4
--.SGO.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:49.16 10.0 undecidable manual SG 102 0.777 0.34 0.6
--.MRB1.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:45.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 52 0.6327 1.44 0.3
--.PSB1.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:44.43 10.0 undecidable manual SG 38 0.6216 0.76 0.6
--.MGR.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:43.13 10.0 undecidable manual PN 121 1.1211 0.15 1.4
--.RMI2.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:41.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 357 0.5106 1.46 0.4
--.SDI.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:40.95 10.0 undecidable manual PG 339 1.0323 -0.7 1.2
--.MU9.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:39.61 10.0 undecidable manual PG 87 0.8991 0.5 1.4
--.CI9.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:38.62 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 76 0.5661 -3.13 0
--.SGO.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:37.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 102 0.777 0.28 1.7
--.SMB1.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:35.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 25 0.7326 -0.87 1.3
--.RFI.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:35.22 10.0 negative manual PG 337 0.6105 1.49 1.7
--.PSB1.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:33.61 10.0 undecidable manual PG 38 0.6216 -0.34 1.8
--.MRB1.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:32.53 10.0 undecidable manual PG 52 0.6327 -1.69 0.6
--.CI9.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:31.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 76 0.5661 -1.7 0.7
--.RMI2.Z. 1997-02-04T18:48:30.65 10.0 undecidable manual PG 357 0.5106 -1.34 0.8
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