Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 21-03-1997 and time 15:52:15 (Italy) in region 3 km W Morcone (BN)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Morcone (BN), on

  • 21-03-1997 14:52:15 (UTC)
  • 21-03-1997 15:52:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.3500, 14.6330 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
Morcone BN 3 4932 4932
Sassinoro BN 4 618 5550
Sepino CB 7 1964 7514
Pietraroja BN 7 545 8059
Pontelandolfo BN 8 2167 10226
Santa Croce del Sannio BN 9 927 11153
Cerreto Sannita BN 10 3940 15093
San Lupo BN 10 801 15894
Cusano Mutri BN 10 4091 19985
Guardia Sanframondi BN 11 5078 25063
Campolattaro BN 11 1072 26135
San Lorenzo Maggiore BN 11 2154 28289
San Lorenzello BN 11 2227 30516
Casalduni BN 11 1378 31894
San Giuliano del Sannio CB 12 1029 32923
Guardiaregia CB 12 801 33724
Cercepiccola CB 13 681 34405
Cercemaggiore CB 15 3777 38182
Castelvenere BN 15 2562 40744
Circello BN 15 2388 43132
Faicchio BN 15 3634 46766
Campochiaro CB 15 646 47412
Castelpagano BN 16 1483 48895
Fragneto Monforte BN 16 1840 50735
Ponte BN 16 2580 53315
Fragneto l'Abate BN 16 1049 54364
Vinchiaturo CB 17 3324 57688
Telese Terme BN 17 7486 65174
Gioia Sannitica CE 17 3638 68812
San Polo Matese CB 17 470 69282
Colle Sannita BN 17 2431 71713
San Salvatore Telesino BN 17 3999 75712
Reino BN 17 1210 76922
Paupisi BN 17 1633 78555
Solopaca BN 19 3820 82375
Torrecuso BN 19 3407 85782
Mirabello Sannitico CB 19 2180 87962
Pesco Sannita BN 20 1972 89934
Vitulano BN 20 2944 92878
Gildone CB 20 809 93687

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
40 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
59 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
62 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
63 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
88 Km NW of Battipaglia (50786 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 1997-03-21
14:52:15
41.35 14.633 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 263239
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-03-21 14:52:15 ± 0.277
Latitude 41.3500 ± 0.0179
Longitude 14.6330 ± 0.0201
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 263239

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) 2607.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 117
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00065
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00300
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 263239
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:09:01
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CPI2.Z. 1997-03-21T14:52:28.89 10.0 undecidable manual SG 315 0.3219 0.78 0.3
--.DUI.Z. 1997-03-21T14:52:23.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 337 0.333 0.63 1.1
--.PSB1.Z. 1997-03-21T14:52:23.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 133 0.1776 1.46 0.1
--.CPI2.Z. 1997-03-21T14:52:22.63 10.0 undecidable manual PG 315 0.3219 -0.02 1.7
--.RMI2.Z. 1997-03-21T14:52:21.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 250 0.2886 -0.59 1.2
--.PSB1.Z. 1997-03-21T14:52:19.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 133 0.1776 0.01 2.1
--.SMB1.Z. 1997-03-21T14:52:18.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 55 0.0666 0.05 0.8
--.SMB1.Z. 1997-03-21T14:52:16.24 10.0 undecidable manual PG 55 0.0666 -0.96 0.7
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