Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.9 on date 05-04-1997 and time 12:35:54 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Cercepiccola (CB)

A magnitude Md 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Cercepiccola (CB), on

  • 05-04-1997 10:35:54 (UTC)
  • 05-04-1997 12:35:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.4410, 14.6780 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
Cercepiccola CB 2 681 681
San Giuliano del Sannio CB 4 1029 1710
Cercemaggiore CB 4 3777 5487
Sepino CB 6 1964 7451
Sassinoro BN 7 618 8069
Santa Croce del Sannio BN 7 927 8996
Mirabello Sannitico CB 8 2180 11176
Gildone CB 9 809 11985
Vinchiaturo CB 10 3324 15309
Ferrazzano CB 10 3344 18653
Morcone BN 11 4932 23585
Guardiaregia CB 11 801 24386
Castelpagano BN 12 1483 25869
Jelsi CB 13 1781 27650
Campobasso CB 13 49431 77081
Baranello CB 14 2673 79754
Riccia CB 14 5262 85016
Campodipietra CB 14 2570 87586
Campochiaro CB 14 646 88232
Circello BN 14 2388 90620
Pietraroja BN 15 545 91165
Colle d'Anchise CB 15 807 91972
San Polo Matese CB 15 470 92442
Colle Sannita BN 16 2431 94873
Busso CB 16 1273 96146
Toro CB 17 1391 97537
Pontelandolfo BN 17 2167 99704
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 18 580 100284
Campolattaro BN 18 1072 101356
Bojano CB 18 8058 109414
Oratino CB 18 1641 111055
Cusano Mutri BN 18 4091 115146
Ripalimosani CB 19 3114 118260
Matrice CB 19 1115 119375
Spinete CB 20 1320 120695
Casalduni BN 20 1378 122073
Casalciprano CB 20 564 122637

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km N of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
65 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
75 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Battipaglia (50786 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 1.9 1997-04-05
10:35:54
41.441 14.678 12 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 265319
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-04-05 10:35:54 ± 0.357
Latitude 41.4410 ± 0.0140
Longitude 14.6780 ± 0.0248
Depth (km) 12 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 265319

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) 2583.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 208
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00049
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00324
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:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 265319
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:10:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.RMI2.Z. 1997-04-05T10:36:08.53 10.0 undecidable manual SG 238 0.3552 0.13 0.6
--.VTB1.Z. 1997-04-05T10:36:04.37 10.0 undecidable manual SG 188 0.2553 -0.73 0
--.RMI2.Z. 1997-04-05T10:36:02.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 238 0.3552 0.18 1.2
--.CPI2.Z. 1997-04-05T10:36:01.37 10.0 undecidable manual PG 298 0.2997 -0.2 1.3
--.VTB1.Z. 1997-04-05T10:36:01.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 188 0.2553 0.25 1.2
--.SMB1.Z. 1997-04-05T10:35:59.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 146 0.0555 0.04 0.8
--.SMB1.Z. 1997-04-05T10:35:57.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 146 0.0555 -0.01 2
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