Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 01-05-1997 and time 20:43:53 (UTC) in region 6 km SW Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 01-05-1997 20:43:53 (UTC)
  • 01-05-1997 22:43:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9710, 15.1060 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
Novara di Sicilia ME 6 1337 1337
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 6 1019 2356
Malvagna ME 7 733 3089
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 8 3945 7034
Tripi ME 9 873 7907
Moio Alcantara ME 9 717 8624
Roccella Valdemone ME 9 666 9290
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 10 3215 12505
Montalbano Elicona ME 10 2287 14792
Motta Camastra ME 10 845 15637
Basicò ME 11 612 16249
Antillo ME 12 919 17168
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 14 1531 18699
Graniti ME 14 1492 20191
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 21171
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 26574
Limina ME 15 836 27410
Roccafiorita ME 15 197 27607
Furnari ME 15 3784 31391
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 34306
Gaggi ME 16 3184 37490
Falcone ME 16 2808 40298
Rodì Milici ME 17 2056 42354
Mongiuffi Melia ME 17 600 42954
Castroreale ME 17 2504 45458
Randazzo CT 17 10900 56358
Floresta ME 17 485 56843
Oliveri ME 18 2181 59024
Gallodoro ME 18 367 59391
Mandanici ME 19 601 59992
Librizzi ME 19 1660 61652
Piedimonte Etneo CT 19 3963 65615
Terme Vigliatore ME 19 7395 73010
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 19 842 73852
Raccuja ME 20 1041 74893
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 80201
Castelmola ME 20 1088 81289

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
47 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.0
ML-VAX 1.6
1997-05-01
20:43:53
37.971 15.106 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 267039
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-05-01 20:43:53 ± 0.282
Latitude 37.9710 ± 0.0269
Longitude 15.1060 ± 0.0154
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 267039

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) 3279.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 177
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00291
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00672
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 267039
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:12:29

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 267039
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SA1.Z. 1997-05-01T20:44:15.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 339 0.6216 -0.94 0.2
--.MO9.Z. 1997-05-01T20:44:10.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 85 0.4551 -0.85 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1997-05-01T20:44:08.55 10.0 undecidable manual PG 81 0.7437 -0.44 1.3
--.SA1.Z. 1997-05-01T20:44:07.17 10.0 undecidable manual PG 339 0.6216 0.51 1.4
--.MNO.Z. 1997-05-01T20:44:05.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 263 0.3219 -1.03 0.2
--.ATN.Z. 1997-05-01T20:44:05.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 55 0.333 -0.69 0.5
--.MO9.Z. 1997-05-01T20:44:03.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 85 0.4551 0.27 2
--.MNO.Z. 1997-05-01T20:44:01.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 263 0.3219 0.33 1.9
--.ATN.Z. 1997-05-01T20:44:01.65 10.0 undecidable manual PG 55 0.333 0.73 1.1
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