Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 01-05-1997 and time 22:47:15 (Italy) in region 3 km N Sassinoro (BN)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Sassinoro (BN), on

  • 01-05-1997 20:47:15 (UTC)
  • 01-05-1997 22:47:15 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.4070, 14.6630 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
Sassinoro BN 4 618 618
Sepino CB 4 1964 2582
San Giuliano del Sannio CB 6 1029 3611
Cercepiccola CB 6 681 4292
Santa Croce del Sannio BN 6 927 5219
Morcone BN 7 4932 10151
Cercemaggiore CB 8 3777 13928
Guardiaregia CB 11 801 14729
Pietraroja BN 11 545 15274
Vinchiaturo CB 12 3324 18598
Castelpagano BN 12 1483 20081
Mirabello Sannitico CB 12 2180 22261
Gildone CB 13 809 23070
Pontelandolfo BN 13 2167 25237
Circello BN 13 2388 27625
Campochiaro CB 14 646 28271
Ferrazzano CB 14 3344 31615
Campolattaro BN 14 1072 32687
Cusano Mutri BN 15 4091 36778
Colle Sannita BN 15 2431 39209
San Polo Matese CB 15 470 39679
Baranello CB 16 2673 42352
Cerreto Sannita BN 16 3940 46292
San Lupo BN 16 801 47093
Casalduni BN 16 1378 48471
Colle d'Anchise CB 17 807 49278
Jelsi CB 17 1781 51059
Campobasso CB 17 49431 100490
Riccia CB 17 5262 105752
Guardia Sanframondi BN 17 5078 110830
San Lorenzello BN 18 2227 113057
San Lorenzo Maggiore BN 18 2154 115211
Bojano CB 18 8058 123269
Campodipietra CB 18 2570 125839
Reino BN 18 1210 127049
Busso CB 19 1273 128322
Fragneto l'Abate BN 20 1049 129371
Fragneto Monforte BN 20 1840 131211

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
46 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
67 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
93 Km N 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 2.1 1997-05-01
20:47:15
41.407 14.663 12 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 267049
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-05-01 20:47:15 ± 0.336
Latitude 41.4070 ± 0.0204
Longitude 14.6630 ± 0.0262
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 267049

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) 3152.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 161
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00032
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00324
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 267049
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:12:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.RMI2.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:29.61 10.0 undecidable manual SG 242 0.333 1.13 0.1
--.MRB1.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:29.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 141 0.3552 -0.12 0.7
--.CPI2.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:27.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 304 0.3108 0.14 0.7
--.PSB1.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:24.63 10.0 undecidable manual SG 148 0.2109 0.07 0.9
--.MRB1.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:24.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 141 0.3552 0.7 0.7
--.VTB1.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:24.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 186 0.222 -0.82 0.3
--.RMI2.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:23.39 10.0 undecidable manual PG 242 0.333 0.31 1.6
--.CPI2.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:22.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 304 0.3108 -0.53 1.2
--.VTB1.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:20.23 10.0 undecidable manual PG 186 0.222 -0.78 0.7
--.PSB1.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:20.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 148 0.2109 0.01 2.2
--.SMB1.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:20.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 106 0.0333 0.07 0.9
--.SMB1.Z. 1997-05-01T20:47:18.25 10.0 undecidable manual PG 106 0.0333 0.08 2.2
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