Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 03-07-1997 and time 04:49:12 (Italy) in region 9 km NW Montefranco (TR)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 9 km NW Montefranco (TR), on

  • 03-07-1997 02:49:12 (UTC)
  • 03-07-1997 04:49:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.6450, 12.6790 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
Montefranco TR 9 1276 1276
Ferentillo TR 10 1913 3189
Terni TR 10 111501 114690
Arrone TR 10 2763 117453
Spoleto PG 11 38218 155671
San Gemini TR 11 5018 160689
Acquasparta TR 12 4778 165467
Scheggino PG 15 461 165928
Polino TR 15 233 166161
Montecastrilli TR 16 5022 171183
Sant'Anatolia di Narco PG 16 564 171747
Stroncone TR 16 4917 176664
Labro RI 17 374 177038
Colli sul Velino RI 18 533 177571
Morro Reatino RI 18 373 177944
Narni TR 19 19785 197729
Massa Martana PG 19 3770 201499
Castel Ritaldi PG 20 3278 204777

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
10 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
35 Km S of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
53 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
57 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
67 Km W of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Civitavecchia (52991 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 2.4 1997-07-03
02:49:12
42.645 12.679 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 272599
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-07-03 02:49:12 ± 0.393
Latitude 42.6450 ± 0.0148
Longitude 12.6790 ± 0.0413
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 272599

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) 3755.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 192
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) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00227
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01125
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 272599
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:17:37
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SDI.Z. 1997-07-03T02:49:54.47 10.0 undecidable manual SN 137 1.2543 0.54 0.4
--.SDI.Z. 1997-07-03T02:49:36.45 10.0 undecidable manual PN 137 1.2543 0.14 1.5
--.AQU.Z. 1997-07-03T02:49:34.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 118 0.5994 -0.13 0.8
--.ARV.Z. 1997-07-03T02:49:30.18 10.0 undecidable manual PG 12 0.8769 0.08 1.9
--.PQ9.Z. 1997-07-03T02:49:29.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 139 0.8214 0.75 1.1
--.AQU.Z. 1997-07-03T02:49:23.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 118 0.5994 -1.43 0.6
--.MNS.Z. 1997-07-03T02:49:22.79 10.0 undecidable manual SG 179 0.2553 0.38 0.8
--.MNS.Z. 1997-07-03T02:49:17.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 179 0.2553 -0.95 0.9
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