Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 15-07-1997 and time 08:42:43 (UTC) in region 5 km SE Carpaneto Piacentino (PC)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Carpaneto Piacentino (PC), on

  • 15-07-1997 08:42:43 (UTC)
  • 15-07-1997 10:42:43 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.8930, 9.8370 at 10 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
Carpaneto Piacentino PC 5 7715 7715
Castell'Arquato PC 5 4713 12428
Fiorenzuola d'Arda PC 7 15297 27725
Lugagnano Val d'Arda PC 8 4116 31841
Cadeo PC 8 6118 37959
Alseno PC 10 4714 42673
Vernasca PC 10 2131 44804
San Giorgio Piacentino PC 10 5792 50596
Gropparello PC 11 2293 52889
Pontenure PC 13 6512 59401
Vigolzone PC 13 4297 63698
Podenzano PC 14 9167 72865
Cortemaggiore PC 14 4644 77509
Besenzone PC 14 978 78487
Salsomaggiore Terme PR 14 19831 98318
Ponte dell'Olio PC 16 4794 103112
San Pietro in Cerro PC 17 878 103990
Caorso PC 18 4749 108739
Fidenza PR 18 26770 135509
Rivergaro PC 19 7005 142514
Busseto PR 19 7054 149568
Pellegrino Parmense PR 19 1048 150616
Bore PR 20 749 151365
Villanova sull'Arda PC 20 1811 153176

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km SE of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
31 Km SW of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
62 Km SE of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
82 Km SE of Milano (1345851 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
85 Km SE of Sesto San Giovanni (81608 inhabitants)
87 Km N of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
89 Km SE of Cinisello Balsamo (75078 inhabitants)
89 Km SE of Monza (122671 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Vigevano (63310 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Bergamo (119381 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Rho (50434 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Massa (69479 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.9
1997-07-15
08:42:43
44.893 9.837 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 273369
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-07-15 08:42:43 ± 0.361
Latitude 44.8930 ± 0.0277
Longitude 9.8370 ± 0.0244
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 273369

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) 3635.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 127
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) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00267
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01457
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 273369
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:18:20

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 273369
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
--.BR9.Z. 1997-07-15T08:43:32.15 10.0 undecidable manual SN 12 1.6206 -0.8 0.3
--.BDI.Z. 1997-07-15T08:43:17.86 10.0 undecidable manual SG 146 0.9879 0.29 0.5
--.BR9.Z. 1997-07-15T08:43:10.96 10.0 undecidable manual PN 12 1.6206 -1.23 0.3
--.ZC9.Z. 1997-07-15T08:43:03.50 10.0 negative manual PG 123 0.9657 0.5 2.3
--.SAL.Z. 1997-07-15T08:43:02.23 10.0 undecidable manual PG 33 0.8547 1.31 0.4
--.BDI.Z. 1997-07-15T08:43:01.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 146 0.9879 -1.33 0.4
--.EB9.Z. 1997-07-15T08:42:56.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 138 0.6216 -0.12 1.4
--.BOB.Z. 1997-07-15T08:42:55.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 245 0.2997 0.25 0.6
--.BOB.Z. 1997-07-15T08:42:50.77 10.0 negative manual PG 245 0.2997 0.22 2.8
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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