Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 07-08-1997 and time 15:32:00 (UTC) in region 4 km SW Moio Alcantara (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Moio Alcantara (ME), on

  • 07-08-1997 15:32:00 (UTC)
  • 07-08-1997 17:32:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8670, 15.0290 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
Moio Alcantara ME 4 717 717
Malvagna ME 6 733 1450
Randazzo CT 7 10900 12350
Roccella Valdemone ME 8 666 13016
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 8 980 13996
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 9 3215 17211
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 10 3945 21156
Linguaglossa CT 11 5403 26559
Motta Camastra ME 13 845 27404
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 31367
Maletto CT 15 3920 35287
Gaggi ME 17 3184 38471
Sant'Alfio CT 17 1582 40053
Floresta ME 17 485 40538
Graniti ME 18 1492 42030
Montalbano Elicona ME 18 2287 44317
Milo CT 18 1087 45404
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 55027
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 60335
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 61354
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 62691
Mascali CT 19 14282 76973
Bronte CT 19 19172 96145
Maniace CT 19 3765 99910

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
41 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2.0 1997-08-07
15:32:00
37.867 15.029 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 274719
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-08-07 15:32:00 ± 0.387
Latitude 37.8670 ± 0.0364
Longitude 15.0290 ± 0.0233
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 274719

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) 4531.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 151
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) 0.8
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00243
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00745
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 274719
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:19:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 1997-08-07T15:32:29.62 10.0 undecidable manual SG 75 0.8214 -0.13 0.7
--.GIB.Z. 1997-08-07T15:32:28.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 278 0.7881 -0.66 0.6
--.PZI.Z. 1997-08-07T15:32:16.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 184 0.8103 0.13 1.8
--.GIB.Z. 1997-08-07T15:32:15.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 278 0.7881 -1 1.2
--.SOI.Z. 1997-08-07T15:32:15.96 10.0 undecidable manual PG 75 0.8214 -1.27 0.7
--.MO9.Z. 1997-08-07T15:32:13.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 75 0.5439 1.94 0.6
--.MNO.Z. 1997-08-07T15:32:11.92 10.0 undecidable manual SG 283 0.2664 1.19 0.4
--.MNO.Z. 1997-08-07T15:32:06.63 10.0 undecidable manual PG 283 0.2664 0.38 2
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