Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 12-08-1997 and time 13:33:54 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Brognaturo (VV)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Brognaturo (VV), on

  • 12-08-1997 11:33:54 (UTC)
  • 12-08-1997 13:33:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5930, 16.3580 at 5 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
Brognaturo VV 2 735 735
Spadola VV 2 825 1560
Simbario VV 3 966 2526
Serra San Bruno VV 3 6734 9260
Cardinale CZ 6 2188 11448
Torre di Ruggiero CZ 7 1033 12481
Vallelonga VV 8 706 13187
Mongiana VV 9 740 13927
Pizzoni VV 10 1143 15070
San Nicola da Crissa VV 10 1335 16405
Vazzano VV 11 1067 17472
Sorianello VV 11 1176 18648
Soriano Calabro VV 11 2421 21069
Chiaravalle Centrale CZ 11 5759 26828
Gerocarne VV 12 2248 29076
Argusto CZ 12 522 29598
San Sostene CZ 12 1370 30968
Capistrano VV 13 1042 32010
Davoli CZ 13 5607 37617
Fabrizia VV 13 2195 39812
Arena VV 13 1456 41268
Nardodipace VV 13 1305 42573
Gagliato CZ 13 505 43078
Satriano CZ 14 3448 46526
San Vito sullo Ionio CZ 14 1811 48337
Isca sullo Ionio CZ 14 1633 49970
Dasà VV 14 1208 51178
Cenadi CZ 15 563 51741
Filogaso VV 15 1417 53158
Bivongi RC 15 1398 54556
Badolato CZ 15 3085 57641
Pazzano RC 15 568 58209
Acquaro VV 15 2484 60693
Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio CZ 15 1937 62630
Monterosso Calabro VV 15 1729 64359
Santa Caterina dello Ionio CZ 16 2175 66534
Petrizzi CZ 16 1131 67665
Olivadi CZ 16 529 68194
Guardavalle CZ 16 4560 72754
Stilo RC 16 2622 75376
Centrache CZ 17 401 75777
Polia VV 18 1023 76800
Montepaone CZ 19 5282 82082
Palermiti CZ 19 1213 83295
Maierato VV 19 2188 85483
Dinami VV 20 2168 87651
Soverato CZ 20 9204 96855

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
43 Km S of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
78 Km S of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Crotone (62178 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 2.3 1997-08-12
11:33:54
38.593 16.358 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 275409
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-08-12 11:33:54 ± 0.421
Latitude 38.5930 ± 0.0229
Longitude 16.3580 ± 0.0635
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 275409

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) 6073.9
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 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00210
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01732
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 275409
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:20:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.GIB.Z. 1997-08-12T11:34:52.80 10.0 undecidable manual SN 252 1.9203 -0.28 0.5
--.PZI.Z. 1997-08-12T11:34:29.45 10.0 undecidable manual PN 216 1.8981 1.82 0.2
--.GIB.Z. 1997-08-12T11:34:28.34 10.0 undecidable manual PN 252 1.9203 0.33 1.5
--.MEU.Z. 1997-08-12T11:34:27.40 10.0 undecidable manual PN 219 1.9092 -0.39 1.1
--.AU9.Z. 1997-08-12T11:34:24.22 10.0 undecidable manual PN 214 1.6095 0.54 1.6
--.MNO.Z. 1997-08-12T11:34:21.47 10.0 undecidable manual PN 243 1.4541 -0.18 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1997-08-12T11:34:15.65 10.0 undecidable manual SG 204 0.5661 -0.28 0.6
--.SOI.Z. 1997-08-12T11:34:06.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 204 0.5661 -0.3 1.5
--.GRI.Z. 1997-08-12T11:34:04.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 11 0.2331 0.77 0.5
--.GRI.Z. 1997-08-12T11:33:59.17 10.0 undecidable manual PG 11 0.2331 -0.87 0.9
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