Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 15-08-1997 and time 10:21:44 (UTC) in region 7 km N Finale Emilia (MO)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 7 km N Finale Emilia (MO), on

  • 15-08-1997 10:21:44 (UTC)
  • 15-08-1997 12:21:44 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.8950, 11.3000 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
Finale Emilia MO 7 15699 15699
Bondeno FE 10 14655 30354
Felonica MN 11 1359 31713
Calto RO 12 743 32456
Ficarolo RO 12 2438 34894
Sermide MN 12 6189 41083
Sant'Agostino FE 13 6853 47936
Castelmassa RO 14 4252 52188
San Felice sul Panaro MO 14 10900 63088
Salara RO 14 1160 64248
Ceneselli RO 14 1719 65967
Castelnovo Bariano RO 15 2762 68729
Mirabello FE 15 3266 71995
Magnacavallo MN 15 1561 73556
Gaiba RO 16 1063 74619
Carbonara di Po MN 17 1297 75916
Vigarano Mainarda FE 17 7694 83610
Poggio Rusco MN 17 6625 90235
Camposanto MO 17 3201 93436
Mirandola MO 18 23875 117311
Cento FE 19 35686 152997
Villa Poma MN 19 2023 155020
Medolla MO 19 6308 161328
Borgofranco sul Po MN 19 784 162112
Bergantino RO 19 2565 164677
San Giovanni del Dosso MN 19 1248 165925
Trecenta RO 20 2805 168730
Galliera BO 20 5439 174169
Stienta RO 20 3253 177422
Pieve di Cento BO 20 7019 184441

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
35 Km E of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
40 Km NE of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
43 Km W of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
45 Km N of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
65 Km SE of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
69 Km NW of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Padova (210401 inhabitants)
75 Km S of Vicenza (112953 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
82 Km NW of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
95 Km NW of Forlì (117913 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 2.5 1997-08-15
10:21:44
44.895 11.3 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 275659
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-08-15 10:21:44 ± 1.014
Latitude 44.8950 ± 0.0215
Longitude 11.3000 ± 0.0521
Depth (km) 10 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 275659

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) 4751.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 122
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.00664
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01789
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 275659
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:20:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.FVI.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:44.80 10.0 undecidable manual SN 30 1.9869 1.54 0.2
--.BR9.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:34.92 10.0 undecidable manual SN 337 1.6983 -0.96 0.5
--.VVI.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:26.90 10.0 undecidable manual SN 35 1.3431 -1.15 0.5
--.PII.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:25.56 10.0 undecidable manual SN 205 1.2987 -0.57 0.7
--.FVI.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:20.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 30 1.9869 1.91 0.3
--.SFI.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:20.82 10.0 undecidable manual SN 157 1.0656 0.23 0.8
--.BDI.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:19.79 10.0 undecidable manual SG 210 0.9657 1.93 0.2
--.BR9.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:14.30 10.0 undecidable manual PN 337 1.6983 -0.23 1.8
--.GU9.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:10.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 222 0.7326 -0.46 0.8
--.PII.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:09.43 10.0 undecidable manual PN 205 1.2987 0.8 1.6
--.VVI.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:08.17 10.0 undecidable manual PN 35 1.3431 -1.1 1.2
--.SFI.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:04.31 10.0 undecidable manual PN 157 1.0656 -1.12 1.2
--.BDI.Z. 1997-08-15T10:22:03.66 10.0 undecidable manual PG 210 0.9657 -0.19 2.1
--.GU9.Z. 1997-08-15T10:21:59.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 222 0.7326 -0.3 2.1
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