Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 29-08-1997 and time 19:46:27 (UTC) in region 4 km S Villavallelonga (AQ)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Villavallelonga (AQ), on

  • 29-08-1997 19:46:27 (UTC)
  • 29-08-1997 21:46:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.8330, 13.6310 at 10 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
Villavallelonga AQ 4 919 919
Balsorano AQ 6 3569 4488
Collelongo AQ 7 1233 5721
San Vincenzo Valle Roveto AQ 9 2347 8068
Pescosolido FR 9 1555 9623
Campoli Appennino FR 11 1725 11348
Lecce nei Marsi AQ 12 1702 13050
Sora FR 13 26144 39194
Pescasseroli AQ 13 2203 41397
Ortucchio AQ 14 1860 43257
Broccostella FR 14 2741 45998
Civita d'Antino AQ 14 979 46977
Bisegna AQ 15 223 47200
Gioia dei Marsi AQ 15 1989 49189
Morino AQ 15 1448 50637
Trasacco AQ 16 6246 56883
Posta Fibreno FR 16 1139 58022
Opi AQ 18 420 58442
Isola del Liri FR 18 11715 70157
Castelliri FR 18 3454 73611
Vicalvi FR 18 783 74394
Fontechiari FR 18 1303 75697
Alvito FR 19 2713 78410
Civitella Roveto AQ 19 3268 81678
San Benedetto dei Marsi AQ 19 3909 85587
Luco dei Marsi AQ 20 6079 91666

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
61 Km SE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Latina (125985 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Aprilia (73446 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
92 Km S of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Anzio (54211 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Pomezia (62966 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.5
1997-08-29
19:46:27
41.833 13.631 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 276479
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-08-29 19:46:27 ± 0.07
Latitude 41.8330 ± 0.0126
Longitude 13.6310 ± 0.0186
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 276479

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) 2080.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 175
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00801
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 276479
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:21:13

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 276479
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
--.MNS.Z. 1997-08-29T19:46:45.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 308 0.888 0.14 0.7
--.PLI2.Z. 1997-08-29T19:46:43.63 10.0 undecidable manual SG 133 0.4329 -0.11 0.5
--.AQU.Z. 1997-08-29T19:46:39.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 342 0.5439 0 1.6
--.PQ9.Z. 1997-08-29T19:46:37.85 10.0 undecidable manual SG 318 0.2553 0 0.8
--.PLI2.Z. 1997-08-29T19:46:36.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 133 0.4329 -0.15 1.1
--.SDI.Z. 1997-08-29T19:46:35.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 132 0.1776 0.38 0
--.PQ9.Z. 1997-08-29T19:46:33.46 10.0 undecidable manual PG 318 0.2553 -0.12 1.4
--.SDI.Z. 1997-08-29T19:46:32.17 10.0 undecidable manual PG 132 0.1776 -0.05 1.8
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