Earthquake with magnitude of ML-VAX 3.3 on date 02-09-1997 and time 11:29:25 (Italy) in region Mar Ionio Meridionale (MARE)

A magnitude ML-VAX 3.3 earthquake occured in region: Mar Ionio Meridionale (MARE), on

  • 02-09-1997 09:29:25 (UTC)
  • 02-09-1997 11:29:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time
  • 02-09-1997 12:29:25 (UTC +03:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Europe/Athens)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 36.8910, 20.4770 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

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Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 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
ML-VAX 3.3 1997-09-02
09:29:25
36.891 20.477 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 276669
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-02 09:29:25 ± 1.042
Latitude 36.8910 ± 0.0496
Longitude 20.4770 ± 0.0830
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 276669

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) 9210.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 317
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.03748
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.04930
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:3.3

Field Value
Value 3.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 276669
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
--.MU9.Z. 1997-09-02T09:31:46.77 10.0 undecidable manual SN 313 5.4723 0.76 0.5
--.SGO.Z. 1997-09-02T09:31:44.12 10.0 undecidable manual SN 310 5.439 -1.11 0.3
--.MGR.Z. 1997-09-02T09:31:34.43 10.0 undecidable manual SN 308 5.0172 -0.96 0.4
--.MEU.Z. 1997-09-02T09:31:23.75 10.0 undecidable manual SN 271 4.5066 0.73 0.5
--.PZI.Z. 1997-09-02T09:31:21.41 10.0 undecidable manual SN 270 4.4067 0.61 0.6
--.MU9.Z. 1997-09-02T09:30:48.24 10.0 undecidable manual PN 313 5.4723 1.7 0.3
--.SGO.Z. 1997-09-02T09:30:46.36 10.0 undecidable manual PN 310 5.439 0.28 1.9
--.MGR.Z. 1997-09-02T09:30:39.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 308 5.0172 -0.9 0.9
--.MEU.Z. 1997-09-02T09:30:32.93 10.0 undecidable manual PN 271 4.5066 -0.33 1.8
--.PZI.Z. 1997-09-02T09:30:31.58 10.0 undecidable manual PN 270 4.4067 -0.4 1.7
--.ATN.Z. 1997-09-02T09:30:28.82 10.0 undecidable manual PN 286 4.1625 0.25 2
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