Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 06-09-1997 and time 15:17:34 (UTC) in region 2 km N San Piero Patti (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N San Piero Patti (ME), on

  • 06-09-1997 15:17:34 (UTC)
  • 06-09-1997 17:17:34 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0650, 14.9620 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
San Piero Patti ME 2 2915 2915
Librizzi ME 4 1660 4575
Raccuja ME 5 1041 5616
Montalbano Elicona ME 6 2287 7903
Ucria ME 7 1058 8961
Montagnareale ME 8 1615 10576
Patti ME 8 13431 24007
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 9 3090 27097
Basicò ME 9 612 27709
Floresta ME 10 485 28194
Sinagra ME 10 2705 30899
Oliveri ME 11 2181 33080
Falcone ME 12 2808 35888
Tripi ME 12 873 36761
Tortorici ME 13 6435 43196
Ficarra ME 13 1469 44665
Gioiosa Marea ME 13 7074 51739
Castell'Umberto ME 14 3128 54867
Piraino ME 14 3962 58829
Furnari ME 15 3784 62613
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 63279
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 16 1531 64810
Brolo ME 16 5783 70593
Novara di Sicilia ME 16 1337 71930
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 16 1319 73249
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 74229
Naso ME 17 3813 78042
Galati Mamertino ME 17 2627 80669
Malvagna ME 18 733 81402
Mirto ME 18 974 82376
Longi ME 19 1473 83849
Rodì Milici ME 19 2056 85905
Frazzanò ME 19 711 86616
Terme Vigliatore ME 19 7395 94011
Moio Alcantara ME 20 717 94728

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
53 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.2
ML-VAX 1.7
1997-09-06
15:17:34
38.065 14.962 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 277139
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-06 15:17:34 ± 0.371
Latitude 38.0650 ± 0.0407
Longitude 14.9620 ± 0.0266
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 277139

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) 5089.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 176
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00219
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00858
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 277139
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:21:49

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 277139
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
--.CS9.Z. 1997-09-06T15:17:58.37 10.0 undecidable manual SG 259 0.7104 -0.93 0.3
--.MEU.Z. 1997-09-06T15:17:53.44 10.0 undecidable manual PG 186 0.9546 0.07 1.6
--.ATN.Z. 1997-09-06T15:17:49.93 10.0 undecidable manual SG 76 0.3996 0.54 0.8
--.CS9.Z. 1997-09-06T15:17:49.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 259 0.7104 1.01 0.9
--.MNO.Z. 1997-09-06T15:17:45.46 10.0 undecidable manual SG 237 0.2442 1.07 0.3
--.ATN.Z. 1997-09-06T15:17:42.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 76 0.3996 -0.27 2.1
--.MNO.Z. 1997-09-06T15:17:39.19 10.0 undecidable manual PG 237 0.2442 -1.02 0.9
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