Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 23-09-1997 and time 05:25:58 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Pescopagano (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Pescopagano (PZ), on

  • 23-09-1997 03:25:58 (UTC)
  • 23-09-1997 05:25:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8300, 15.4050 at 22 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
Pescopagano PZ 1 1910 1910
Sant'Andrea di Conza AV 3 1539 3449
Castelgrande PZ 5 943 4392
Conza della Campania AV 7 1373 5765
Castelnuovo di Conza SA 7 619 6384
Santomenna SA 8 443 6827
Cairano AV 8 326 7153
Rapone PZ 8 990 8143
Calitri AV 9 4666 12809
Laviano SA 10 1438 14247
Muro Lucano PZ 11 5497 19744
San Fele PZ 11 3004 22748
Ruvo del Monte PZ 12 1083 23831
Teora AV 13 1537 25368
Andretta AV 13 1927 27295
Bella PZ 14 5171 32466
Colliano SA 15 3638 36104
Valva SA 15 1643 37747
Caposele AV 15 3483 41230
Calabritto AV 16 2391 43621
Morra De Sanctis AV 17 1297 44918
Aquilonia AV 18 1739 46657
Lioni AV 19 6201 52858
Ricigliano SA 19 1144 54002
San Gregorio Magno SA 19 4286 58288
Senerchia AV 19 842 59130

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km NW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
43 Km NE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
52 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
62 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
64 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
71 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
75 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
95 Km S of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.0 1997-09-23
03:25:58
40.83 15.405 22 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 278369
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-23 03:25:58 ± 0.833
Latitude 40.8300 ± 0.0254
Longitude 15.4050 ± 0.0438
Depth (km) 22 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 278369

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) 4644.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 115
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00065
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00259
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 278369
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:22:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CI9.Z. 1997-09-23T03:26:10.15 10.0 undecidable manual SG 276 0.2886 -0.76 0.2
--.CA9.Z. 1997-09-23T03:26:07.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 21 0.0666 0.95 0.1
--.MU9.Z. 1997-09-23T03:26:06.36 10.0 undecidable manual SG 136 0.0888 -0.02 0.9
--.CI9.Z. 1997-09-23T03:26:06.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 276 0.2886 0.39 1.2
--.SGO.Z. 1997-09-23T03:26:05.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 195 0.2775 0.26 1.5
--.CA9.Z. 1997-09-23T03:26:02.65 10.0 undecidable manual PG 21 0.0666 -0.37 1.6
--.MU9.Z. 1997-09-23T03:26:02.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 136 0.0888 -0.38 1.6
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