Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 26-09-1997 and time 03:13:30 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Valtopina (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Valtopina (PG), on

  • 26-09-1997 01:13:30 (UTC)
  • 26-09-1997 03:13:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0430, 12.7810 at 12 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
Valtopina PG 3 1398 1398
Nocera Umbra PG 8 5839 7237
Spello PG 10 8645 15882
Foligno PG 11 57155 73037
Assisi PG 14 28299 101336
Serravalle di Chienti MC 14 1070 102406
Cannara PG 17 4305 106711
Sefro MC 18 422 107133
Bevagna PG 18 5081 112214
Trevi PG 19 8469 120683
Monte Cavallo MC 19 145 120828
Bastia Umbra PG 19 21874 142702
Valfabbrica PG 20 3389 146091
Montefalco PG 20 5679 151770

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
33 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
91 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
92 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
97 Km S of Pesaro (94582 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 2.0
ML-VAX 2.0
1997-09-26
01:13:30
43.043 12.781 12 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 278529
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-26 01:13:30 ± 0.368
Latitude 43.0430 ± 0.0133
Longitude 12.7810 ± 0.0661
Depth (km) 12 ± 9 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 278529

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) 5570.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 131
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00081
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00737
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 278529
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:23:05

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 278529
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
--.AQU.Z. 1997-09-26T01:13:58.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 146 0.8214 -0.19 0.4
--.FB9.Z. 1997-09-26T01:13:53.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 359 0.6438 0.58 0.5
--.AQU.Z. 1997-09-26T01:13:47.95 10.0 undecidable manual PG 146 0.8214 1.52 0.5
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-26T01:13:46.51 10.0 undecidable manual SG 14 0.4662 -0.56 0.6
--.FB9.Z. 1997-09-26T01:13:43.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 359 0.6438 0.61 1.4
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-26T01:13:43.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 186 0.6549 -0.32 1.5
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-26T01:13:39.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 14 0.4662 -0.7 1.3
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-26T01:13:35.99 10.0 undecidable manual SG 281 0.0888 0.52 0.7
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-26T01:13:32.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 281 0.0888 -0.34 2
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