Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.8 on date 26-09-1997 and time 12:59:12 (UTC) in region 3 km E Castel Ritaldi (PG)

A magnitude Md 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Castel Ritaldi (PG), on

  • 26-09-1997 12:59:12 (UTC)
  • 26-09-1997 14:59:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.8190, 12.7050 at 7 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
Castel Ritaldi PG 3 3278 3278
Campello sul Clitunno PG 6 2442 5720
Trevi PG 8 8469 14189
Montefalco PG 9 5679 19868
Spoleto PG 10 38218 58086
Giano dell'Umbria PG 11 3846 61932
Vallo di Nera PG 14 364 62296
Sant'Anatolia di Narco PG 14 564 62860
Bevagna PG 15 5081 67941
Foligno PG 15 57155 125096
Massa Martana PG 16 3770 128866
Scheggino PG 16 461 129327
Gualdo Cattaneo PG 16 6155 135482
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 17 1075 136557
Acquasparta TR 19 4778 141335
Spello PG 20 8645 149980
Sellano PG 20 1079 151059

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km S of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
41 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 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
Md 1.8
ML-VAX 2.0
1997-09-26
12:59:12
42.819 12.705 7 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 279669
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-26 12:59:12 ± 0.41
Latitude 42.8190 ± 0.0110
Longitude 12.7050 ± 0.0493
Depth (km) 7 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 279669

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) 4201.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 148
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.01238
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 279669
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:24:04

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 279669
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
--.SDI.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:55.25 10.0 undecidable manual SN 143 1.3764 -0.97 0.3
--.SFI.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:52.72 10.0 undecidable manual SN 330 1.2543 -0.46 0.6
--.FB9.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:41.63 10.0 undecidable manual SG 3 0.8769 -1.04 0.3
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:37.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 14 0.6882 0.55 0.7
--.SDI.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:37.66 10.0 undecidable manual PN 143 1.3764 0.09 1.7
--.SFI.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:36.56 10.0 undecidable manual PN 330 1.2543 0.75 1.1
--.FB9.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:30.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 3 0.8769 0.29 2.1
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:29.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 182 0.4329 0.62 0.6
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:27.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG 14 0.6882 0.68 1.5
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:22.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 350 0.2442 0.16 0.9
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:21.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 182 0.4329 -0.61 1.6
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-26T12:59:16.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 350 0.2442 -1.21 0.5
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