Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 26-09-1997 and time 18:29:21 (Italy) in region 7 km E Valtopina (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Valtopina (PG), on

  • 26-09-1997 16:29:21 (UTC)
  • 26-09-1997 18:29:21 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0460, 12.8410 at 10 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 7 1398 1398
Nocera Umbra PG 8 5839 7237
Serravalle di Chienti MC 10 1070 8307
Sefro MC 14 422 8729
Monte Cavallo MC 14 145 8874
Foligno PG 15 57155 66029
Spello PG 15 8645 74674
Pieve Torina MC 17 1458 76132
Muccia MC 17 915 77047
Fiuminata MC 18 1402 78449
Assisi PG 19 28299 106748
Sellano PG 19 1079 107827
Pioraco MC 19 1134 108961

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
37 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
96 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 1997-09-26
16:29:21
43.046 12.841 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 280069
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-26 16:29:21 ± 0.101
Latitude 43.0460 ± 0.0056
Longitude 12.8410 ± 0.0125
Depth (km) 10 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 280069

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) 1190.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00121
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01360
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 280069
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:24:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PQ9.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:58.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 157 1.0989 -0.47 0.1
--.AQU.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:49.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 148 0.7992 -0.11 0.6
--.SDI.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:49.38 10.0 undecidable manual PN 151 1.5096 0.73 0.2
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:45.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 189 0.666 0.21 0.7
--.PQ9.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:43.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 157 1.0989 0.02 1.6
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:38.52 10.0 undecidable manual SG 9 0.4551 0.03 0.8
--.AQU.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:37.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 148 0.7992 0.04 1.9
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:35.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 189 0.666 -0.37 1
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:31.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 9 0.4551 -0.14 1.7
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:27.97 10.0 undecidable manual SG 276 0.1332 -0.24 0.7
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-26T16:29:25.73 10.0 undecidable manual PG 276 0.1332 0.22 1.6
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