Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 27-09-1997 and time 12:46:47 (Italy) in region 8 km SW Serravalle di Chienti (MC)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 8 km SW Serravalle di Chienti (MC), on

  • 27-09-1997 10:46:47 (UTC)
  • 27-09-1997 12:46:47 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0380, 12.8700 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
Serravalle di Chienti MC 8 1070 1070
Valtopina PG 10 1398 2468
Nocera Umbra PG 10 5839 8307
Monte Cavallo MC 12 145 8452
Sefro MC 14 422 8874
Pieve Torina MC 15 1458 10332
Muccia MC 15 915 11247
Foligno PG 16 57155 68402
Spello PG 17 8645 77047
Sellano PG 17 1079 78126
Fiuminata MC 18 1402 79528
Pievebovigliana MC 18 866 80394
Fiordimonte MC 18 202 80596
Pioraco MC 18 1134 81730
Camerino MC 20 6974 88704

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
40 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
88 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
91 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
93 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
97 Km S of Pesaro (94582 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 2.0
ML-VAX 1.8
1997-09-27
10:46:47
43.038 12.87 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 281649
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-27 10:46:47 ± 0.287
Latitude 43.0380 ± 0.0136
Longitude 12.8700 ± 0.0311
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 281649

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) 2945.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 185
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00138
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00793
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 281649
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:25:48

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 281649
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
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-27T10:47:12.11 10.0 undecidable manual SG 191 0.666 0.88 0.2
--.CRE.Z. 1997-09-27T10:47:06.58 10.0 undecidable manual PG 311 0.8769 1.15 0.3
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-27T10:47:04.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 6 0.4551 -0.34 0.6
--.MNS.Z. 1997-09-27T10:47:01.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 191 0.666 -0.35 1.3
--.FB9.Z. 1997-09-27T10:47:01.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 354 0.6549 -0.05 1.7
--.ARV.Z. 1997-09-27T10:46:57.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 6 0.4551 0.06 2
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-27T10:46:54.53 10.0 undecidable manual SG 278 0.1554 -0.45 0.3
--.ASS.Z. 1997-09-27T10:46:51.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 278 0.1554 -0.15 1.7
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