Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 04-10-1997 and time 12:27:29 (UTC) in region Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa), on

  • 04-10-1997 12:27:29 (UTC)
  • 04-10-1997 14:27:29 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.8500, 10.2330 at 5 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
Viareggio LU 3 62467 62467
Massarosa LU 9 22471 84938
Camaiore LU 12 32513 117451
Pietrasanta LU 12 24007 141458
Forte dei Marmi LU 13 7510 148968
Vecchiano PI 15 12189 161157
Seravezza LU 16 13073 174230
Stazzema LU 17 3193 177423
Montignoso MS 19 10323 187746
San Giuliano Terme PI 19 31399 219145
Pescaglia LU 19 3526 222671

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
3 Km SW of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
20 Km NW of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
22 Km W of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
22 Km SE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
28 Km SE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
34 Km N of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
43 Km SE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
56 Km W of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
100 Km SW of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 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 2.3 1997-10-04
12:27:29
43.85 10.233 5 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 289239
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-04 12:27:29 ± 0.231
Latitude 43.8500 ± 0.0087
Longitude 10.2330 ± 0.0173
Depth (km) 5 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 289239

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) 1693.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 207
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00219
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00963
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 289239
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:32:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BOB.Z. 1997-10-04T12:27:51.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG 328 1.0656 0.01 1.1
--.EB9.Z. 1997-10-04T12:27:51.86 10.0 undecidable manual SG 12 0.5772 0.64 0
--.GU9.Z. 1997-10-04T12:27:50.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 27 0.555 -0.22 0.4
--.BDI.Z. 1997-10-04T12:27:42.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 51 0.333 -0.02 0.7
--.GU9.Z. 1997-10-04T12:27:41.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 27 0.555 0 1.6
--.EB9.Z. 1997-10-04T12:27:41.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 12 0.5772 -0.29 0.6
--.PII.Z. 1997-10-04T12:27:39.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 121 0.2442 -0.23 0.4
--.BDI.Z. 1997-10-04T12:27:37.21 10.0 positive manual PG 51 0.333 0.01 3.3
--.PII.Z. 1997-10-04T12:27:35.42 10.0 undecidable manual PG 121 0.2442 0.2 1.1
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