Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 07-10-1997 and time 22:42:56 (Italy) in region 2 km N Castelsantangelo sul Nera (MC)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Castelsantangelo sul Nera (MC), on

  • 07-10-1997 20:42:56 (UTC)
  • 07-10-1997 22:42:56 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9160, 13.1590 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
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 2 281 281
Ussita MC 4 444 725
Visso MC 6 1107 1832
Bolognola MC 10 142 1974
Preci PG 11 724 2698
Acquacanina MC 13 121 2819
Fiastra MC 13 559 3378
Montemonaco AP 14 604 3982
Norcia PG 15 4957 8939
Fiordimonte MC 15 202 9141
Montefortino FM 15 1178 10319
Monte Cavallo MC 16 145 10464
Montegallo AP 16 523 10987
Pieve Torina MC 17 1458 12445
Pievebovigliana MC 17 866 13311
Sarnano MC 18 3264 16575
Amandola FM 18 3629 20204
Sellano PG 19 1079 21283
Arquata del Tronto AP 20 1178 22461

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
53 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
66 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
100 Km NW of Pescara (121014 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.7
1997-10-07
20:42:56
42.916 13.159 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 292689
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-07 20:42:56 ± 0.27
Latitude 42.9160 ± 0.0085
Longitude 13.1590 ± 0.0203
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 292689

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) 1906.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 228
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00356
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00737
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 292689
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:35:30

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 292689
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. 1997-10-07T20:43:20.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 213 0.6327 0.39 0.5
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-07T20:43:18.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG 344 0.5994 -0.2 0.6
--.FB9.Z. 1997-10-07T20:43:13.98 10.0 undecidable manual PG 340 0.8214 0.74 0.4
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-07T20:43:11.67 10.0 undecidable manual SG 291 0.3996 -0.07 0.8
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-07T20:43:09.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 213 0.6327 -0.26 1.5
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-07T20:43:08.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 344 0.5994 -0.34 1.2
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-07T20:43:05.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 291 0.3996 0.1 2
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