Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 09-10-1997 and time 18:03:20 (Italy) in region 3 km NW Sellano (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Sellano (PG), on

  • 09-10-1997 16:03:20 (UTC)
  • 09-10-1997 18:03:20 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9150, 12.9090 at 5 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
Sellano PG 3 1079 1079
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 11 1075 2154
Preci PG 11 724 2878
Monte Cavallo MC 12 145 3023
Trevi PG 14 8469 11492
Visso MC 15 1107 12599
Campello sul Clitunno PG 15 2442 15041
Vallo di Nera PG 17 364 15405
Foligno PG 17 57155 72560
Serravalle di Chienti MC 18 1070 73630
Pieve Torina MC 19 1458 75088
Ussita MC 19 444 75532

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
45 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
47 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
74 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
93 Km SW of Ancona (100861 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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.6
1997-10-09
16:03:20
42.915 12.909 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 294529
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-09 16:03:20 ± 0.286
Latitude 42.9150 ± 0.0100
Longitude 12.9090 ± 0.0340
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 294529

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) 2985.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 195
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00210
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00704
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 294529
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:37:07

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 294529
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
--.FB9.Z. 1997-10-09T16:03:48.83 10.0 undecidable manual SG 352 0.777 0.57 0.4
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-09T16:03:40.93 10.0 undecidable manual SG 197 0.5439 -0.04 0.9
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-09T16:03:40.82 10.0 undecidable manual SG 2 0.5772 -1.06 0.1
--.FB9.Z. 1997-10-09T16:03:37.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 352 0.777 0.66 0.8
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-09T16:03:32.37 10.0 undecidable manual PG 2 0.5772 -0.38 1.6
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-09T16:03:32.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 197 0.5439 -0.13 2.1
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-09T16:03:28.96 10.0 undecidable manual SG 308 0.2331 -0.64 0.4
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-09T16:03:25.96 10.0 undecidable manual PG 308 0.2331 0.3 1.8
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