Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 13-10-1997 and time 15:56:18 (UTC) in region 9 km NE Perugia (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 9 km NE Perugia (PG), on

  • 13-10-1997 15:56:18 (UTC)
  • 13-10-1997 17:56:18 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.1680, 12.4690 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
Perugia PG 9 166134 166134
Valfabbrica PG 11 3389 169523
Bastia Umbra PG 13 21874 191397
Corciano PG 15 21332 212729
Assisi PG 16 28299 241028
Torgiano PG 16 6725 247753
Bettona PG 17 4367 252120
Umbertide PG 19 16681 268801

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km NE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
30 Km NW of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
58 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
100 Km S of Rimini (147750 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
ML-VAX 1.6
1997-10-13
15:56:18
43.168 12.469 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 297909
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-13 15:56:18 ± 0.361
Latitude 43.1680 ± 0.0090
Longitude 12.4690 ± 0.0324
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 297909

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) 2814.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 214
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) 0.00146
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00712
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 297909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:40:06

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 297909
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. 1997-10-13T15:56:40.22 10.0 undecidable manual SG 23 0.5661 0.26 0.5
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-13T15:56:36.36 10.0 undecidable manual SG 46 0.4773 -0.66 0.1
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-13T15:56:34.85 10.0 undecidable manual PG 168 0.7881 -0.41 0.7
--.FB9.Z. 1997-10-13T15:56:31.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 23 0.5661 0.32 1.1
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-13T15:56:29.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 46 0.4773 -0.28 1.4
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-13T15:56:25.36 10.0 undecidable manual SG 128 0.1665 -0.23 0.6
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-13T15:56:23.40 10.0 positive manual PG 128 0.1665 0.31 2.6
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