Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 14-10-1997 and time 01:38:53 (Italy) in region 8 km NW Sellano (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 8 km NW Sellano (PG), on

  • 13-10-1997 23:38:53 (UTC)
  • 14-10-1997 01:38:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9610, 12.8930 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
Sellano PG 8 1079 1079
Monte Cavallo MC 10 145 1224
Serravalle di Chienti MC 13 1070 2294
Trevi PG 15 8469 10763
Preci PG 15 724 11487
Foligno PG 15 57155 68642
Valtopina PG 16 1398 70040
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 16 1075 71115
Pieve Torina MC 16 1458 72573
Visso MC 16 1107 73680
Campello sul Clitunno PG 18 2442 76122
Fiordimonte MC 18 202 76324
Spello PG 18 8645 84969
Muccia MC 18 915 85884
Nocera Umbra PG 19 5839 91723
Pievebovigliana MC 19 866 92589

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
44 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
99 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 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 1.8
1997-10-13
23:38:53
42.961 12.893 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 298259
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-13 23:38:53 ± 0.177
Latitude 42.9610 ± 0.0073
Longitude 12.8930 ± 0.0175
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 298259

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) 1636.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00178
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00656
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 298259
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:40:25

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 298259
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. 1997-10-13T23:39:20.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG 353 0.7326 0.11 0.7
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-13T23:39:15.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 195 0.5883 -0.05 0.8
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-13T23:39:14.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 3 0.5328 0.29 0.7
--.AQU.Z. 1997-10-13T23:39:09.43 10.0 undecidable manual PG 148 0.7104 0.74 0.6
--.FB9.Z. 1997-10-13T23:39:08.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 353 0.7326 -0.41 1.3
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-13T23:39:05.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 3 0.5328 -0.32 1.8
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-13T23:39:05.87 10.0 undecidable manual PG 195 0.5883 -0.67 0.8
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-13T23:39:02.11 10.0 undecidable manual SG 299 0.1998 0.27 0.7
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-13T23:38:58.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 299 0.1998 0.38 1.6
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