Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 20-10-1997 and time 09:46:08 (Italy) in region 2 km E Spello (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E Spello (PG), on

  • 20-10-1997 07:46:08 (UTC)
  • 20-10-1997 09:46:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9880, 12.6930 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
Spello PG 2 8645 8645
Foligno PG 4 57155 65800
Cannara PG 9 4305 70105
Bevagna PG 9 5081 75186
Valtopina PG 10 1398 76584
Montefalco PG 11 5679 82263
Assisi PG 11 28299 110562
Trevi PG 13 8469 119031
Gualdo Cattaneo PG 14 6155 125186
Bastia Umbra PG 15 21874 147060
Nocera Umbra PG 16 5839 152899
Bettona PG 17 4367 157266
Castel Ritaldi PG 18 3278 160544
Giano dell'Umbria PG 19 3846 164390
Campello sul Clitunno PG 20 2442 166832

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km N of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
28 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
48 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
85 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
99 Km S of Fano (60888 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 1997-10-20
07:46:08
42.988 12.693 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 303849
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-20 07:46:08 ± 0.239
Latitude 42.9880 ± 0.0107
Longitude 12.6930 ± 0.0480
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 303849

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) 4083.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 161
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00065
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00631
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 303849
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:45:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-20T07:46:31.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 180 0.5883 -0.05 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-20T07:46:28.57 10.0 undecidable manual SG 19 0.5439 -0.55 0.4
--.FB9.Z. 1997-10-20T07:46:25.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 4 0.6993 1.4 0.3
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-20T07:46:21.65 10.0 undecidable manual PG 180 0.5883 -0.01 1.8
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-20T07:46:20.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 19 0.5439 -0.14 1.7
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-20T07:46:12.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 338 0.0666 0.21 0.8
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-20T07:46:10.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 338 0.0666 -0.51 1.3
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