Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 20-10-1997 and time 20:35:39 (Italy) in region 8 km SW Serravalle di Chienti (MC)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 8 km SW Serravalle di Chienti (MC), on

  • 20-10-1997 18:35:39 (UTC)
  • 20-10-1997 20:35:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0150, 12.8870 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
Serravalle di Chienti MC 8 1070 1070
Monte Cavallo MC 10 145 1215
Valtopina PG 12 1398 2613
Nocera Umbra PG 13 5839 8452
Pieve Torina MC 14 1458 9910
Sellano PG 14 1079 10989
Muccia MC 15 915 11904
Sefro MC 16 422 12326
Foligno PG 16 57155 69481
Fiordimonte MC 17 202 69683
Pievebovigliana MC 17 866 70549
Spello PG 18 8645 79194
Trevi PG 19 8469 87663
Visso MC 19 1107 88770
Preci PG 20 724 89494
Fiuminata MC 20 1402 90896
Camerino MC 20 6974 97870
Pioraco MC 20 1134 99004

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
54 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
85 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
93 Km S of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
100 Km S of Pesaro (94582 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.5
1997-10-20
18:35:39
43.015 12.887 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 304079
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-20 18:35:39 ± 0.364
Latitude 43.0150 ± 0.0155
Longitude 12.8870 ± 0.0285
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 304079

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) 2893.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 188
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) 0.00154
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00607
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 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 304079
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:45:33

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 304079
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. 1997-10-20T18:36:03.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 353 0.6771 -0.88 0.2
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-20T18:36:01.89 10.0 undecidable manual SG 193 0.6438 -0.92 0.2
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-20T18:35:56.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 4 0.4773 -0.7 0.3
--.FB9.Z. 1997-10-20T18:35:53.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 353 0.6771 -0.42 1.2
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-20T18:35:52.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 193 0.6438 0.11 1.6
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-20T18:35:50.77 10.0 undecidable manual PG 4 0.4773 0.98 0.4
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-20T18:35:45.85 10.0 undecidable manual SG 285 0.1665 -0.36 0.6
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-20T18:35:43.47 10.0 negative manual PG 285 0.1665 0.25 3.4
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