Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 24-10-1997 and time 02:38:42 (Italy) in region 5 km NW Sellano (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NW Sellano (PG), on

  • 24-10-1997 00:38:42 (UTC)
  • 24-10-1997 02:38:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9160, 12.8790 at 17 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 5 1079 1079
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 11 1075 2154
Trevi PG 11 8469 10623
Monte Cavallo MC 13 145 10768
Campello sul Clitunno PG 13 2442 13210
Preci PG 14 724 13934
Foligno PG 15 57155 71089
Vallo di Nera PG 16 364 71453
Visso MC 17 1107 72560
Serravalle di Chienti MC 18 1070 73630
Montefalco PG 19 5679 79309
Spello PG 19 8645 87954
Valtopina PG 19 1398 89352
Castel Ritaldi PG 20 3278 92630

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
45 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Ancona (100861 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 2.1 1997-10-24
00:38:42
42.916 12.879 17 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 305299
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-10-24 00:38:42 ± 0.179
Latitude 42.9160 ± 0.0049
Longitude 12.8790 ± 0.0156
Depth (km) 17 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 305299

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) 1382.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 116
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00170
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00526
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 305299
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:46:38
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-24T00:39:02.99 10.0 undecidable manual SG 4 0.5883 0.04 0.7
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-24T00:39:01.85 10.0 undecidable manual SG 195 0.5439 0.02 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1997-10-24T00:38:54.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 4 0.5883 -0.11 1.6
--.MNS.Z. 1997-10-24T00:38:53.47 10.0 undecidable manual PG 195 0.5439 -0.03 1.8
--.NRCA.Z. 1997-10-24T00:38:51.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 115 0.1887 0.21 0.6
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-24T00:38:51.15 10.0 undecidable manual SG 311 0.2109 -0.52 0.1
--.ASS.Z. 1997-10-24T00:38:48.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 311 0.2109 0.39 0.6
--.NRCA.Z. 1997-10-24T00:38:47.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 115 0.1887 -0.13 1.9
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