Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 27-11-1997 and time 17:47:34 (Italy) in region 4 km NW Norcia (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Norcia (PG), on

  • 27-11-1997 16:47:34 (UTC)
  • 27-11-1997 17:47:34 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.8120, 13.0490 at 18 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
Norcia PG 4 4957 4957
Preci PG 8 724 5681
Cascia PG 11 3217 8898
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 11 1075 9973
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 13 281 10254
Sellano PG 13 1079 11333
Visso MC 14 1107 12440
Poggiodomo PG 14 117 12557
Vallo di Nera PG 16 364 12921
Ussita MC 17 444 13365
Monteleone di Spoleto PG 19 599 13964
Sant'Anatolia di Narco PG 19 564 14528

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
43 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
56 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
59 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
63 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
97 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 2.3 1997-11-27
16:47:34
42.812 13.049 17 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 314229
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-11-27 16:47:34 ± 0.289
Latitude 42.8120 ± 0.0079
Longitude 13.0490 ± 0.0248
Depth (km) 17 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 314229

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) 2205.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 146
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) 0.00040
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00453
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 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 314229
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:54:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1997-11-27T16:47:52.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 212 0.4995 -0.54 0.2
--.SNTG.Z. 1997-11-27T16:47:50.56 10.0 undecidable manual SG 349 0.444 -0.26 0.6
--.ASS.Z. 1997-11-27T16:47:48.42 10.0 undecidable manual SG 310 0.3774 -0.29 0.6
--.MNS.Z. 1997-11-27T16:47:45.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 212 0.4995 0.2 1.6
--.SNTG.Z. 1997-11-27T16:47:43.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 349 0.444 -0.21 1.6
--.ASS.Z. 1997-11-27T16:47:43.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 310 0.3774 0.46 0.7
--.NRCA.Z. 1997-11-27T16:47:40.37 10.0 undecidable manual SG 65 0.0444 0.22 0.7
--.NRCA.Z. 1997-11-27T16:47:37.52 10.0 undecidable manual PG 65 0.0444 -0.13 2.1
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