Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 02-12-1997 and time 13:44:27 (Italy) in region 4 km W Rubiera (RE)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Rubiera (RE), on

  • 02-12-1997 12:44:27 (UTC)
  • 02-12-1997 13:44:27 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.6570, 10.7290 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
Rubiera RE 4 14864 14864
Scandiano RE 7 25483 40347
Casalgrande RE 7 19310 59657
Reggio nell'Emilia RE 9 171345 231002
San Martino in Rio RE 10 8099 239101
Campogalliano MO 10 8845 247946
Albinea RE 11 8860 256806
Bagnolo in Piano RE 13 9712 266518
Formigine MO 13 34323 300841
Correggio RE 14 25897 326738
Sassuolo MO 14 40853 367591
Fiorano Modenese MO 15 17160 384751
Viano RE 15 3374 388125
Vezzano sul Crostolo RE 16 4259 392384
Modena MO 16 184973 577357
Cadelbosco di Sopra RE 16 10628 587985
Castellarano RE 16 15232 603217
Cavriago RE 17 9839 613056
Soliera MO 18 15461 628517
Rio Saliceto RE 18 6213 634730
Maranello MO 18 17359 652089
Carpi MO 19 70699 722788

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km SE of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
16 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
19 Km SW of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
35 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
77 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.5
1997-12-02
12:44:27
44.657 10.729 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 315219
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-12-02 12:44:27 ± 0.38
Latitude 44.6570 ± 0.0226
Longitude 10.7290 ± 0.0295
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 315219

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) 3429.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 187
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.00283
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.02088
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 315219
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:55:34

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 315219
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
--.MCGN.Z. 1997-12-02T12:45:06.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 304 2.3199 0.16 1.1
--.CRE.Z. 1997-12-02T12:44:52.11 10.0 undecidable manual PN 139 1.3431 -0.48 1.2
--.CTI.Z. 1997-12-02T12:44:51.46 10.0 undecidable manual PN! 24 1.5318 -3.54 0
--.BDI.Z. 1997-12-02T12:44:50.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 188 0.5883 1.49 0
--.SFI.Z. 1997-12-02T12:44:49.43 10.0 undecidable manual PN 132 1.0989 0.39 1.5
--.PII.Z. 1997-12-02T12:44:46.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 188 0.9435 0.55 1.3
--.EB9.Z. 1997-12-02T12:44:40.22 10.0 undecidable manual SG 223 0.3219 0.37 0.7
--.BDI.Z. 1997-12-02T12:44:39.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 188 0.5883 -0.87 0.7
--.GU9.Z. 1997-12-02T12:44:38.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 197 0.3108 -0.92 0.3
--.EB9.Z. 1997-12-02T12:44:34.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 223 0.3219 -0.27 1.9
--.GU9.Z. 1997-12-02T12:44:34.43 10.0 undecidable manual PG 197 0.3108 0.07 2.1
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