Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 20-12-1997 and time 16:45:27 (Italy) in region 4 km NE Foligno (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Foligno (PG), on

  • 20-12-1997 15:45:27 (UTC)
  • 20-12-1997 16:45:27 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9880, 12.7260 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
Foligno PG 4 57155 57155
Spello PG 4 8645 65800
Valtopina PG 8 1398 67198
Bevagna PG 11 5081 72279
Cannara PG 12 4305 76584
Montefalco PG 12 5679 82263
Trevi PG 12 8469 90732
Assisi PG 13 28299 119031
Nocera Umbra PG 15 5839 124870
Gualdo Cattaneo PG 16 6155 131025
Bastia Umbra PG 17 21874 152899
Castel Ritaldi PG 19 3278 156177
Campello sul Clitunno PG 19 2442 158619
Bettona PG 20 4367 162986
Sellano PG 20 1079 164065

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km NE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
30 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
48 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
98 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 2.2 1997-12-20
15:45:27
42.988 12.726 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 317469
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-12-20 15:45:27 ± 0.31
Latitude 42.9880 ± 0.0157
Longitude 12.7260 ± 0.0242
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 317469

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) 2628.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 205
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00081
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00631
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 317469
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:57:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.FB9.Z. 1997-12-20T15:45:53.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 2 0.6993 0.09 0.6
--.ARV.Z. 1997-12-20T15:45:47.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 17 0.5328 -0.77 0.1
--.FB9.Z. 1997-12-20T15:45:43.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 2 0.6993 0.63 0.5
--.NRCA.Z. 1997-12-20T15:45:39.62 10.0 undecidable manual SG 118 0.3108 -0.72 0.2
--.ARV.Z. 1997-12-20T15:45:39.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 17 0.5328 -0.05 1.7
--.NRCA.Z. 1997-12-20T15:45:35.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 118 0.3108 0.17 1.9
--.SNTG.Z. 1997-12-20T15:45:34.95 10.0 undecidable manual PG 30 0.3108 0.2 1.8
--.ASS.Z. 1997-12-20T15:45:31.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 324 0.0888 -0.73 0.2
--.ASS.Z. 1997-12-20T15:45:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 324 0.0888 -0.08 2
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