Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 23-03-1998 and time 08:49:40 (UTC) in region 8 km W Monte Cavallo (MC)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Monte Cavallo (MC), on

  • 23-03-1998 08:49:40 (UTC)
  • 23-03-1998 09:49:40 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9630, 12.9190 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Monte Cavallo MC 8 145 145
Sellano PG 8 1079 1224
Serravalle di Chienti MC 13 1070 2294
Preci PG 14 724 3018
Pieve Torina MC 14 1458 4476
Visso MC 14 1107 5583
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 16 1075 6658
Fiordimonte MC 16 202 6860
Trevi PG 17 8469 15329
Muccia MC 17 915 16244
Valtopina PG 17 1398 17642
Foligno PG 18 57155 74797
Pievebovigliana MC 18 866 75663
Ussita MC 18 444 76107
Campello sul Clitunno PG 20 2442 78549
Nocera Umbra PG 20 5839 84388

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
46 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.7
1998-03-23
08:49:40
42.963 12.919 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 327459
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-03-23 08:49:40 ± 0.148
Latitude 42.9630 ± 0.0070
Longitude 12.9190 ± 0.0166
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 327459

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) 1560.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 129
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00170
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00656
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 327459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:06:56

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 327459
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. 1998-03-23T08:50:07.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 352 0.7326 -0.07 0.6
--.MNS.Z. 1998-03-23T08:50:02.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 197 0.5994 -0.98 0
--.ARV.Z. 1998-03-23T08:50:00.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 2 0.5328 -0.12 0.7
--.FB9.Z. 1998-03-23T08:49:55.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 352 0.7326 -0.33 1
--.MNS.Z. 1998-03-23T08:49:53.68 10.0 undecidable manual PG 197 0.5994 -0.02 1.6
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-03-23T08:49:52.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 3 0.2886 0.24 0.6
--.ARV.Z. 1998-03-23T08:49:51.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 2 0.5328 -0.6 0.5
--.ASS.Z. 1998-03-23T08:49:50.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 297 0.2109 0.64 0.2
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-03-23T08:49:48.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 132 0.1887 0.42 0.4
--.SNTG.Z. 1998-03-23T08:49:47.51 10.0 positive manual PG 3 0.2886 0.09 3.8
--.ASS.Z. 1998-03-23T08:49:46.17 10.0 undecidable manual PG 297 0.2109 0.36 1.3
--.NRCA.Z. 1998-03-23T08:49:45.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 132 0.1887 0.35 1.3
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