Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 14-03-2012 and time 04:40:43 (Italy) in region W Falerone (FM)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: W Falerone (FM), on

  • 14-03-2012 03:40:43 (UTC)
  • 14-03-2012 04:40:43 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.1090, 13.4730 at 27 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Falerone FM 0 3337 3337
Monte Vidon Corrado FM 2 731 4068
Montappone FM 3 1682 5750
Servigliano FM 3 2336 8086
Massa Fermana FM 5 963 9049
Belmonte Piceno FM 6 646 9695
Montegiorgio FM 6 6851 16546
Sant'Angelo in Pontano MC 6 1436 17982
Penna San Giovanni MC 7 1108 19090
Loro Piceno MC 8 2401 21491
Monsampietro Morico FM 8 659 22150
Monteleone di Fermo FM 8 395 22545
Mogliano MC 9 4696 27241
Monte San Martino MC 9 765 28006
Ripe San Ginesio MC 9 852 28858
Magliano di Tenna FM 10 1452 30310
Santa Vittoria in Matenano FM 10 1330 31640
Grottazzolina FM 11 3398 35038
Montottone FM 11 979 36017
Francavilla d'Ete FM 11 964 36981
Colmurano MC 11 1263 38244
Montelparo FM 11 778 39022
Rapagnano FM 11 2145 41167
Smerillo FM 12 365 41532
Gualdo MC 12 815 42347
Monte Rinaldo FM 13 379 42726
Petriolo MC 13 1998 44724
Urbisaglia MC 13 2628 47352
San Ginesio MC 13 3498 50850
Monte San Pietrangeli FM 13 2458 53308
Monte Giberto FM 13 801 54109
Montefalcone Appennino FM 13 424 54533
Torre San Patrizio FM 14 2048 56581
Ortezzano FM 14 774 57355
Monte Vidon Combatte FM 14 433 57788
Ponzano di Fermo FM 15 1674 59462
Petritoli FM 16 2335 61797
Corridonia MC 16 15430 77227
Sarnano MC 16 3264 80491
Force AP 16 1354 81845
Camporotondo di Fiastrone MC 17 563 82408
Amandola FM 17 3629 86037
Cessapalombo MC 17 512 86549
Montalto delle Marche AP 17 2122 88671
Monte San Giusto MC 17 8191 96862
Comunanza AP 17 3166 100028
Montedinove AP 18 488 100516
Rotella AP 19 906 101422
Tolentino MC 19 20069 121491
Montegranaro FM 19 12990 134481
Carassai AP 19 1100 135581
Monte Urano FM 20 8353 143934

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
53 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
57 Km S of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
84 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
86 Km NW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
94 Km NW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
100 Km SE of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 1.7
ML 1.5 		2012-03-14
03:40:43		 43.109 13.473 27 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1348609
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-03-14 03:40:43 ± 0.88
Latitude 43.1090 ± 0.0423
Longitude 13.4730 ± 0.0554
Depth (km) 27 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1348609

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5149
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2847
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 132
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 6506.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 328
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.68
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11062
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.42808
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1348609
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:54:31

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1348609
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:54:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CESI.HHE. 2012-03-14T03:40:59.76 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 256 47.5191 0.302 66
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2012-03-14T03:40:57.83 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 224 42.2244 -0.346 69
IV.CESI.HHE. 2012-03-14T03:40:53.08 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 256 47.5191 0.398 92
IV.GUMA.HHZ. 2012-03-14T03:40:52.07 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 245 12.2766 -0.195 74
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2012-03-14T03:40:52.19 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 224 42.2244 0.248 97
IV.FDMO.HHE. 2012-03-14T03:40:49.68 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 256 32.2455 -0.939 74
IV.GUMA.HHZ. 2012-03-14T03:40:48.66 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 245 12.2766 0.13 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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