Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 31-03-2012 and time 14:31:12 (Italy) in region 5 km W Sovicille (SI)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Sovicille (SI), on

  • 31-03-2012 12:31:12 (UTC)
  • 31-03-2012 14:31:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.3020, 11.1760 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
Sovicille SI 5 10116 10116
Monteriggioni SI 11 9810 19926
Casole d'Elsa SI 12 3897 23823
Radicondoli SI 12 914 24737
Siena SI 13 53903 78640
Colle di Val d'Elsa SI 14 21620 100260
Chiusdino SI 18 1903 102163
Monticiano SI 18 1571 103734
Poggibonsi SI 19 29196 132930

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km W of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
51 Km S of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
53 Km S of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Grosseto (82087 inhabitants)
65 Km S of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
73 Km S of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
75 Km E of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
78 Km SE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
81 Km SE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Viareggio (62467 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 1.5
ML 0.6
2012-03-31
12:31:12
43.302 11.176 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1354869
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-03-31 12:31:12 ± 0.14
Latitude 43.3020 ± 0.0090
Longitude 11.1760 ± 0.0210
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1354869

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1895
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 579
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 295
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1972.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 163
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.27339
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1354869
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 03:03:30

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1354869
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 03:03:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NRCA.HHN. 2012-03-31T12:31:23.34 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.TRIF.HHE. 2012-03-31T12:31:22.70 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 227 30.3474 -0.388 45
IV.BOB.HHN. 2012-03-31T12:31:21.56 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CSNT.HHN. 2012-03-31T12:31:20.00 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 26 21.0678 0.077 49
IV.TRIF.HHE. 2012-03-31T12:31:18.98 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 227 30.3474 0.406 67
IV.FROS.HHN. 2012-03-31T12:31:16.35 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 189 10.3785 -0.056 75
IV.CSNT.HHN. 2012-03-31T12:31:16.57 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 26 21.0678 -0.178 71
IV.FROS.HHN. 2012-03-31T12:31:14.75 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 189 10.3785 0.032 100
IV.ORI.HHE. 2012-03-31T12:30:55.84 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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