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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 29-12-2013 and time 21:54:49 (UTC) in region 4 km NE Castello del Matese (CE)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Castello del Matese (CE), on

  • 29-12-2013 21:54:49 (UTC)
  • 29-12-2013 22:54:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.3840, 14.4180 at 17 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
Castello del Matese CE 4 1494 1494
San Gregorio Matese CE 4 988 2482
Piedimonte Matese CE 5 11297 13779
San Potito Sannitico CE 5 1925 15704
Cusano Mutri BN 9 4091 19795
Alife CE 9 7616 27411
Gioia Sannitica CE 10 3638 31049
Campochiaro CB 10 646 31695
San Polo Matese CB 11 470 32165
Pietraroja BN 12 545 32710
Guardiaregia CB 12 801 33511
Bojano CB 12 8058 41569
San Massimo CB 12 855 42424
Faicchio BN 13 3634 46058
Sant'Angelo d'Alife CE 13 2270 48328
Roccamandolfi IS 14 938 49266
Valle Agricola CE 14 890 50156
Raviscanina CE 15 1319 51475
Dragoni CE 15 2108 53583
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 16 739 54322
San Lorenzello BN 16 2227 56549
Letino CE 16 712 57261
Cerreto Sannita BN 16 3940 61201
Colle d'Anchise CB 16 807 62008
Baia e Latina CE 17 2197 64205
Alvignano CE 17 4824 69029
Sepino CB 17 1964 70993
San Salvatore Telesino BN 18 3999 74992
Ailano CE 18 1369 76361
Puglianello BN 18 1349 77710
Gallo Matese CE 18 579 78289
Castelpizzuto IS 19 155 78444
Prata Sannita CE 19 1502 79946
Vinchiaturo CB 19 3324 83270
Spinete CB 19 1320 84590
Ruviano CE 19 1655 86245
Santa Maria del Molise IS 19 665 86910
Macchiagodena IS 20 1854 88764
Castelvenere BN 20 2562 91326
Baranello CB 20 2673 93999

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
42 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
49 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
54 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
61 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
66 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
87 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
99 Km NW of Battipaglia (50786 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 1.7
ML 2.0 		2013-12-29
21:54:49		 41.384 14.4178 17 2015-01-20
11:30:48		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 10008921
Reviewed
Rev100 		Md 1.7
ML 2.0 		2013-12-29
21:54:49		 41.3878 14.4097 20 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 5110891
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-12-29 21:54:49 ± 0.12
Latitude 41.3840 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.4178 ± 0.0096
Depth (km) 17 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 10008921

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 899
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 196
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 320
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 900.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 76
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14119
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.62053
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 10008921
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 13:30:26

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 5110891
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-12-29 23:39:41

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 5110891
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-12-29 23:39:41

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 10008921
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-11-24 13:56:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:55:00.11 0.3 undecidable manual S 335 31.6461 106 -0.34 68
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:55:00.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 59 68.8755 96 -0.5 61
IV.PIGN.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:59.37 0.3 undecidable manual S 224 28.4493 109 -0.27 69
IV.MODR.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:59.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 240 52.2033 98 0.36 66
IV.GATE.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:58.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 71 43.3233 100 0.61 62
IV.SACR.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:58.66 0.3 undecidable manual S 86 23.9538 114 0.14 72
IV.TRIV.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:57.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 14 43.8228 100 0 71
IV.CERA.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:57.84 0.6 undecidable manual P 306 40.8258 101 0.73 40
IV.PAOL.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:57.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 162 41.0256 101 -0.12 92
IV.RNI2.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:57.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 328 41.7249 101 0.11 70
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:56.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 283 15.6732 128 0.18 72
IV.PIGN.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:55.21 0.1 undecidable manual P 224 28.4493 109 -0.06 96
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:55.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 335 31.6461 106 -0.39 90
IV.SACR.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:54.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 86 23.9538 114 -0.09 97
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:54.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 39 23.1546 115 0.12 96
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2013-12-29T21:54:53.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 283 15.6732 128 0 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.BSSO.HNN. ML:2.3 0.001155 0.52 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:37.62
IV.BSSO.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000444 0.52 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:37.62
IV.BSSO.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000439 0.28 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:38.36
IV.BSSO.HNE. ML:2.3 0.001101 0.3 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:38.37
IV.CERA.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000192 0.9 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:09.19
IV.CERA.HNN. ML:1.8 0.000187 0.92 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:09.20
IV.CERA.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00019700000000000002 1.14 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:48.25
IV.CERA.HNE. ML:1.8 0.00019350000000000001 1.14 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:48.25
IV.GATE.HNE. ML:1.8 0.000203 1.1 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:47.78
IV.GATE.HNN. ML:1.9 0.000245 1.2 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:44.90
IV.GATE.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001365 0.68 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:46.05
IV.GATE.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000188 0.62 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:49.31
IV.MELA.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000199 0.3 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:14.84
IV.MELA.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0001555 0.46 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:15.54
IV.MIDA.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00029049999999999996 0.5 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:40.87
IV.MIDA.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00023799999999999998 0.74 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:44.77
IV.MODR.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0002915 0.62 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:48.60
IV.MODR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000288 0.96 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:46.92
IV.PAOL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000222 0.32 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:45.50
IV.PAOL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00023249999999999999 0.3 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:45.33
IV.PIGN.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00028900000000000003 0.44 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:38.26
IV.PIGN.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000263 0.2 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:38.85
IV.RNI2.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00017649999999999998 0.46 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:44.91
IV.RNI2.HNE. ML:1.9 0.00023799999999999998 0.38 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:49.27
IV.RNI2.HNN. ML:1.8 0.00017549999999999998 0.7 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:44.91
IV.RNI2.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000244 0.66 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:49.46
IV.SACR.HNN. ML:2.2 0.0007664999999999999 0.52 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:36.59
IV.SACR.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000623 0.92 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:36.19
IV.SACR.HNE. ML:2.2 0.0009519999999999999 1.06 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:25.10
IV.SACR.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0007754999999999999 0.54 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:36.59
IV.TRIV.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00020400000000000003 0.74 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:43.62
IV.TRIV.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00022349999999999998 0.48 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:55:45.10
IV.VAGA.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0017649999999999999 0.74 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:54:58.44
IV.VAGA.HNE. ML:2.4 0.0016549999999999998 0.14 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:54:58.45
IV.VAGA.HHN. ML:2.5 0.00219 0.48 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:54:58.81
IV.VAGA.HNN. ML:2.5 0.002105 0.5 AML other m 2013-12-29T21:54:58.82
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