Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 31-03-1998 and time 02:47:25 (Italy) in region 3 km N Polinago (MO)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Polinago (MO), on

  • 31-03-1998 00:47:25 (UTC)
  • 31-03-1998 02:47:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.3680, 10.7230 at 24 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
Polinago MO 3 1672 1672
Lama Mocogno MO 7 2734 4406
Montefiorino MO 8 2203 6609
Palagano MO 8 2194 8803
Serramazzoni MO 8 8282 17085
Prignano sulla Secchia MO 8 3747 20832
Pavullo nel Frignano MO 9 17383 38215
Toano RE 13 4463 42678
Montecreto MO 13 940 43618
Frassinoro MO 14 1926 45544
Sestola MO 16 2508 48052
Castellarano RE 16 15232 63284
Riolunato MO 16 712 63996
Baiso RE 17 3315 67311
Fanano MO 19 2989 70300
Carpineti RE 19 4064 74364
Pievepelago MO 20 2222 76586
Sassuolo MO 20 40853 117439
Guiglia MO 20 3931 121370

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km SW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
37 Km S of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
48 Km S of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
51 Km NW of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
51 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
58 Km SE of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
59 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
59 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
62 Km NW of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
77 Km E of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.0 1998-03-31
00:47:25
44.368 10.723 24 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 329159
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-03-31 00:47:25 ± 0.526
Latitude 44.3680 ± 0.0399
Longitude 10.7230 ± 0.0374
Depth (km) 24 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 329159

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) 5339.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 171
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) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00081
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00882
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 329159
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:08:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CSNT.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:54.85 10.0 undecidable manual SN 155 0.9768 -1.59 0.1
--.PII.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:49.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 192 0.6549 0.21 0.6
--.CSNT.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:44.44 10.0 undecidable manual PN 155 0.9768 1.2 0.5
--.BDI.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:39.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG 196 0.3108 0.92 0.5
--.PII.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:38.32 10.0 undecidable manual PN 192 0.6549 -0.5 1.4
--.EB9.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:37.37 10.0 undecidable manual SG 282 0.222 1.38 0.2
--.ZC9.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:36.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 94 0.1776 1.46 0.2
--.GU9.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:32.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 259 0.0888 -0.74 0.6
--.BDI.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:32.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 196 0.3108 -0.43 1.9
--.ZC9.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:30.15 10.0 positive manual PG 94 0.1776 -0.66 3.2
--.EB9.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:30.68 10.0 undecidable manual PG 282 0.222 -0.75 1.5
--.GU9.Z. 1998-03-31T00:47:29.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 259 0.0888 -0.8 1.4
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