Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 15-05-2000 and time 23:42:40 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Monteprandone (AP)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Monteprandone (AP), on

  • 15-05-2000 21:42:40 (UTC)
  • 15-05-2000 23:42:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9100, 13.8540 at 20 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
Monteprandone AP 2 12655 12655
Colonnella TE 4 3734 16389
San Benedetto del Tronto AP 5 47303 63692
Acquaviva Picena AP 5 3831 67523
Monsampolo del Tronto AP 5 4611 72134
Martinsicuro TE 6 16033 88167
Controguerra TE 7 2436 90603
Spinetoli AP 7 7215 97818
Grottammare AP 9 16006 113824
Colli del Tronto AP 9 3668 117492
Corropoli TE 9 5045 122537
Alba Adriatica TE 10 12353 134890
Castorano AP 10 2380 137270
Nereto TE 10 5242 142512
Torano Nuovo TE 11 1611 144123
Ancarano TE 12 1857 145980
Castel di Lama AP 12 8634 154614
Ripatransone AP 13 4309 158923
Tortoreto TE 13 11542 170465
Cupra Marittima AP 13 5398 175863
Offida AP 13 5058 180921
Sant'Omero TE 14 5243 186164
Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata TE 15 9811 195975
Appignano del Tronto AP 15 1785 197760
Cossignano AP 16 978 198738
Maltignano AP 16 2401 201139
Massignano AP 16 1638 202777
Mosciano Sant'Angelo TE 18 9308 212085
Montefiore dell'Aso AP 18 2123 214208
Bellante TE 19 7152 221360
Castignano AP 19 2796 224156
Campofilone FM 19 1916 226072
Giulianova TE 19 24050 250122
Carassai AP 19 1100 251222

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km NE of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
50 Km NW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
58 Km NW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
67 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
83 Km SE of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Foligno (57155 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 2.3 2000-05-15
21:42:40
42.91 13.854 20 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 394119
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2000-05-15 21:42:40 ± 0.655
Latitude 42.9100 ± 0.0305
Longitude 13.8540 ± 0.0491
Depth (km) 20 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 394119

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) 5239.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 283
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00486
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00988
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 394119
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 23:10:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.FB9.Z. 2000-05-15T21:43:15.55 10.0 undecidable manual SN 314 1.0989 0.59 0.3
--.MNS.Z. 2000-05-15T21:43:13.46 10.0 undecidable manual SN 238 1.0101 0.78 0.2
--.ASS.Z. 2000-05-15T21:43:10.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 279 0.888 0.13 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 2000-05-15T21:43:08.93 10.0 undecidable manual SN 311 0.8769 -0.8 0.2
--.FB9.Z. 2000-05-15T21:43:00.89 10.0 undecidable manual PN 314 1.0989 0.68 0.6
--.NRCA.Z. 2000-05-15T21:42:59.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 261 0.5439 -0.48 0.4
--.MNS.Z. 2000-05-15T21:42:58.47 10.0 undecidable manual PN 238 1.0101 -0.42 1.2
--.ASS.Z. 2000-05-15T21:42:57.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 279 0.888 -0.27 1.6
--.ARV.Z. 2000-05-15T21:42:56.75 10.0 undecidable manual PN 311 0.8769 -0.45 1.2
--.NRCA.Z. 2000-05-15T21:42:51.69 10.0 positive manual PG 261 0.5439 0.19 3.5
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