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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 26-02-2001 and time 18:28:49 (Italy) in region 2 km W Pesche (IS)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Pesche (IS), on

  • 26-02-2001 17:28:49 (UTC)
  • 26-02-2001 18:28:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.6160, 14.2590 at 14 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
Pesche IS 2 1661 1661
Miranda IS 3 1047 2708
Isernia IS 4 21842 24550
Pettoranello del Molise IS 5 460 25010
Carpinone IS 6 1157 26167
Sessano del Molise IS 7 727 26894
Sant'Agapito IS 9 1496 28390
Roccasicura IS 10 550 28940
Macchia d'Isernia IS 10 1035 29975
Castelpetroso IS 10 1680 31655
Pescolanciano IS 10 855 32510
Fornelli IS 10 1909 34419
Longano IS 10 690 35109
Castelpizzuto IS 11 155 35264
Forlì del Sannio IS 11 675 35939
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 11 425 36364
Carovilli IS 11 1359 37723
Santa Maria del Molise IS 12 665 38388
Monteroduni IS 12 2264 40652
Chiauci IS 13 233 40885
Montaquila IS 13 2456 43341
Colli a Volturno IS 13 1349 44690
Civitanova del Sannio IS 14 945 45635
Cerro al Volturno IS 14 1281 46916
Macchiagodena IS 14 1854 48770
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 14 1113 49883
Rionero Sannitico IS 15 1118 51001
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 15 739 51740
Roccamandolfi IS 16 938 52678
Frosolone IS 16 3170 55848
Scapoli IS 17 680 56528
Gallo Matese CE 17 579 57107
Castel San Vincenzo IS 17 516 57623
Duronia CB 17 405 58028
Vastogirardi IS 18 704 58732
Letino CE 18 712 59444
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 18 275 59719
Pietrabbondante IS 18 759 60478
Filignano IS 19 648 61126
San Massimo CB 19 855 61981
Fontegreca CE 19 811 62792
Capriati a Volturno CE 19 1541 64333
Montenero Val Cocchiara IS 19 538 64871
Pizzone IS 19 329 65200
Bagnoli del Trigno IS 19 735 65935
Molise CB 20 167 66102
Pozzilli IS 20 2380 68482

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
60 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
69 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
82 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
94 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
95 Km S of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
100 Km S of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2001-02-26
17:28:49		 41.616 14.259 14 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 411979
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2001-02-26 17:28:49 ± 0.328
Latitude 41.6160 ± 0.0092
Longitude 14.2590 ± 0.0101
Depth (km) 14 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 411979

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) 1325.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 146
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00049
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00154
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 411979
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 23:28:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.RVI2.Z. 2001-02-26T17:28:57.55 10.0 undecidable manual SG 271 0.1665 0.01 0.5
--.CRVI.Z. 2001-02-26T17:28:56.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 18 0.111 0.32 0.2
--.RNI2.Z. 2001-02-26T17:28:55.76 10.0 undecidable manual SG 317 0.1221 -0.1 0.6
--.RVI2.Z. 2001-02-26T17:28:54.53 10.0 undecidable manual PG 271 0.1665 0.34 0.4
--.CPI2.Z. 2001-02-26T17:28:54.83 10.0 undecidable manual SG 124 0.0555 0.27 0.3
--.RNI2.Z. 2001-02-26T17:28:53.10 10.0 negative manual PG 317 0.1221 -0.21 1.9
--.CRVI.Z. 2001-02-26T17:28:53.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 18 0.111 0.13 1.4
--.CPI2.Z. 2001-02-26T17:28:52.34 10.0 positive manual PG 124 0.0555 -0.13 2.7
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