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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 18-03-2001 and time 17:58:52 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Miranda (IS)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Miranda (IS), on

  • 18-03-2001 16:58:52 (UTC)
  • 18-03-2001 17:58:52 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.6350, 14.2690 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
Miranda IS 2 1047 1047
Pesche IS 3 1661 2708
Sessano del Molise IS 5 727 3435
Isernia IS 6 21842 25277
Carpinone IS 7 1157 26434
Pettoranello del Molise IS 7 460 26894
Pescolanciano IS 8 855 27749
Roccasicura IS 8 550 28299
Carovilli IS 9 1359 29658
Forlì del Sannio IS 10 675 30333
Castelpetroso IS 11 1680 32013
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 11 425 32438
Sant'Agapito IS 11 1496 33934
Chiauci IS 11 233 34167
Fornelli IS 11 1909 36076
Macchia d'Isernia IS 12 1035 37111
Civitanova del Sannio IS 12 945 38056
Santa Maria del Molise IS 12 665 38721
Longano IS 13 690 39411
Castelpizzuto IS 13 155 39566
Rionero Sannitico IS 14 1118 40684
Cerro al Volturno IS 14 1281 41965
Macchiagodena IS 14 1854 43819
Colli a Volturno IS 14 1349 45168
Monteroduni IS 15 2264 47432
Montaquila IS 15 2456 49888
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 15 1113 51001
Frosolone IS 16 3170 54171
Vastogirardi IS 16 704 54875
Duronia CB 16 405 55280
Pietrabbondante IS 16 759 56039
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 16 739 56778
Roccamandolfi IS 17 938 57716
Castel San Vincenzo IS 17 516 58232
Scapoli IS 18 680 58912
Bagnoli del Trigno IS 18 735 59647
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 18 275 59922
Castelverrino IS 18 115 60037
San Pietro Avellana IS 19 503 60540
Molise CB 19 167 60707
Montenero Val Cocchiara IS 19 538 61245
Gallo Matese CE 19 579 61824
Pizzone IS 20 329 62153
San Massimo CB 20 855 63008

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
62 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
71 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
80 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
93 Km S of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
93 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
98 Km S of Montesilvano (53738 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 2.1 2001-03-18
16:58:52		 41.635 14.269 17 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 413649
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2001-03-18 16:58:52 ± 0.461
Latitude 41.6350 ± 0.0168
Longitude 14.2690 ± 0.0187
Depth (km) 17 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 413649

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) 2428.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 126
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00049
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00162
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 413649
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 23:29:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.RVI2.Z. 2001-03-18T16:59:01.33 10.0 undecidable manual SG 265 0.1776 -0.23 0.3
--.CRVI.Z. 2001-03-18T16:59:00.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 17 0.0888 0.65 0
--.RNI2.Z. 2001-03-18T16:58:59.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 308 0.111 -0.12 0.5
--.CPI2.Z. 2001-03-18T16:58:58.82 10.0 undecidable manual SG 143 0.0555 -0.05 0.6
--.RVI2.Z. 2001-03-18T16:58:58.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 265 0.1776 0.42 0.3
--.RNI2.Z. 2001-03-18T16:58:56.69 10.0 negative manual PG 308 0.111 -0.16 2.4
--.CPI2.Z. 2001-03-18T16:58:56.34 10.0 positive manual PG 143 0.0555 -0.03 2.9
--.CRVI.Z. 2001-03-18T16:58:56.46 10.0 undecidable manual PG 17 0.0888 -0.19 1.1
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