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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 23-03-2001 and time 13:15:29 (Italy) in region 1 km NE Pesche (IS)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Pesche (IS), on

  • 23-03-2001 12:15:29 (UTC)
  • 23-03-2001 13:15:29 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.6220, 14.2870 at 12 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 1 1661 1661
Miranda IS 4 1047 2708
Sessano del Molise IS 4 727 3435
Carpinone IS 5 1157 4592
Pettoranello del Molise IS 5 460 5052
Isernia IS 6 21842 26894
Pescolanciano IS 8 855 27749
Castelpetroso IS 8 1680 29429
Roccasicura IS 10 550 29979
Sant'Agapito IS 10 1496 31475
Santa Maria del Molise IS 10 665 32140
Carovilli IS 10 1359 33499
Chiauci IS 10 233 33732
Castelpizzuto IS 11 155 33887
Civitanova del Sannio IS 11 945 34832
Longano IS 12 690 35522
Macchia d'Isernia IS 12 1035 36557
Forlì del Sannio IS 12 675 37232
Macchiagodena IS 12 1854 39086
Fornelli IS 12 1909 40995
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 13 425 41420
Frosolone IS 14 3170 44590
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 14 739 45329
Monteroduni IS 14 2264 47593
Duronia CB 15 405 47998
Roccamandolfi IS 15 938 48936
Colli a Volturno IS 15 1349 50285
Montaquila IS 15 2456 52741
Cerro al Volturno IS 16 1281 54022
Rionero Sannitico IS 16 1118 55140
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 16 275 55415
Pietrabbondante IS 17 759 56174
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 17 1113 57287
Bagnoli del Trigno IS 17 735 58022
Vastogirardi IS 17 704 58726
Molise CB 17 167 58893
San Massimo CB 18 855 59748
Gallo Matese CE 18 579 60327
Castelverrino IS 19 115 60442
Spinete CB 19 1320 61762
Scapoli IS 19 680 62442
Castel San Vincenzo IS 19 516 62958
Letino CE 19 712 63670
Torella del Sannio CB 20 795 64465

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
61 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)
78 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
82 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
91 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
94 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 2001-03-23
12:15:29		 41.622 14.287 12 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 414129
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2001-03-23 12:15:29 ± 0.294
Latitude 41.6220 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.2870 ± 0.0144
Depth (km) 12 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 414129

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) 1494.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
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) 0.00032
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00178
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 414129
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 23:30:10
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.RVI2.Z. 2001-03-23T12:15:37.28 10.0 undecidable manual SG 269 0.1998 -0.38 0.1
--.CRVI.Z. 2001-03-23T12:15:35.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 7 0.0999 0.22 0.4
--.RNI2.Z. 2001-03-23T12:15:35.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 308 0.1221 0.18 0.4
--.RVI2.Z. 2001-03-23T12:15:34.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 269 0.1998 0.31 0.4
--.CPI2.Z. 2001-03-23T12:15:33.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 147 0.0333 0.04 0.7
--.CRVI.Z. 2001-03-23T12:15:32.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 7 0.0999 -0.11 1.5
--.RNI2.Z. 2001-03-23T12:15:32.69 10.0 undecidable manual PG 308 0.1221 -0.2 1
--.CPI2.Z. 2001-03-23T12:15:31.79 10.0 positive manual PG 147 0.0333 -0.02 3.5
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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