Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 23-07-2002 and time 05:15:48 (UTC) in region 2 km NW Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina (PI)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina (PI), on

  • 23-07-2002 05:15:48 (UTC)
  • 23-07-2002 07:15:48 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.2190, 10.8840 at 5 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
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina PI 2 2231 2231
Monterotondo Marittimo GR 8 1371 3602
Pomarance PI 9 5897 9499
Radicondoli SI 14 914 10413
Monteverdi Marittimo PI 14 758 11171
Montieri GR 15 1204 12375
Chiusdino SI 18 1903 14278
Massa Marittima GR 19 8375 22653
Casole d'Elsa SI 19 3897 26550

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km W of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
54 Km NW of Grosseto (82087 inhabitants)
60 Km SE of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
68 Km SE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
76 Km S of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
76 Km SE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
80 Km S of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
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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 2002-07-23
05:15:48
43.219 10.884 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 445849
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-07-23 05:15:48 ± 0.58
Latitude 43.2190 ± 0.0153
Longitude 10.8840 ± 0.0523
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 445849

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) 4563.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 209
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00081
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00793
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 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 445849
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:01:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.VMG.Z. 2002-07-23T05:16:07.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 32 0.8769 0.61 0.7
--.CRE.Z. 2002-07-23T05:16:07.13 10.0 undecidable manual PG 62 0.8658 0.65 0.6
--.BDI.Z. 2002-07-23T05:16:05.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 346 0.8658 -0.71 0.5
--.CSNT.Z. 2002-07-23T05:16:02.69 10.0 undecidable manual SG 49 0.3885 -1.08 0.1
--.CSNT.Z. 2002-07-23T05:15:57.51 10.0 undecidable manual PG 49 0.3885 0.13 1.6
--.GRFL.Z. 2002-07-23T05:15:52.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 137 0.0888 0.02 0.7
--.GRFL.Z. 2002-07-23T05:15:50.73 10.0 positive manual PG 137 0.0888 -0.33 2.8
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