Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 16-09-2002 and time 01:24:47 (UTC) in region 3 km S Prignano sulla Secchia (MO)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Prignano sulla Secchia (MO), on

  • 16-09-2002 01:24:47 (UTC)
  • 16-09-2002 03:24:47 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4140, 10.6960 at 27 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
Prignano sulla Secchia MO 3 3747 3747
Serramazzoni MO 8 8282 12029
Polinago MO 8 1672 13701
Montefiorino MO 8 2203 15904
Palagano MO 11 2194 18098
Castellarano RE 11 15232 33330
Toano RE 12 4463 37793
Baiso RE 12 3315 41108
Lama Mocogno MO 12 2734 43842
Pavullo nel Frignano MO 14 17383 61225
Carpineti RE 15 4064 65289
Sassuolo MO 16 40853 106142
Viano RE 16 3374 109516
Frassinoro MO 16 1926 111442
Fiorano Modenese MO 17 17160 128602
Montecreto MO 18 940 129542
Maranello MO 19 17359 146901
Casina RE 19 4504 151405
Villa Minozzo RE 19 3750 155155
Casalgrande RE 20 19310 174465

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km SW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
32 Km S of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
44 Km SW of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
52 Km SE of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
56 Km NW of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
65 Km N of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
67 Km NW of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
77 Km E of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Cremona (71901 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 2.0 2002-09-16
01:24:47
44.414 10.696 27 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 451949
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-09-16 01:24:47 ± 0.292
Latitude 44.4140 ± 0.0249
Longitude 10.6960 ± 0.0139
Depth (km) 27 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 451949

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) 2981.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 195
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00089
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00631
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 451949
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:07:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BDI.Z. 2002-09-16T01:25:02.33 10.0 undecidable manual SG 191 0.3552 0.44 0.1
--.PII.Z. 2002-09-16T01:25:01.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 190 0.6993 0.24 0.5
--.ZCCA.Z. 2002-09-16T01:24:58.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 107 0.2109 0.24 0.4
--.ERBM.Z. 2002-09-16T01:24:58.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 271 0.1998 0.48 0.1
--.GSCL.Z. 2002-09-16T01:24:56.52 10.0 undecidable manual SG 230 0.0999 0.35 0.2
--.BDI.Z. 2002-09-16T01:24:55.13 10.0 undecidable manual PG 191 0.3552 -0.47 0.3
--.ERBM.Z. 2002-09-16T01:24:53.32 10.0 positive manual PG 271 0.1998 -0.02 2.9
--.ZCCA.Z. 2002-09-16T01:24:53.45 10.0 positive manual PG 107 0.2109 0.02 2.9
--.GSCL.Z. 2002-09-16T01:24:52.10 10.0 positive manual PG 230 0.0999 -0.28 1.6
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