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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 04-11-2002 and time 02:50:53 (UTC) in region 1 km SW Morrone del Sannio (CB)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SW Morrone del Sannio (CB), on

  • 04-11-2002 02:50:53 (UTC)
  • 04-11-2002 03:50:53 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.7080, 14.7670 at 10 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
Morrone del Sannio CB 1 587 587
Castellino del Biferno CB 3 545 1132
Ripabottoni CB 4 514 1646
Provvidenti CB 5 119 1765
Petrella Tifernina CB 6 1170 2935
Lupara CB 7 505 3440
Lucito CB 7 696 4136
Castelbottaccio CB 7 312 4448
Casacalenda CB 8 2135 6583
Campolieto CB 8 839 7422
Montagano CB 10 1086 8508
Civitacampomarano CB 10 417 8925
Guardialfiera CB 11 1065 9990
Monacilioni CB 11 523 10513
Matrice CB 12 1115 11628
Limosano CB 13 768 12396
Sant'Elia a Pianisi CB 13 1818 14214
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 13 580 14794
Sant'Angelo Limosano CB 14 352 15146
Ripalimosani CB 14 3114 18260
Bonefro CB 14 1384 19644
Castelmauro CB 14 1505 21149
San Biase CB 15 189 21338
Toro CB 15 1391 22729
Montorio nei Frentani CB 15 437 23166
Montelongo CB 16 365 23531
Larino CB 16 6793 30324
San Giuliano di Puglia CB 17 1042 31366
Pietracatella CB 17 1375 32741
Campodipietra CB 17 2570 35311
Macchia Valfortore CB 18 576 35887
Colletorto CB 18 1938 37825
Acquaviva Collecroce CB 18 672 38497
Santa Croce di Magliano CB 19 4435 42932
Fossalto CB 19 1345 44277
Campobasso CB 19 49431 93708
Castropignano CB 20 947 94655
Roccavivara CB 20 815 95470
Trivento CB 20 4730 100200

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 2.3
ML-VAX 1.6 		2002-11-04
02:50:53		 41.708 14.767 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 460539
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-11-04 02:50:53 ± 0.183
Latitude 41.7080 ± 0.0139
Longitude 14.7670 ± 0.0106
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 460539

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) 1777.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 183
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00405
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00979
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 460539
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:16:09

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 460539
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MRLC.Z. 2002-11-04T02:51:30.57 10.0 undecidable manual SN 149 1.0878 1.02 0
--.CSSN.Z. 2002-11-04T02:51:23.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 166 0.8658 0.22 0.6
--.MRLC.Z. 2002-11-04T02:51:14.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 149 1.0878 -0.1 1.5
--.RGNG.Z. 2002-11-04T02:51:14.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 92 0.6105 0.13 0.7
--.FG5.Z. 2002-11-04T02:51:13.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 138 0.5661 0.1 0.8
--.CSSN.Z. 2002-11-04T02:51:10.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 166 0.8658 -0.15 1.7
--.RNI2.Z. 2002-11-04T02:51:09.94 10.0 undecidable manual SG 269 0.444 0.29 0.6
--.RGNG.Z. 2002-11-04T02:51:05.69 10.0 undecidable manual PG 92 0.6105 0.21 1.7
--.FG5.Z. 2002-11-04T02:51:03.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 138 0.5661 -0.67 0.4
--.RNI2.Z. 2002-11-04T02:51:02.52 10.0 undecidable manual PG 269 0.444 -0.1 1.9
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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