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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 09-11-2002 and time 15:59:42 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Ripabottoni (CB)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Ripabottoni (CB), on

  • 09-11-2002 15:59:42 (UTC)
  • 09-11-2002 16:59:42 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.7010, 14.8190 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
Ripabottoni CB 2 514 514
Provvidenti CB 2 119 633
Morrone del Sannio CB 4 587 1220
Casacalenda CB 5 2135 3355
Castellino del Biferno CB 7 545 3900
Campolieto CB 8 839 4739
Bonefro CB 10 1384 6123
Lupara CB 10 505 6628
Sant'Elia a Pianisi CB 10 1818 8446
Monacilioni CB 10 523 8969
Petrella Tifernina CB 10 1170 10139
Castelbottaccio CB 11 312 10451
Lucito CB 11 696 11147
Montorio nei Frentani CB 12 437 11584
Montelongo CB 12 365 11949
Guardialfiera CB 12 1065 13014
San Giuliano di Puglia CB 12 1042 14056
Matrice CB 13 1115 15171
Montagano CB 13 1086 16257
Larino CB 14 6793 23050
Colletorto CB 14 1938 24988
San Giovanni in Galdo CB 14 580 25568
Civitacampomarano CB 14 417 25985
Pietracatella CB 14 1375 27360
Macchia Valfortore CB 14 576 27936
Santa Croce di Magliano CB 14 4435 32371
Toro CB 15 1391 33762
Ripalimosani CB 16 3114 36876
Rotello CB 17 1212 38088
Limosano CB 17 768 38856
Campodipietra CB 17 2570 41426
Castelmauro CB 17 1505 42931
Sant'Angelo Limosano CB 18 352 43283
Carlantino FG 18 980 44263
San Biase CB 19 189 44452
Acquaviva Collecroce CB 20 672 45124

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
100 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 		2002-11-09
15:59:42		 41.701 14.819 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 461559
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-11-09 15:59:42 ± 0.2
Latitude 41.7010 ± 0.0175
Longitude 14.8190 ± 0.0134
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 461559

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) 2241.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 157
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00243
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00761
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 461559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:17:12

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 461559
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
--.CSSN.Z. 2002-11-09T16:00:11.61 10.0 undecidable manual SG 169 0.8436 0.13 0.6
--.RGNG.Z. 2002-11-09T16:00:01.37 10.0 undecidable manual SG 92 0.5661 -1.12 0.2
--.RNI2.Z. 2002-11-09T16:00:00.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 270 0.4995 0.2 0.8
--.VTB1.Z. 2002-11-09T16:00:00.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 195 0.5328 -0.73 0.4
--.CSSN.Z. 2002-11-09T16:00:00.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 169 0.8436 1.26 0.2
--.CPI2.Z. 2002-11-09T15:59:56.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 253 0.3885 -0.54 0.5
--.RGNG.Z. 2002-11-09T15:59:54.25 10.0 undecidable manual PG 92 0.5661 0.34 1.7
--.VTB1.Z. 2002-11-09T15:59:52.54 10.0 undecidable manual PG 195 0.5328 -0.69 1.1
--.FG2.Z. 2002-11-09T15:59:52.17 10.0 undecidable manual SG 67 0.2664 -0.76 0.4
--.RNI2.Z. 2002-11-09T15:59:52.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 270 0.4995 0.13 2
--.CPI2.Z. 2002-11-09T15:59:50.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 253 0.3885 0.02 2.1
--.FG2.Z. 2002-11-09T15:59:48.58 10.0 undecidable manual PG 67 0.2664 0.19 2
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