Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 17-11-2002 and time 18:42:23 (Italy) in region 4 km NW Benevento (BN)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Benevento (BN), on

  • 17-11-2002 17:42:23 (UTC)
  • 17-11-2002 18:42:23 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.1610, 14.7680 at 12 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
Benevento BN 4 60091 60091
Castelpoto BN 6 1254 61345
Torrecuso BN 8 3407 64752
Foglianise BN 8 3385 68137
Pietrelcina BN 8 3114 71251
Ponte BN 9 2580 73831
Pesco Sannita BN 9 1972 75803
Apollosa BN 9 2658 78461
Paupisi BN 10 1633 80094
Fragneto Monforte BN 10 1840 81934
San Leucio del Sannio BN 10 3106 85040
Vitulano BN 10 2944 87984
Paduli BN 10 3978 91962
Campoli del Monte Taburno BN 11 1546 93508
Sant'Angelo a Cupolo BN 11 4325 97833
Fragneto l'Abate BN 11 1049 98882
San Nicola Manfredi BN 11 3722 102604
Cautano BN 11 2044 104648
Tocco Caudio BN 12 1508 106156
San Martino Sannita BN 12 1230 107386
Casalduni BN 13 1378 108764
Ceppaloni BN 13 3415 112179
Calvi BN 13 2682 114861
San Giorgio del Sannio BN 13 10022 124883
Pago Veiano BN 13 2406 127289
Chianche AV 13 475 127764
Campolattaro BN 14 1072 128836
Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte BN 14 573 129409
San Nazzaro BN 14 884 130293
Torrioni AV 15 549 130842
Apice BN 15 5686 136528
Petruro Irpino AV 15 349 136877
Arpaise BN 15 761 137638
Montesarchio BN 15 13500 151138
Reino BN 15 1210 152348
San Lorenzo Maggiore BN 16 2154 154502
Montefusco AV 16 1338 155840
Bonea BN 16 1448 157288
Pontelandolfo BN 16 2167 159455
San Lupo BN 16 801 160256
Roccabascerana AV 16 2354 162610
Santa Paolina AV 17 1256 163866
Pietradefusi AV 17 2348 166214
San Martino Valle Caudina AV 17 4884 171098
Altavilla Irpina AV 17 4196 175294
Pannarano BN 17 2130 177424
Tufo AV 17 889 178313
San Giorgio La Molara BN 18 2994 181307
Guardia Sanframondi BN 18 5078 186385
Venticano AV 18 2537 188922
Solopaca BN 18 3820 192742
San Marco dei Cavoti BN 19 3371 196113
Bucciano BN 19 2100 198213
Buonalbergo BN 19 1730 199943
Pietrastornina AV 19 1553 201496
Molinara BN 19 1618 203114
Torre Le Nocelle AV 20 1324 204438
Cervinara AV 20 9658 214096
Rotondi AV 20 3591 217687

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
38 Km E of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
41 Km NE of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
47 Km NE of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
51 Km NE of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
51 Km E of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
53 Km NE of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
54 Km NE of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
54 Km E of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.5
2002-11-17
17:42:23
41.161 14.768 12 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 462619
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-11-17 17:42:23 ± 0.254
Latitude 41.1610 ± 0.0189
Longitude 14.7680 ± 0.0171
Depth (km) 12 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 462619

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) 2544.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 135
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) 0.00057
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00648
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 462619
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:18:17

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 462619
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
--.SGO.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:38.26 10.0 undecidable manual PG 145 0.7215 0.17 1.1
--.RNI2.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:38.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 319 0.7104 0.39 0.8
--.MRLC.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:37.44 10.0 undecidable manual PG 126 0.6771 0.27 1
--.RFI.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:36.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 283 0.5994 0.72 0.4
--.CPI2.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:33.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 321 0.5439 -0.89 0.3
--.FG5.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:32.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 71 0.3885 0.15 1.5
--.CSSN.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:30.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 147 0.3552 -0.64 0.7
--.VTB1.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:29.26 10.0 undecidable manual SG 282 0.0999 0.08 0.6
--.PSB1.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:29.46 10.0 undecidable manual SG 27 0.0666 1.12 0.1
--.MRB1.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:27.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 104 0.1554 0.19 1.5
--.VTB1.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:26.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 282 0.0999 -0.19 1.5
--.PSB1.Z. 2002-11-17T17:42:25.90 10.0 positive manual PG 27 0.0666 -0.4 2.4
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