Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 20-02-2003 and time 17:24:49 (Italy) in region Costa Romagnola meridionale (Rimini, Forli Cesena)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Romagnola meridionale (Rimini, Forli Cesena), on

  • 20-02-2003 16:24:49 (UTC)
  • 20-02-2003 17:24:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.3770, 12.6930 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km N of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
39 Km E of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
45 Km NE of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
55 Km E of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
55 Km NW of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
65 Km NW of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Ferrara (133155 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
ML-VAX 1.7
2003-02-20
16:24:49
44.377 12.693 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 470439
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2003-02-20 16:24:49 ± 0.353
Latitude 44.3770 ± 0.0182
Longitude 12.6930 ± 0.0131
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 470439

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) 2272.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 300
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00615
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00826
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 470439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:26:07

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 470439
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
--.PGD.Z. 2003-02-20T16:25:18.83 10.0 undecidable manual SG 234 0.8547 0.03 0.8
--.SFI.Z. 2003-02-20T16:25:16.13 10.0 undecidable manual SG 232 0.7659 0.22 0.5
--.FSSB.Z. 2003-02-20T16:25:12.99 10.0 undecidable manual SG 174 0.6882 -0.3 0.3
--.CRE.Z. 2003-02-20T16:25:07.72 10.0 undecidable manual PG 215 0.9213 0.13 1.6
--.PGD.Z. 2003-02-20T16:25:06.44 10.0 undecidable manual PG 234 0.8547 0.11 1.8
--.SFI.Z. 2003-02-20T16:25:04.28 10.0 undecidable manual PG 232 0.7659 -0.39 0.5
--.FSSB.Z. 2003-02-20T16:25:03.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 174 0.6882 0.16 1.5
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