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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 20-01-2005 and time 14:22:34 (Italy) in region 2 km W Belmonte Piceno (FM)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Belmonte Piceno (FM), on

  • 20-01-2005 13:22:34 (UTC)
  • 20-01-2005 14:22:34 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0880, 13.5200 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
Belmonte Piceno FM 2 646 646
Servigliano FM 2 2336 2982
Monsampietro Morico FM 4 659 3641
Falerone FM 4 3337 6978
Monteleone di Fermo FM 5 395 7373
Monte Vidon Corrado FM 5 731 8104
Montegiorgio FM 5 6851 14955
Montottone FM 6 979 15934
Montappone FM 7 1682 17616
Grottazzolina FM 7 3398 21014
Santa Vittoria in Matenano FM 8 1330 22344
Montelparo FM 8 778 23122
Massa Fermana FM 8 963 24085
Magliano di Tenna FM 8 1452 25537
Monte Rinaldo FM 8 379 25916
Penna San Giovanni MC 9 1108 27024
Monte San Martino MC 9 765 27789
Monte Giberto FM 9 801 28590
Ortezzano FM 10 774 29364
Monte Vidon Combatte FM 10 433 29797
Sant'Angelo in Pontano MC 10 1436 31233
Rapagnano FM 10 2145 33378
Smerillo FM 11 365 33743
Mogliano MC 11 4696 38439
Petritoli FM 11 2335 40774
Ponzano di Fermo FM 12 1674 42448
Francavilla d'Ete FM 12 964 43412
Montefalcone Appennino FM 12 424 43836
Loro Piceno MC 12 2401 46237
Monte San Pietrangeli FM 13 2458 48695
Torre San Patrizio FM 13 2048 50743
Montalto delle Marche AP 13 2122 52865
Ripe San Ginesio MC 14 852 53717
Force AP 14 1354 55071
Montedinove AP 14 488 55559
Carassai AP 15 1100 56659
Gualdo MC 15 815 57474
Rotella AP 15 906 58380
Petriolo MC 16 1998 60378
Colmurano MC 16 1263 61641
Monterubbiano FM 16 2230 63871
San Ginesio MC 17 3498 67369
Comunanza AP 17 3166 70535
Urbisaglia MC 17 2628 73163
Moresco FM 17 598 73761
Monte San Giusto MC 18 8191 81952
Amandola FM 18 3629 85581
Corridonia MC 18 15430 101011
Cossignano AP 18 978 101989
Fermo FM 18 37655 139644
Monte Urano FM 18 8353 147997
Castignano AP 19 2796 150793
Sarnano MC 19 3264 154057
Montegranaro FM 19 12990 167047
Montefiore dell'Aso AP 19 2123 169170

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
59 Km S of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
82 Km NW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
82 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
93 Km SE of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
98 Km NW of Chieti (51815 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 		2005-01-20
13:22:34		 43.088 13.52 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 511109
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-01-20 13:22:34 ± 0.126
Latitude 43.0880 ± 0.0026
Longitude 13.5200 ± 0.0099
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 511109

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) 856.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 260
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00332
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00834
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 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 511109
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 01:10:11

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 511109
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
--.MNS.Z. 2005-01-20T13:22:52.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 221 0.9213 0.02 1.3
--.SNTG.Z. 2005-01-20T13:22:51.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 291 0.444 0.08 0.5
--.CING.N. 2005-01-20T13:22:48.35 10.0 undecidable manual SG 320 0.3663 0 0.8
--.NRCA.Z. 2005-01-20T13:22:48.99 10.0 undecidable manual SG 229 0.3885 0.03 0.7
--.SNTG.Z. 2005-01-20T13:22:43.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 291 0.444 -0.25 0.3
--.CING.N. 2005-01-20T13:22:42.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 320 0.3663 0.08 1.3
--.NRCA.Z. 2005-01-20T13:22:42.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 229 0.3885 -0.01 2
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