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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 16-03-1988 and time 19:47:30 (Italy) in region 4 km E Carpi (MO)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Carpi (MO), on

  • 16-03-1988 18:47:30 (UTC)
  • 16-03-1988 19:47:30 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.7990, 10.9330 at 5 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
Carpi MO 4 70699 70699
Soliera MO 7 15461 86160
San Prospero MO 7 5860 92020
Cavezzo MO 9 7026 99046
Bastiglia MO 10 4193 103239
Rio Saliceto RE 10 6213 109452
Novi di Modena MO 11 10247 119699
San Possidonio MO 12 3619 123318
Rolo RE 12 4105 127423
Bomporto MO 12 10157 137580
Correggio RE 12 25897 163477
Medolla MO 12 6308 169785
Fabbrico RE 13 6693 176478
Concordia sulla Secchia MO 13 8641 185119
San Martino in Rio RE 14 8099 193218
Campogalliano MO 14 8845 202063
Mirandola MO 15 23875 225938
Campagnola Emilia RE 15 5650 231588
Moglia MN 15 5600 237188
Ravarino MO 16 6233 243421
Nonantola MO 16 15839 259260
Camposanto MO 16 3201 262461
Novellara RE 17 13731 276192
Reggiolo RE 17 9178 285370
Modena MO 17 184973 470343
San Felice sul Panaro MO 17 10900 481243
Crevalcore BO 19 13465 494708
Gonzaga MN 20 9150 503858
Rubiera RE 20 14864 518722

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km E of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
17 Km N of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
26 Km E of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
47 Km NW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
48 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
71 Km S of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
95 Km NW of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Vicenza (112953 inhabitants)
100 Km SE of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.0 		1988-03-16
18:47:30		 44.799 10.933 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 64729
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-03-16 18:47:30 ± 0.289
Latitude 44.7990 ± 0.0152
Longitude 10.9330 ± 0.0611
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64729

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) 5109.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 126
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00559
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01247
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 64729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:01:23

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64729
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
--.CTI.Z. 1988-03-16T18:48:15.20 10.0 undecidable manual SN 21 1.3431 0.45 0.6
--.CRE.Z. 1988-03-16T18:48:14.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 147 1.3875 -1.52 0.1
--.MDI.Z. 1988-03-16T18:48:11.50 10.0 undecidable manual SN 318 1.2987 -2.02 0
--.PII.Z. 1988-03-16T18:48:10.50 10.0 undecidable manual SN 195 1.11 1.38 0.2
--.SAL.Z. 1988-03-16T18:48:02.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 340 0.8547 0.87 0.4
--.BDI.Z. 1988-03-16T18:47:58.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 198 0.777 0.05 0.8
--.CRE.Z. 1988-03-16T18:47:56.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 147 1.3875 -0.59 1.3
--.CTI.Z. 1988-03-16T18:47:56.69 10.0 undecidable manual PN 21 1.3431 0.64 1.3
--.MDI.Z. 1988-03-16T18:47:54.49 10.0 undecidable manual PN 318 1.2987 -0.95 0.9
--.PII.Z. 1988-03-16T18:47:53.11 10.0 undecidable manual PN 195 1.11 0.21 1.9
--.SAL.Z. 1988-03-16T18:47:48.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 340 0.8547 0.46 1.7
--.BDI.Z. 1988-03-16T18:47:47.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 198 0.777 0.26 1.9
--.MME.Z. 1988-03-16T18:47:44.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 195 0.6216 0.27 1.9
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