Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 16-12-2011 and time 09:52:26 (Italy) in region 3 km E Forlì (FC)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Forlì (FC), on

  • 16-12-2011 08:52:26 (UTC)
  • 16-12-2011 09:52:26 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.2270, 12.0780 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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Forlì FC 3 117913 117913
Forlimpopoli FC 6 13290 131203
Bertinoro FC 10 11059 142262
Meldola FC 11 9970 152232
Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole FC 12 6426 158658
Predappio FC 16 6346 165004
Cesena FC 17 96758 261762
Russi RA 17 12247 274009
Faenza RA 17 58541 332550
Dovadola FC 19 1653 334203

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
3 Km E of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
17 Km NW of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
17 Km E of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
23 Km SW of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
32 Km E of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
43 Km W of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
76 Km W of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
77 Km SE of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
97 Km S of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Pistoia (90315 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 2.0
ML 2.1
2011-12-16
08:52:26
44.227 12.078 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1322979
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2011-12-16 08:52:26 ± 0.11
Latitude 44.2270 ± 0.0054
Longitude 12.0780 ± 0.0075
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1322979

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 632
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 579
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 287
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 848.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 330
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.08
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.47754
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1322979
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:18:26

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1322979
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:18:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IMI.HHN. 2011-12-16T08:52:43.72 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.VMG.SHZ. 2011-12-16T08:52:43.40 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 236 51.7038 0.012 74
IV.ASQU.HHE. 2011-12-16T08:52:43.79 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 206 53.0025 0.066 73
IV.SFI.EHZ. 2011-12-16T08:52:40.23 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 207 40.2264 -0.079 75
IV.VMG.SHZ. 2011-12-16T08:52:36.38 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 236 51.7038 -0.015 99
IV.ASQU.HHE. 2011-12-16T08:52:36.54 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 206 53.0025 -0.05 98
IV.SFI.EHZ. 2011-12-16T08:52:34.68 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 207 40.2264 0.061 100
IV.MELA.HHZ. 2011-12-16T08:52:19.15 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
SI.KOSI.HHN. 2011-12-16T08:52:06.21 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.FRON.EHN. 2011-12-16T08:51:57.66 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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