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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 01-03-2012 and time 05:04:28 (UTC) in region 1 km SW Poviglio (RE)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SW Poviglio (RE), on

  • 01-03-2012 05:04:28 (UTC)
  • 01-03-2012 06:04:28 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.8360, 10.5400 at 25 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
Poviglio RE 1 7311 7311
Castelnovo di Sotto RE 3 8462 15773
Campegine RE 6 5029 20802
Gattatico RE 6 5837 26639
Sorbolo PR 7 9544 36183
Brescello RE 8 5617 41800
Boretto RE 8 5272 47072
Cadelbosco di Sopra RE 9 10628 57700
Viadana MN 10 19926 77626
Gualtieri RE 11 6556 84182
Sant'Ilario d'Enza RE 11 11205 95387
Pomponesco MN 11 1701 97088
Mezzani PR 13 3273 100361
Guastalla RE 13 15225 115586
Bagnolo in Piano RE 13 9712 125298
Novellara RE 15 13731 139029
Dosolo MN 16 3440 142469
Cavriago RE 16 9839 152308
Torrile PR 16 7698 160006
Colorno PR 17 8991 168997
Montecchio Emilia RE 17 10530 179527
Reggio nell'Emilia RE 17 171345 350872
Parma PR 17 192836 543708
Campagnola Emilia RE 17 5650 549358
Luzzara RE 18 9250 558608
Montechiarugolo PR 18 10813 569421
Sabbioneta MN 19 4251 573672
Casalmaggiore CR 20 15351 589023
Bibbiano RE 20 10268 599291

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km NW of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
17 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
28 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
37 Km NW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
52 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
74 Km NW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
82 Km SE of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 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 2.4
ML 2.1 		2012-03-01
05:04:28		 44.836 10.54 25 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1345059
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-03-01 05:04:28 ± 0.34
Latitude 44.8360 ± 0.0153
Longitude 10.5400 ± 0.0165
Depth (km) 25 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1345059

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1556
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1204
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 160
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2140.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 303
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.46
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.71051
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1345059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:49:28

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1345059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:49:28
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VARE.HHE. 2012-03-01T05:05:20.57 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MABI.HHE. 2012-03-01T05:05:06.58 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 359 135.2646 -0.201 70
IV.MAGA.HHN. 2012-03-01T05:04:59.18 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 4 104.4177 0.26 73
IV.TEOL.HHZ. 2012-03-01T05:04:59.26 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 56 106.2159 -0.13 74
IV.APPI.EHN. 2012-03-01T05:04:58.33 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 16 189.8655 1.009 28
IV.ROVR.HHN. 2012-03-01T05:04:57.44 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 25 99.123 -0.069 77
IV.CTI.HHE. 2012-03-01T05:04:53.48 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 32 159.8178 -0.099 65
IV.MABI.HHE. 2012-03-01T05:04:50.53 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 359 135.2646 0.008 72
IV.RMP.HHN. 2012-03-01T05:04:50.72 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.TEOL.HHZ. 2012-03-01T05:04:46.42 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 56 106.2159 0.166 100
IV.ROVR.HHN. 2012-03-01T05:04:45.06 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 25 99.123 -0.107 76
IV.MAGA.HHN. 2012-03-01T05:04:45.71 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 4 104.4177 -0.271 73
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