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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 27-03-2012 and time 11:41:05 (Italy) in region 2 km W Bernezzo (CN)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Bernezzo (CN), on

  • 27-03-2012 09:41:05 (UTC)
  • 27-03-2012 11:41:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.3900, 7.4110 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
Bernezzo CN 2 4104 4104
Valgrana CN 3 786 4890
Caraglio CN 4 6836 11726
Rittana CN 4 109 11835
Cervasca CN 5 5013 16848
Vignolo CN 6 2600 19448
Roccasparvera CN 6 741 20189
Gaiola CN 6 582 20771
Montemale di Cuneo CN 6 241 21012
Valloriate CN 6 109 21121
Monterosso Grana CN 7 505 21626
Moiola CN 8 234 21860
Borgo San Dalmazzo CN 9 12468 34328
Dronero CN 9 7035 41363
Roccavione CN 10 2761 44124
Villar San Costanzo CN 11 1547 45671
Pradleves CN 11 250 45921
Roccabruna CN 11 1585 47506
Cuneo CN 11 56081 103587
Demonte CN 12 2003 105590
Valdieri CN 12 935 106525
Boves CN 13 9835 116360
Robilante CN 13 2306 118666
Roaschia CN 14 107 118773
Cartignano CN 14 190 118963
Busca CN 15 10181 129144
Tarantasca CN 16 2122 131266
Castelmagno CN 16 66 131332
Entracque CN 17 774 132106
San Damiano Macra CN 17 430 132536
Rossana CN 17 908 133444
Aisone CN 17 248 133692
Peveragno CN 18 5543 139235
Valmala CN 18 52 139287
Vernante CN 19 1178 140465
Beinette CN 19 3423 143888
Castelletto Stura CN 19 1351 145239
Centallo CN 19 6954 152193
Venasca CN 19 1437 153630

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km W of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
70 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
79 Km S of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Savona (61345 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 1.5
ML 0.7 		2012-03-27
09:41:05		 44.39 7.411 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1353209
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-03-27 09:41:05 ± 0.26
Latitude 44.3900 ± 0.0279
Longitude 7.4110 ± 0.0680
Depth (km) 10 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1353209

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 6002
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1021
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 242
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 6226.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 162
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.34084
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1353209
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 03:01:09

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1353209
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 03:01:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MRB1.HHZ. 2012-03-27T09:41:31.51 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PTF.SHN. 2012-03-27T09:41:24.63 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.PTF.SHN. 2012-03-27T09:41:23.50 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2012-03-27T09:41:17.75 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 116 37.8288 -0.507 88
GU.PZZ.HHN. 2012-03-27T09:41:15.17 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 299 26.751 -0.134 47
GU.GBOS.HHZ. 2012-03-27T09:41:13.38 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 116 37.8288 0.53 87
GU.ENR.HHE. 2012-03-27T09:41:12.44 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 178 18.0708 -0.186 74
IV.DOI.HHE. 2012-03-27T09:41:12.11 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 314 18.1707 -0.545 69
GU.PZZ.HHN. 2012-03-27T09:41:11.43 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 299 26.751 0.284 96
IV.DOI.HHE. 2012-03-27T09:41:09.76 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 314 18.1707 0.148 97
GU.STV.HHE. 2012-03-27T09:41:09.84 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
GU.ENR.HHE. 2012-03-27T09:41:09.66 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 178 18.0708 0.061 100
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