Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 29-03-2012 and time 17:18:55 (Italy) in region NW Mormanno (CS)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: NW Mormanno (CS), on

  • 29-03-2012 15:18:55 (UTC)
  • 29-03-2012 17:18:55 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.8930, 15.9870 at 11 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
Mormanno CS 0 3027 3027
Laino Castello CS 5 848 3875
Laino Borgo CS 7 1921 5796
Papasidero CS 7 734 6530
Rotonda PZ 8 3494 10024
Orsomarso CS 12 1265 11289
Viggianello PZ 13 3025 14314
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 13 2131 16445
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 13 824 17269
Santa Domenica Talao CS 14 1263 18532
Morano Calabro CS 14 4576 23108
Aieta CS 14 823 23931
Verbicaro CS 17 3056 26987
San Nicola Arcella CS 17 1957 28944
San Basile CS 18 1055 29999
Praia a Mare CS 18 6725 36724
Tortora CS 19 6187 42911
Scalea CS 19 10913 53824
San Severino Lucano PZ 19 1563 55387
Saracena CS 20 3828 59215

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
71 Km NW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
85 Km S of Potenza (67122 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 1.4
ML 0.7
2012-03-29
15:18:55
39.893 15.987 11 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1354169
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-03-29 15:18:55 ± 0.7
Latitude 39.8930 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.9870 ± 0.0141
Depth (km) 11 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1354169

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1602
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 733
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 309
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1562.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 179
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.65
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00360
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.16548
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1354169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 03:02:30

Md:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1354169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 03:02:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2012-03-29T15:19:02.40 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 308 18.3705 -0.425 45
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2012-03-29T15:18:59.73 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 308 18.3705 0.016 74
IV.MMN.HHZ. 2012-03-29T15:18:59.28 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 127 0.3996 0.152 49
IV.T0715.EHE. 2012-03-29T15:18:59.74 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 131 9.1797 -0.583 44
IV.MMN.HHZ. 2012-03-29T15:18:58.14 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 127 0.3996 0.559 67
IV.T0715.EHE. 2012-03-29T15:18:58.26 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 131 9.1797 -0.009 100
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