Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 20-05-2012 and time 06:41:48 (Italy) in region 3 km NW Finale Emilia (MO)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Finale Emilia (MO), on

  • 20-05-2012 04:41:48 (UTC)
  • 20-05-2012 06:41:48 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.8520, 11.2780 at 7 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
Finale Emilia MO 3 15699 15699
Sant'Agostino FE 11 6853 22552
San Felice sul Panaro MO 11 10900 33452
Bondeno FE 12 14655 48107
Camposanto MO 13 3201 51308
Cento FE 14 35686 86994
Mirabello FE 15 3266 90260
Pieve di Cento BO 16 7019 97279
Felonica MN 16 1359 98638
Medolla MO 16 6308 104946
Ficarolo RO 17 2438 107384
Calto RO 17 743 108127
Mirandola MO 17 23875 132002
Galliera BO 17 5439 137441
Sermide MN 17 6189 143630
Crevalcore BO 18 13465 157095
Vigarano Mainarda FE 18 7694 164789
Magnacavallo MN 19 1561 166350
Castelmassa RO 19 4252 170602
Poggio Rusco MN 19 6625 177227
Salara RO 19 1160 178387
Castello d'Argile BO 19 6550 184937
Poggio Renatico FE 19 9852 194789
Ceneselli RO 19 1719 196508
San Pietro in Casale BO 19 12202 208710
Gaiba RO 19 1063 209773
Castelnovo Bariano RO 20 2762 212535
Cavezzo MO 20 7026 219561
Ravarino MO 20 6233 225794

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
32 Km E of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
36 Km NE of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
40 Km N of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
47 Km SW of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
54 Km E of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
65 Km NW of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
69 Km SE of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
75 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Padova (210401 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
80 Km S of Vicenza (112953 inhabitants)
88 Km NW of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
92 Km NW of Forlì (117913 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 2012-05-20
04:41:48
44.852 11.2782 7 2014-09-19
08:14:18
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 6610711
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-05-20 04:41:48 ± 0.23
Latitude 44.8520 ± 0.0063
Longitude 11.2782 ± 0.0152
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 6610711

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1224
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 448
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 289
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1220.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 115
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.42
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14839
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.02972
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 6610711
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-05-26 15:24:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MAGA.HHZ. 2012-05-20T04:42:10.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 334 114.2967 38 -0.31 60
IV.SALO.HHZ. 2012-05-20T04:42:09.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 326 103.4187 38 0.43 59
IV.ROVR.HHZ. 2012-05-20T04:42:06.28 0.6 undecidable manual P 350 89.6436 38 -0.57 39
IV.FIU.EHZ. 2012-05-20T04:42:03.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 144 28.8489 50 0.81 40
IV.TEOL.HHZ. 2012-05-20T04:42:02.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 29 64.491 38 -0.53 62
IV.NOVE.EHZ. 2012-05-20T04:42:01.13 0.3 undecidable manual P 263 44.622 50 0.6 63
IV.SERM.EHZ. 2012-05-20T04:41:59.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 5 17.5713 112 0.06 50
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2012-05-20T04:41:58.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 230 16.4724 114 -0.34 71
IV.FIU.EHZ. 2012-05-20T04:41:55.89 0.6 undecidable manual P 144 28.8489 50 -0.7 41
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2012-05-20T04:41:54.44 0.1 negative manual P 230 16.4724 114 0.1 100
IV.SERM.EHZ. 2012-05-20T04:41:54.95 0.3 undecidable manual P 5 17.5713 112 0.27 72
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