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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 20-05-2012 and time 06:24:16 (UTC) in region 3 km NE Mirandola (MO)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Mirandola (MO), on

  • 20-05-2012 06:24:16 (UTC)
  • 20-05-2012 08:24:16 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.9090, 11.0990 at 4 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
Mirandola MO 3 23875 23875
San Giovanni del Dosso MN 7 1248 25123
Medolla MO 7 6308 31431
Poggio Rusco MN 8 6625 38056
San Possidonio MO 8 3619 41675
San Felice sul Panaro MO 8 10900 52575
San Giacomo delle Segnate MN 9 1639 54214
Concordia sulla Secchia MO 9 8641 62855
Schivenoglia MN 9 1203 64058
Cavezzo MO 10 7026 71084
Villa Poma MN 10 2023 73107
Magnacavallo MN 13 1561 74668
Camposanto MO 14 3201 77869
Pieve di Coriano MN 14 1035 78904
Quistello MN 15 5595 84499
San Prospero MO 15 5860 90359
Moglia MN 15 5600 95959
Quingentole MN 15 1203 97162
Novi di Modena MO 16 10247 107409
Revere MN 17 2521 109930
Carbonara di Po MN 18 1297 111227
Serravalle a Po MN 18 1541 112768
Finale Emilia MO 18 15699 128467
Borgofranco sul Po MN 18 784 129251
Ostiglia MN 18 6818 136069
Melara RO 19 1803 137872
Sustinente MN 19 2109 139981
Sermide MN 19 6189 146170
Rolo RE 19 4105 150275
Castelnovo Bariano RO 20 2762 153037
San Benedetto Po MN 20 7258 160295

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km NE of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
32 Km NE of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
42 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
50 Km NW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
60 Km S of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Vicenza (112953 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Padova (210401 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
93 Km NW of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.3 2012-05-20
06:24:22		 44.8993 11.2053 10 2014-10-21
12:19:34		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 1320371
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.3 2012-05-20
06:24:16		 44.9092 11.0987 4 2014-09-19
08:14:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 4921781
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-05-20 06:24:16 ± 0.22
Latitude 44.9092 ± 0.0054
Longitude 11.0987 ± 0.0127
Depth (km) 4 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 4921781

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1022
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 275
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 111
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1020.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 80
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 26
Number of defining phases 26
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.15378
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.21678
Number of stations at which the event was observed 24
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 24
Magnitudes information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 21
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4921781
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-18 12:47:08

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 0
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1320371
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2012-05-20 07:01:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ASQU.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:43.72 0.6 undecidable manual P 156 135.0648 38 0.22 39
IV.MABI.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:42.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 341 134.9649 38 -0.52 55
IV.SFI.EHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:42.04 1.0 undecidable manual P 152 126.1737 38 -0.1 20
GU.MAIM.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:41.92 0.6 undecidable manual P 204 120.3906 38 0.69 35
IV.CRMI.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:41.98 0.6 undecidable manual P 184 123.8871 38 0.2 40
NI.CGRP.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:40.81 0.6 undecidable manual P 27 120.99 38 -0.51 38
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:39.29 0.6 undecidable manual P 203 102.0201 38 0.92 33
GU.POPM.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:39.05 0.6 undecidable manual P 196 99.6225 38 1.05 31
MN.VLC.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:38.78 0.3 undecidable manual P 214 100.4217 38 0.64 56
IV.SEI.SHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:37.19 0.6 undecidable manual P 168 97.0251 38 -0.41 40
IV.SALO.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:36.70 0.6 undecidable manual P 331 90.5427 38 0.1 44
IV.ERBM.EHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:35.08 0.6 undecidable manual P 225 76.6677 38 0.64 39
IV.ROVR.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:34.91 0.6 undecidable manual P 359 81.8514 38 -0.34 42
IV.MTRZ.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:34.07 0.6 undecidable manual P 159 70.9734 38 0.51 42
IV.TREG.HNE. 2012-05-20T06:24:33.26 0.6 undecidable manual P 4 68.2761 38 0.12 46
IV.TEOL.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:32.02 0.3 undecidable manual P 42 67.377 38 -0.99 52
IV.ZOVE.HNE. 2012-05-20T06:24:32.03 0.6 undecidable manual P 27 67.5768 38 -1.01 34
IV.ZCCA.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:32.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 189 62.6928 38 0.28 67
IV.FIU.EHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:29.37 0.6 undecidable manual P 134 43.0236 50 -0.04 49
IV.SERM.EHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:28.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 54 19.0698 102 0.03 51
IV.NOVE.EHE. 2012-05-20T06:24:26.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 248 32.5452 50 -0.46 68
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:26.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 175 17.0718 104 -0.62 66
IV.MODE.HNE. 2012-05-20T06:24:26.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 201 33.1446 50 -0.69 62
IV.SBPO.HHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:24.64 1.0 undecidable manual P 318 21.0678 101 0.52 23
IV.SERM.EHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:23.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 54 19.0698 102 0.45 93
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2012-05-20T06:24:22.93 0.1 undecidable manual P 175 17.0718 104 0.12 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
SI.ABSI.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0000942 0.48 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:22.92
SI.ABSI.HHE. ML:2.7 0.000141 0.64 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:33.13
IV.ASQU.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0000848 0.56 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:04.66
IV.ASQU.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0000751 0.62 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:04.80
IV.BDI.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000166 0.34 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:58.42
IV.BDI.HNE. ML:2.2 0.00015665 0.3 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:58.43
IV.BDI.HNN. ML:2.3 0.0001825 1.02 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:59.09
IV.BDI.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0001585 0.3 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:59.08
NI.CGRP.HHE. ML:2.3 0.00014500000000000003 0.58 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:01.25
NI.CGRP.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0001875 1.58 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:02.36
IV.CRMI.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0000524 0.44 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:00.30
IV.CRMI.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00007544999999999999 1.42 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:00.42
IV.CSNT.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000056 0.46 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:09.55
IV.CSNT.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0000554 1.58 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:09.32
IV.ERBM.EHE. ML:1.9 0.00011585000000000001 0.8 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:50.28
IV.ERBM.EHN. ML:1.9 0.00012375 1.26 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:56.70
IV.FIU.EHE. ML:2.6 0.001315 0.44 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:54.37
IV.FIU.EHN. ML:2.4 0.0008265 1.34 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:53.68
SI.KOSI.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00010425000000000001 0.5 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:20.04
SI.KOSI.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00009695000000000001 0.86 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:19.91
IV.MABI.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0000633 0.66 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:01.94
IV.MABI.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000045600000000000004 1.56 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:02.01
GU.MAIM.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00009395000000000001 0.22 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:00.78
GU.MAIM.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0001085 0.44 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:59.84
SI.MOSI.HHN. ML:2.7 0.0001705 1.08 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:18.03
SI.MOSI.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0001215 0.82 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:21.67
IV.MSSA.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00010255 0.5 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:10.35
IV.MSSA.HHE. ML:2.3 0.00010365 1.52 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:09.57
IV.MTRZ.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0003695 1.46 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:57.34
IV.MTRZ.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0003285 1.3 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:06.57
GU.POPM.HHN. ML:2.3 0.000211 1.14 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:57.96
GU.POPM.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0001485 0.28 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:57.10
IV.ROVR.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0009545 0.48 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:49.38
IV.ROVR.HHE. ML:2.5 0.000428 0.8 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:49.30
IV.SALO.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0005145 0.78 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:53.26
IV.SALO.HHE. ML:2.6 0.00046899999999999996 0.66 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:52.69
IV.SFI.EHN. ML:2.3 0.00013525 0.74 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:00.51
IV.SFI.EHE. ML:2.2 0.00009735 0.78 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:02.78
IV.TEOL.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0005885 1.4 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:45.85
IV.TEOL.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0006850000000000001 0.34 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:45.50
MN.VLC.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0000764 0.74 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:01.75
MN.VLC.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0000498 1.16 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:25:07.33
IV.ZCCA.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0002205 0.42 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:53.14
IV.ZCCA.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00023799999999999998 1.42 AML other m 2012-05-20T06:24:54.45
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