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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 29-05-2012 and time 23:25:25 (Italy) in region 2 km N Cavezzo (MO)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Cavezzo (MO), on

  • 29-05-2012 21:25:25 (UTC)
  • 29-05-2012 23:25:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.8530, 11.0360 at 3 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV integrato con i dati della Rete Sismica di emergenza.

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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
Cavezzo MO 2 7026 7026
Medolla MO 3 6308 13334
Mirandola MO 5 23875 37209
San Possidonio MO 5 3619 40828
San Prospero MO 7 5860 46688
Concordia sulla Secchia MO 8 8641 55329
San Felice sul Panaro MO 9 10900 66229
Camposanto MO 11 3201 69430
Novi di Modena MO 12 10247 79677
Moglia MN 13 5600 85277
San Giovanni del Dosso MN 13 1248 86525
San Giacomo delle Segnate MN 13 1639 88164
Bomporto MO 14 10157 98321
Carpi MO 14 70699 169020
Bastiglia MO 14 4193 173213
Rolo RE 15 4105 177318
Ravarino MO 15 6233 183551
Soliera MO 15 15461 199012
Poggio Rusco MN 15 6625 205637
Schivenoglia MN 16 1203 206840
Crevalcore BO 17 13465 220305
Villa Poma MN 18 2023 222328
Quistello MN 18 5595 227923
Fabbrico RE 18 6693 234616
Rio Saliceto RE 19 6213 240829
Nonantola MO 19 15839 256668
Reggiolo RE 20 9178 265846

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km NE of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
25 Km NE of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
36 Km E of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
47 Km NW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
56 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
65 Km S of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Vicenza (112953 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Padova (210401 inhabitants)
92 Km NW of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
100 Km SE of Brescia (196480 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 		ML 2.3 2012-05-29
21:25:25		 44.8533 11.0362 3 2014-09-19
08:14:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV integrato con i dati della Rete Sismica di emergenza 5899691
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-05-29 21:25:25 ± 0.05
Latitude 44.8533 ± 0.0018
Longitude 11.0362 ± 0.0038
Depth (km) 3 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> REMO-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 5899691

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 614
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 287
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 323
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 101
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2274
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07644
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.50362
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitude information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 5899691
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-18 12:47:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ZCCA.HHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:39.60 0.6 undecidable manual P 185 55.8996 2.12 0.26
IV.T0822.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:36.04 1.0 undecidable manual S 95 24.5532 -0.66 0.65
IV.T0811.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:34.47 1.0 undecidable manual S 117 16.872 0.34 0.65
IV.T0800.HHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:33.87 0.3 undecidable manual S 92 16.6722 -0.25 0.17
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:33.31 0.6 undecidable manual S 149 12.6762 0.07 0.32
IV.T0817.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:33.86 0.6 undecidable manual P 65 36.4413 0.33 0.25
IV.T0824.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:33.42 0.3 undecidable manual S 219 13.4754 -0.28 0.17
IV.T0818.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:32.08 0.6 undecidable manual S 357 9.0798 -0.01 0.32
IV.T0813.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:32.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 78 13.1757 -0.03 0.32
IV.T0803.HNZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:31.42 0.6 undecidable manual P 111 26.6511 -0.17 0.25
IV.T0814.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:31.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 218 8.4804 -0.1 0.17
IV.T0823.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:31.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 134 26.5512 -0.05 0.13
IV.NOVE.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:31.33 0.6 undecidable manual P 256 25.9518 -0.33 0.25
IV.T0805.HNZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:30.91 0.6 undecidable manual P 72 23.754 -0.12 0.25
IV.T0822.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:30.99 0.3 undecidable manual P 95 24.5532 -0.28 0.13
IV.T0813.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:29.45 0.3 undecidable manual P 78 13.1757 0.15 0.13
IV.T0802.HNZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:29.22 0.6 undecidable manual P 78 11.7771 0.2 0.25
IV.T0824.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:29.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 219 13.4754 0.32 0.13
IV.T0800.HHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:29.89 0.1 negative manual P 92 16.6722 0 0.05
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:29.41 0.1 positive manual P 149 12.6762 0 0.05
IV.T0811.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:29.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 117 16.872 -0.01 0.13
IV.T0814.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:28.57 0.1 negative manual P 218 8.4804 -0.04 0.05
IV.T0818.EHZ. 2012-05-29T21:25:28.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 357 9.0798 -0.02 0.13
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.T0800.HNE. ML:2.2 0.001715 0.18 AML other m 2012-05-29T21:25:34.21
IV.T0800.HNN. ML:2.5 0.00299 0.3 AML other m 2012-05-29T21:25:34.20
IV.T0800.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00237 0.24 AML other m 2012-05-29T21:25:34.20
IV.T0800.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00242 0.32 AML other m 2012-05-29T21:25:34.17
IV.RAVA.EHE. ML:2.1 0.0019399999999999999 0.2 AML other m 2012-05-29T21:25:33.50
IV.RAVA.EHN. ML:2.1 0.0016150000000000001 0.84 AML other m 2012-05-29T21:25:36.67
IV.NOVE.EHE. ML:2.0 0.0006845 0.2 AML other m 2012-05-29T21:25:49.84
IV.NOVE.EHN. ML:2.2 0.000918 0.34 AML other m 2012-05-29T21:25:59.86
IV.MAGA.HHE. ML:2.5 0.000309 1.58 AML other m 2012-05-29T21:26:15.30
IV.MAGA.HHN. ML:2.4 0.000209 1.46 AML other m 2012-05-29T21:26:14.48
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