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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 31-05-2012 and time 08:11:37 (Italy) in region 2 km E Novi di Modena (MO)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E Novi di Modena (MO), on

  • 31-05-2012 06:11:37 (UTC)
  • 31-05-2012 08:11:37 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.8930, 10.9250 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
Novi di Modena MO 2 10247 10247
Moglia MN 4 5600 15847
Concordia sulla Secchia MO 5 8641 24488
Rolo RE 5 4105 28593
San Possidonio MO 6 3619 32212
Fabbrico RE 9 6693 38905
Reggiolo RE 10 9178 48083
Cavezzo MO 10 7026 55109
Gonzaga MN 11 9150 64259
Mirandola MO 11 23875 88134
San Giacomo delle Segnate MN 12 1639 89773
Carpi MO 13 70699 160472
Medolla MO 13 6308 166780
Pegognaga MN 13 7160 173940
Rio Saliceto RE 13 6213 180153
Quistello MN 14 5595 185748
San Prospero MO 14 5860 191608
Campagnola Emilia RE 14 5650 197258
San Giovanni del Dosso MN 15 1248 198506
Novellara RE 16 13731 212237
Schivenoglia MN 16 1203 213440
San Benedetto Po MN 17 7258 220698
Soliera MO 17 15461 236159
Correggio RE 18 25897 262056
Suzzara MN 18 21161 283217
Poggio Rusco MN 18 6625 289842
San Felice sul Panaro MO 18 10900 300742
Quingentole MN 19 1203 301945
Villa Poma MN 19 2023 303968
Bastiglia MO 19 4193 308161
Motteggiana MN 20 2652 310813

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km N of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
27 Km N of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
32 Km NE of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
48 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
55 Km NW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
61 Km S of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Vicenza (112953 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Padova (210401 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Piacenza (102191 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.3 2012-05-31
06:11:37		 44.8928 10.9253 3 2014-09-19
08:14:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV integrato con i dati della Rete Sismica di emergenza 5903251
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-05-31 06:11:37 ± 0.02
Latitude 44.8928 ± 0.0009
Longitude 10.9253 ± 0.0013
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 5903251

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 280
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 179
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 305
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 88
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.0744
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04497
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.19515
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 5903251
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-18 12:47:58
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:47.66 0.3 undecidable manual S 135 21.5673 -0.07 0.17
IV.T0813.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:47.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 94 21.6672 -0.04 0.17
IV.T0802.HNZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:46.86 0.3 undecidable manual S 95 20.3685 -0.05 0.17
IV.NOVE.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:46.95 1.0 undecidable manual S 238 19.5693 -0.15 0.65
IV.T0824.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:45.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 179 14.7741 0.15 0.17
IV.T0814.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:44.40 0.1 undecidable manual S 163 11.5773 0.07 0.06
IV.T0818.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:43.46 0.3 undecidable manual S 61 9.4794 -0.29 0.17
IV.T0826.HNZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:43.93 0.3 undecidable manual S 237 10.7781 0 0.17
IV.NOVE.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:42.18 0.1 positive manual P 238 19.5693 0.06 0.05
IV.T0802.HNZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:42.25 0.1 positive manual P 95 20.3685 0.13 0.05
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:42.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 135 21.5673 -0.05 0.13
IV.T0813.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:42.36 0.1 positive manual P 94 21.6672 -0.03 0.05
IV.T0825.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:41.15 1.0 undecidable manual P 325 10.7781 -0.04 0.5
IV.T0824.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:41.52 0.1 positive manual P 179 14.7741 0.04 0.05
IV.T0818.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:40.35 0.1 positive manual P 61 9.4794 -0.09 0.05
IV.T0814.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:40.75 0.1 negative manual P 163 11.5773 -0.04 0.05
IV.T0826.HNZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:40.48 0.1 positive manual P 237 10.7781 -0.08 0.05
IV.T0827.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:39.53 0.1 negative manual P 6 4.995 0.05 0.05
IV.T0828.EHZ. 2012-05-31T06:11:39.76 0.1 negative manual P 187 6.8931 -0.05 0.05
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.T0825.EHE. ML:2.9 0.0127 0.3 AML other m 2012-05-31T06:11:46.32
IV.T0825.EHN. ML:2.8 0.011 0.24 AML other m 2012-05-31T06:11:46.67
IV.NOVE.EHE. ML:2.3 0.0015400000000000001 0.46 AML other m 2012-05-31T06:12:01.29
IV.NOVE.EHN. ML:2.5 0.00246 0.36 AML other m 2012-05-31T06:11:57.28
IV.RAVA.EHE. ML:2.3 0.0014925 0.32 AML other m 2012-05-31T06:11:53.53
IV.RAVA.EHN. ML:2.3 0.001665 0.34 AML other m 2012-05-31T06:11:48.72
IV.ROVR.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00022 0.94 AML other m 2012-05-31T06:12:08.03
IV.ROVR.HHN. ML:2.4 0.000325 0.38 AML other m 2012-05-31T06:12:08.67
GU.POPM.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0000604 1.28 AML other m 2012-05-31T06:12:22.73
GU.POPM.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00008385 0.64 AML other m 2012-05-31T06:12:14.80
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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