Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 27-02-2008 and time 08:35:08 (Italy) in region 4 km N Buonabitacolo (SA)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km N Buonabitacolo (SA), on

  • 27-02-2008 07:35:08 (UTC)
  • 27-02-2008 08:35:08 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.3040, 15.6290 at 2 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
Buonabitacolo SA 4 2549 2549
Padula SA 5 5368 7917
Sassano SA 7 5013 12930
Montesano sulla Marcellana SA 7 6704 19634
Monte San Giacomo SA 8 1572 21206
Sanza SA 9 2608 23814
Casalbuono SA 11 1194 25008
Teggiano SA 11 7976 32984
Sala Consilina SA 12 12664 45648
Paterno PZ 12 3368 49016
Tramutola PZ 14 3089 52105
Marsico Nuovo PZ 16 4098 56203
Caselle in Pittari SA 16 1956 58159
Casaletto Spartano SA 17 1420 59579
Atena Lucana SA 18 2336 61915
Tortorella SA 18 523 62438
Marsicovetere PZ 19 5546 67984
Morigerati SA 19 665 68649
Brienza PZ 19 4078 72727
Rofrano SA 20 1576 74303

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km SW of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
64 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
85 Km SE of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Avellino (54857 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 1.7
ML 1.3
2008-02-27
07:35:08
40.304 15.629 2 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 676399
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-02-27 07:35:08 ± 0.47
Latitude 40.3040 ± 0.0126
Longitude 15.6290 ± 0.0212
Depth (km) 2 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 676399

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1789
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1368
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 275
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2280.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 317
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10072
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.21854
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 676399
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 12:49:40

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 676399
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 12:49:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SIRI.HHN. 2008-02-27T07:35:17.59 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 124 24.2535 0.259 94
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2008-02-27T07:35:14.06 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 81 14.7741 0.021 100
IV.SIRI.HHN. 2008-02-27T07:35:13.86 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 124 24.2535 0.105 97
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2008-02-27T07:35:12.03 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 81 14.7741 0.175 97
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2008-02-27T07:35:12.58 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 112 11.1777 -0.225 96
IV.MTSN.HHZ. 2008-02-27T07:35:10.81 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 112 11.1777 -0.331 94
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