Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 22-08-2008 and time 20:37:32 (UTC) in region 2 km SW Poggio Picenze (AQ)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Poggio Picenze (AQ), on

  • 22-08-2008 20:37:32 (UTC)
  • 22-08-2008 22:37:32 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3120, 13.5260 at 1 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Poggio Picenze AQ 2 1136 1136
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 3 394 1530
Fossa AQ 4 721 2251
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 4 1854 4105
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 5 424 4529
Ocre AQ 5 1167 5696
Barisciano AQ 6 1828 7524
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 8 496 8020
Fagnano Alto AQ 8 418 8438
Rocca di Cambio AQ 9 533 8971
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 11 111 9082
San Pio delle Camere AQ 11 661 9743
Fontecchio AQ 11 369 10112
L'Aquila AQ 11 69753 79865
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 12 1526 81391
Carapelle Calvisio AQ 13 87 81478
Castelvecchio Calvisio AQ 14 153 81631
Caporciano AQ 14 230 81861
Calascio AQ 14 137 81998
Tione degli Abruzzi AQ 15 310 82308
Lucoli AQ 16 1011 83319
Castel del Monte AQ 18 413 83732
Tornimparte AQ 19 3187 86919
Navelli AQ 19 554 87473
Ofena AQ 19 506 87979
Ovindoli AQ 20 1227 89206

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km E of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
41 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
56 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.6
ML 0.8
2008-08-22
20:37:32
42.312 13.526 1 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 712439
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-08-22 20:37:32 ± 0.75
Latitude 42.3120 ± 0.0252
Longitude 13.5260 ± 0.0243
Depth (km) 1 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 712439

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3416
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1628
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 151
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3440.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 285
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) 0.52
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10072
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.31566
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:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.7
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 712439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:29:14

Md:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 712439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:29:14
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.TERO.HHE. 2008-08-22T20:37:44.31 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 10 35.0427 -0.329 94
IV.CAMP.HHN. 2008-08-22T20:37:42.15 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 339 26.6511 0.44 93
IV.TERO.HHE. 2008-08-22T20:37:39.43 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 10 35.0427 -0.064 99
IV.CAMP.HHN. 2008-08-22T20:37:37.91 0.1 positive manual Pg 339 26.6511 0.106 100
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2008-08-22T20:37:35.95 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 295 11.1777 -0.416 96
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2008-08-22T20:37:34.96 0.1 positive manual Pg 295 11.1777 0.243 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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