Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 30-08-2008 and time 04:29:27 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Montaquila (IS)

A magnitude ML 0.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Montaquila (IS), on

  • 30-08-2008 02:29:27 (UTC)
  • 30-08-2008 04:29:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.5800, 14.1350 at 10 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
Montaquila IS 2 2456 2456
Fornelli IS 3 1909 4365
Macchia d'Isernia IS 3 1035 5400
Colli a Volturno IS 3 1349 6749
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 6 1113 7862
Monteroduni IS 7 2264 10126
Scapoli IS 7 680 10806
Filignano IS 8 648 11454
Isernia IS 8 21842 33296
Sant'Agapito IS 8 1496 34792
Cerro al Volturno IS 9 1281 36073
Pozzilli IS 10 2380 38453
Castel San Vincenzo IS 10 516 38969
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 10 425 39394
Longano IS 11 690 40084
Miranda IS 12 1047 41131
Pettoranello del Molise IS 12 460 41591
Capriati a Volturno CE 12 1541 43132
Venafro IS 13 11280 54412
Pizzone IS 13 329 54741
Pesche IS 13 1661 56402
Forlì del Sannio IS 14 675 57077
Fontegreca CE 14 811 57888
Conca Casale IS 14 200 58088
Ciorlano CE 14 426 58514
Castelpizzuto IS 15 155 58669
Rionero Sannitico IS 15 1118 59787
Gallo Matese CE 15 579 60366
Viticuso FR 15 353 60719
Roccasicura IS 16 550 61269
Acquafondata FR 16 263 61532
Carpinone IS 16 1157 62689
Montenero Val Cocchiara IS 16 538 63227
Letino CE 17 712 63939
Prata Sannita CE 17 1502 65441
San Biagio Saracinisco FR 18 349 65790
Sessano del Molise IS 18 727 66517
Castelpetroso IS 18 1680 68197
Sesto Campano IS 18 2388 70585
Vallerotonda FR 19 1581 72166
Alfedena AQ 19 864 73030
Pratella CE 20 1565 74595
Santa Maria del Molise IS 20 665 75260
Valle Agricola CE 20 890 76150
Carovilli IS 20 1359 77509

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
59 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
68 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
74 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
86 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
92 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
98 Km NW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
99 Km S of Pescara (121014 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 1.5
ML 0.5
2008-08-30
02:29:27
41.58 14.135 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 713949
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-08-30 02:29:27 ± 0.24
Latitude 41.5800 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.1350 ± 0.0060
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 713949

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 815
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 412
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 162
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1029.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 227
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.12411
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 713949
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:30:54

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 713949
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:30:54
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RNI2.HHN. 2008-08-30T02:29:33.75 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 6 13.7751 0.079 98
IV.MIDA.HHE. 2008-08-30T02:29:33.12 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 55 11.9769 -0.068 98
IV.CERA.HHZ. 2008-08-30T02:29:32.63 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 282 9.879 -0.01 100
IV.INTR.HHE. 2008-08-30T02:29:32.36 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MIDA.HHE. 2008-08-30T02:29:31.03 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 55 11.9769 0.121 97
IV.RNI2.HHN. 2008-08-30T02:29:31.05 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 6 13.7751 -0.138 97
IV.CERA.HHZ. 2008-08-30T02:29:30.61 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 282 9.879 0.018 100
IV.CRAC.EHN. 2008-08-30T02:29:18.42 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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