Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 20-04-2008 and time 20:29:12 (UTC) in region 3 km E Barrafranca (EN)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Barrafranca (EN), on

  • 20-04-2008 20:29:12 (UTC)
  • 20-04-2008 22:29:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.3810, 14.2370 at 51 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
Barrafranca EN 3 13380 13380
Mazzarino CL 9 12145 25525
Pietraperzia EN 10 7013 32538
Piazza Armerina EN 12 21886 54424
San Cono CT 15 2697 57121
Riesi CL 17 11586 68707
Valguarnera Caropepe EN 19 7866 76573
Aidone EN 19 4889 81462
Mirabella Imbaccari CT 20 4912 86374
Caltanissetta CL 20 63360 149734

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km SE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
35 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
55 Km NW of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
58 Km E of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
67 Km NW of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
74 Km NW of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
76 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Acireale (52622 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 1.8
ML 2.0
2008-04-20
20:29:12
37.381 14.237 51 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 686029
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-04-20 20:29:12 ± 0.49
Latitude 37.3810 ± 0.0144
Longitude 14.2370 ± 0.0272
Depth (km) 51 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 686029

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1833
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1556
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 284
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2884.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 267
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.38
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.97666
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 686029
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:00:08

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 686029
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:00:08
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MMME.BHN. 2008-04-20T20:29:42.99 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 55 108.4137 -0.386 63
IV.SSY.BHN. 2008-04-20T20:29:37.53 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 108 77.8665 0.51 67
IV.MMME.BHN. 2008-04-20T20:29:30.28 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 55 108.4137 -0.037 67
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2008-04-20T20:29:30.98 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 118 47.8188 -0.267 88
IV.ECNV.BHE. 2008-04-20T20:29:28.62 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2008-04-20T20:29:27.64 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 148 20.7681 0.238 77
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2008-04-20T20:29:26.53 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SSY.BHN. 2008-04-20T20:29:26.85 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 108 77.8665 0.204 94
IV.ECNV.BHE. 2008-04-20T20:29:23.29 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2008-04-20T20:29:23.20 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 118 47.8188 -0.109 95
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2008-04-20T20:29:21.08 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 148 20.7681 -0.016 100
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