Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 08-08-2008 and time 08:17:54 (Italy) in region 3 km E Frascarolo (PV)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Frascarolo (PV), on

  • 08-08-2008 06:17:54 (UTC)
  • 08-08-2008 08:17:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 45.0590, 8.7120 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
Frascarolo PV 3 1209 1209
Torre Beretti e Castellaro PV 3 567 1776
Suardi PV 4 624 2400
Mede PV 5 6693 9093
Gambarana PV 5 225 9318
Bassignana AL 6 1709 11027
Villa Biscossi PV 7 78 11105
Valenza AL 7 19178 30283
Sartirana Lomellina PV 7 1657 31940
Pieve del Cairo PV 8 2063 34003
Pecetto di Valenza AL 8 1267 35270
Bozzole AL 8 319 35589
Alluvioni CambiĆ² AL 9 912 36501
Semiana PV 9 231 36732
Rivarone AL 9 381 37113
Pomaro Monferrato AL 9 355 37468
Galliavola PV 10 211 37679
Lomello PV 10 2206 39885
Breme PV 10 800 40685
Valle Lomellina PV 11 2197 42882
Mezzana Bigli PV 11 1098 43980
Valmacca AL 11 1021 45001
Piovera AL 11 851 45852
Sale AL 11 4172 50024
Giarole AL 11 718 50742
Isola Sant'Antonio AL 11 717 51459
Guazzora AL 12 305 51764
Velezzo Lomellina PV 12 95 51859
Montecastello AL 12 321 52180
Ticineto AL 13 1371 53551
Pietra Marazzi AL 13 904 54455
San Salvatore Monferrato AL 13 4299 58754
Ferrera Erbognone PV 14 1189 59943
Ottobiano PV 14 1090 61033
Alzano Scrivia AL 14 377 61410
Castelletto Monferrato AL 14 1537 62947
San Giorgio di Lomellina PV 14 1099 64046
Molino dei Torti AL 15 605 64651
Mirabello Monferrato AL 15 1374 66025
Borgo San Martino AL 15 1428 67453
Zeme PV 16 1074 68527
Valeggio PV 16 217 68744
Candia Lomellina PV 16 1550 70294
Cornale e Bastida PV 16 867 71161
Castelnuovo Scrivia AL 16 5274 76435
Occimiano AL 16 1319 77754
Cergnago PV 16 735 78489
Frassineto Po AL 16 1460 79949
Sannazzaro de' Burgondi PV 16 5515 85464
Cozzo PV 17 350 85814
Olevano di Lomellina PV 17 729 86543
Scaldasole PV 17 938 87481
Alessandria AL 18 93943 181424
Casei Gerola PV 18 2500 183924
Alagna PV 19 875 184799
Silvano Pietra PV 19 672 185471
Lu AL 19 1122 186593
Castello d'Agogna PV 20 1202 187795

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NE of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
31 Km SW of Vigevano (63310 inhabitants)
38 Km W of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
44 Km E of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
44 Km S of Novara (104380 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Rho (50434 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Milano (1345851 inhabitants)
62 Km S of Legnano (60262 inhabitants)
63 Km S of Busto Arsizio (83106 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Sesto San Giovanni (81608 inhabitants)
67 Km S of Gallarate (53343 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Cinisello Balsamo (75078 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Monza (122671 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
85 Km S of Varese (80799 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Como (84495 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 2.2
ML 1.8
2008-08-08
06:17:54
45.059 8.712 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 709409
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-08-08 06:17:54 ± 0.21
Latitude 45.0590 ± 0.0153
Longitude 8.7120 ± 0.0178
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 709409

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1947
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1105
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 35
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2202.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 175
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.87684
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 709409
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:25:53

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 709409
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:25:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CMPO.HHZ. 2008-08-08T06:18:44.20 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
CH.MMK.HHE. 2008-08-08T06:18:31.27 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MPAZ.BHN. 2008-08-08T06:18:31.57 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2008-08-08T06:18:21.71 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 304 90.6426 0.621 42
IV.BOB.HHZ. 2008-08-08T06:18:14.85 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 119 66.1893 0.275 73
IV.ORO.SHZ. 2008-08-08T06:18:13.11 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2008-08-08T06:18:13.00 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 193 58.8966 0.382 48
GU.SC2M.HHZ. 2008-08-08T06:18:10.31 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 138 97.3248 -0.45 66
GU.TRAV.HHZ. 2008-08-08T06:18:09.36 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 304 90.6426 -0.368 68
IV.BOB.HHZ. 2008-08-08T06:18:06.10 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 119 66.1893 0.134 75
GU.PCP.HHZ. 2008-08-08T06:18:04.64 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 193 58.8966 -0.196 100
IV.CMPO.HHZ. 2008-08-08T06:17:45.97 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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