Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 29-08-2008 and time 10:12:15 (UTC) in region 3 km SE Miglionico (MT)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Miglionico (MT), on

  • 29-08-2008 10:12:15 (UTC)
  • 29-08-2008 12:12:15 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.5510, 16.5340 at 9 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
Miglionico MT 3 2510 2510
Pomarico MT 4 4145 6655
Ferrandina MT 9 8853 15508
Montescaglioso MT 11 9942 25450
Matera MT 14 60436 85886
Grottole MT 14 2208 88094
Pisticci MT 18 17768 105862
Salandra MT 18 2829 108691
Ginosa TA 19 22632 131323

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km SW of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
31 Km S of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Taranto (201100 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
64 Km S of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Bari (326344 inhabitants)
73 Km S of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
77 Km S of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
78 Km S of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
81 Km S of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
88 Km S of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Cerignola (58396 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 1.9
ML 1.6
2008-08-29
10:12:15
40.551 16.534 9 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 713729
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-08-29 10:12:15 ± 0.13
Latitude 40.5510 ± 0.0099
Longitude 16.5340 ± 0.0118
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 713729

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1346
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 417
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 325
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1486.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 143
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.49
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.62683
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 713729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:30:39

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 713729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:30:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MTRZ.HHN. 2008-08-29T10:12:47.59 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ESLN.BHE. 2008-08-29T10:12:45.25 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.LPEL.HHN. 2008-08-29T10:12:37.18 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MCEL.HHE. 2008-08-29T10:12:36.69 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 248 66.6777 0.435 41
IV.LAV9.SHZ. 2008-08-29T10:12:34.22 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SCHR.EHN. 2008-08-29T10:12:34.20 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 225 54.9006 1.077 49
IV.NOCI.HHE. 2008-08-29T10:12:32.54 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 59 51.9036 0.241 44
IV.AMUR.HHN. 2008-08-29T10:12:28.79 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 8 39.9267 -0.332 44
IV.MCEL.HHE. 2008-08-29T10:12:27.01 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 248 66.6777 -0.507 61
IV.SIRI.HHE. 2008-08-29T10:12:27.36 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 234 69.5748 -0.609 78
IV.NOCI.HHE. 2008-08-29T10:12:25.56 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 59 51.9036 0.326 65
IV.SCHR.EHN. 2008-08-29T10:12:25.58 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 225 54.9006 -0.131 90
IV.AMUR.HHN. 2008-08-29T10:12:23.28 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 8 39.9267 -0.118 93
GE.MATE.HHZ. 2008-08-29T10:12:22.66 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 53 18.0708 0.053 98
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2008-08-29T10:12:20.53 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 307 9.7791 0.278 71
IV.CRAC.EHN. 2008-08-29T10:12:20.19 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 202 22.2555 -0.213 70
GE.MATE.HHZ. 2008-08-29T10:12:19.65 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 53 18.0708 0.011 99
IV.SEST.EHZ. 2008-08-29T10:12:19.13 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MIGL.HHZ. 2008-08-29T10:12:18.29 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 307 9.7791 0.01 100
IV.VCEL.EHN. 2008-08-29T10:12:11.23 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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