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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 24-10-2008 and time 11:30:40 (Italy) in region 4 km E Brognaturo (VV)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Brognaturo (VV), on

  • 24-10-2008 09:30:40 (UTC)
  • 24-10-2008 11:30:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6040, 16.3930 at 36 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Brognaturo VV 4 735 735
Cardinale CZ 4 2188 2923
Simbario VV 5 966 3889
Spadola VV 5 825 4714
Torre di Ruggiero CZ 6 1033 5747
Serra San Bruno VV 7 6734 12481
San Sostene CZ 9 1370 13851
Chiaravalle Centrale CZ 9 5759 19610
Argusto CZ 9 522 20132
Vallelonga VV 10 706 20838
Davoli CZ 10 5607 26445
Gagliato CZ 10 505 26950
Satriano CZ 11 3448 30398
Isca sullo Ionio CZ 11 1633 32031
San Nicola da Crissa VV 12 1335 33366
Mongiana VV 12 740 34106
San Vito sullo Ionio CZ 12 1811 35917
Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio CZ 12 1937 37854
Badolato CZ 12 3085 40939
Pizzoni VV 13 1143 42082
Cenadi CZ 13 563 42645
Petrizzi CZ 13 1131 43776
Vazzano VV 13 1067 44843
Capistrano VV 13 1042 45885
Santa Caterina dello Ionio CZ 14 2175 48060
Olivadi CZ 14 529 48589
Sorianello VV 14 1176 49765
Soriano Calabro VV 14 2421 52186
Centrache CZ 15 401 52587
Bivongi RC 15 1398 53985
Guardavalle CZ 15 4560 58545
Pazzano RC 15 568 59113
Nardodipace VV 15 1305 60418
Gerocarne VV 15 2248 62666
Fabrizia VV 15 2195 64861
Stilo RC 16 2622 67483
Monterosso Calabro VV 16 1729 69212
Montepaone CZ 16 5282 74494
Filogaso VV 17 1417 75911
Arena VV 17 1456 77367
Soverato CZ 17 9204 86571
Palermiti CZ 17 1213 87784
Dasà VV 18 1208 88992
Polia VV 18 1023 90015
Gasperina CZ 18 2160 92175
Acquaro VV 18 2484 94659
Montauro CZ 19 1732 96391

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
42 Km S of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
78 Km S of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 1.8
ML 1.8 		2008-10-24
09:30:40		 38.604 16.393 36 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 725259
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-10-24 09:30:40 ± 0.35
Latitude 38.6040 ± 0.0135
Longitude 16.3930 ± 0.0311
Depth (km) 36 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 725259

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2656
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 930
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 103
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3088.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.55
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.71766
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 725259
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:43:21

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 725259
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:43:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CARO.HHZ. 2008-10-24T09:31:04.28 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 348 73.6707 0.525 82
IV.CMPO.HHZ. 2008-10-24T09:31:02.07 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
MN.CEL.HHN. 2008-10-24T09:31:00.51 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 229 57.6978 0.644 79
IV.SERS.HHN. 2008-10-24T09:30:59.78 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 28 54.3012 0.704 79
IV.MPAZ.BHE. 2008-10-24T09:30:55.21 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 205 79.6647 0.521 60
IV.CARO.HHZ. 2008-10-24T09:30:53.82 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 348 73.6707 -0.058 89
IV.GRI.EHN. 2008-10-24T09:30:52.72 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 6 24.3534 -0.194 95
IV.SERS.HHN. 2008-10-24T09:30:51.17 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 28 54.3012 -0.005 94
MN.CEL.HHN. 2008-10-24T09:30:51.52 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 229 57.6978 -0.113 92
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2008-10-24T09:30:51.86 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 167 17.5713 -0.074 100
IV.JOPP.HHE. 2008-10-24T09:30:49.30 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 271 43.9227 -0.515 85
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2008-10-24T09:30:46.69 0.1 positive manual Pg 167 17.5713 -0.36 94
IV.GRI.EHN. 2008-10-24T09:30:46.89 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 6 24.3534 -0.727 81
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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