Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 27-10-2008 and time 12:12:48 (UTC) in region 5 km S Santa Cristina Gela (PA)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 5 km S Santa Cristina Gela (PA), on

  • 27-10-2008 12:12:48 (UTC)
  • 27-10-2008 13:12:48 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9450, 13.3440 at 10 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
Santa Cristina Gela PA 5 1008 1008
Marineo PA 6 6647 7655
Piana degli Albanesi PA 8 6293 13948
Godrano PA 9 1181 15129
Bolognetta PA 10 4179 19308
CefalĂ  Diana PA 11 1041 20349
Altofonte PA 12 10284 30633
Belmonte Mezzagno PA 12 11273 41906
Villafrati PA 13 3368 45274
Mezzojuso PA 14 2920 48194
Misilmeri PA 14 29258 77452
San Cipirello PA 14 5372 82824
San Giuseppe Jato PA 15 8650 91474
Corleone PA 15 11234 102708
Monreale PA 16 39389 142097
Villabate PA 17 20252 162349
Baucina PA 17 2008 164357
Campofelice di Fitalia PA 18 511 164868
Ficarazzi PA 19 12933 177801
Palermo PA 19 674435 852236
Ventimiglia di Sicilia PA 20 1953 854189
Ciminna PA 20 3780 857969

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km S of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
21 Km SW of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Trapani (68759 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Mazara del Vallo (51718 inhabitants)
81 Km NW of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Marsala (83194 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 2.0
ML 1.7
2008-10-27
12:12:48
37.945 13.344 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 726089
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-10-27 12:12:48 ± 0.7
Latitude 37.9450 ± 0.0315
Longitude 13.3440 ± 0.0411
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 726089

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3737
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3368
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 53
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5021.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 324
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.37772
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.56208
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 726089
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:44:17

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 726089
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:44:17
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2008-10-27T12:13:07.12 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 91 62.3931 -0.26 46
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2008-10-27T12:13:06.95 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 85 59.7957 0.259 47
IV.ALJA.HHE. 2008-10-27T12:13:01.96 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 121 41.9247 0.043 50
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2008-10-27T12:12:59.20 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 85 59.7957 0.4 90
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2008-10-27T12:12:58.68 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 91 62.3931 -0.518 87
IV.ALJA.HHE. 2008-10-27T12:12:56.11 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 121 41.9247 0.065 100
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