Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 21-12-2008 and time 22:55:20 (Italy) in region Costa Ionica Crotonese (Crotone)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ionica Crotonese (Crotone), on

  • 21-12-2008 21:55:20 (UTC)
  • 21-12-2008 22:55:20 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.9510, 17.2900 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
Isola di Capo Rizzuto KR 17 17643 17643

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km SE of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Cosenza (67546 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 2.3
ML 2.4
2008-12-21
21:55:20
38.951 17.29 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 733299
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-12-21 21:55:20 ± 0.78
Latitude 38.9510 ± 0.0288
Longitude 17.2900 ± 0.0532
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 733299

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4684
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3053
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 285
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5603.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 294
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.59
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.88403
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 733299
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:52:17

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 733299
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:52:17
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2008-12-21T21:55:54.52 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CARO.HHZ. 2008-12-21T21:55:48.86 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 290 98.124 -0.341 58
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2008-12-21T21:55:42.90 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 326 71.9724 0.698 54
IV.CARO.HHZ. 2008-12-21T21:55:36.57 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 290 98.124 -0.414 85
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2008-12-21T21:55:34.14 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 260 76.4679 0.496 87
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2008-12-21T21:55:32.79 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 326 71.9724 -0.154 95
CL.LADO.HHZ. 2008-12-21T21:55:28.76 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 324 45.621 -0.129 100
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