Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 24-12-2008 and time 04:20:35 (Italy) in region 4 km SE Calestano (PR)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Calestano (PR), on

  • 24-12-2008 03:20:35 (UTC)
  • 24-12-2008 04:20:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.5690, 10.1490 at 31 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
Calestano PR 4 2100 2100
Tizzano Val Parma PR 7 2077 4177
Terenzo PR 7 1196 5373
Langhirano PR 11 10315 15688
Corniglio PR 11 1936 17624
Neviano degli Arduini PR 14 3649 21273
Fornovo di Taro PR 14 6100 27373
Berceto PR 14 2109 29482
Solignano PR 14 1773 31255
Lesignano de' Bagni PR 15 5028 36283
Palanzano PR 15 1142 37425
Felino PR 16 8790 46215
Varano de' Melegari PR 17 2676 48891
Monchio delle Corti PR 17 933 49824
Sala Baganza PR 18 5561 55385
Vetto RE 18 1860 57245

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km SW of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
41 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
63 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
64 Km S of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
65 Km SE of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
85 Km NW of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
94 Km NW of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Genova (586655 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 2.0 2008-12-24
03:20:35
44.569 10.149 31 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 734779
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-12-24 03:20:35 ± 0.65
Latitude 44.5690 ± 0.0162
Longitude 10.1490 ± 0.0227
Depth (km) 31 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 734779

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2094
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1947
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 165
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2545.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 292
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) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.24012
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.46315
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 734779
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:53:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NOVE.EHN. 2008-12-24T03:20:52.77 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 60 51.4152 0.119 75
IV.GSCL.SHZ. 2008-12-24T03:20:50.76 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 125 42.4242 0.229 50
IV.ERBM.EHN. 2008-12-24T03:20:46.94 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 128 26.6511 -0.267 76
IV.NOVE.EHN. 2008-12-24T03:20:45.08 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 60 51.4152 -0.21 74
IV.GSCL.SHZ. 2008-12-24T03:20:43.80 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 125 42.4242 -0.266 74
IV.ERBM.EHN. 2008-12-24T03:20:42.50 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 128 26.6511 0.353 100
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