Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 27-12-2008 and time 08:21:06 (Italy) in region 6 km NW Vetto (RE)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW Vetto (RE), on

  • 27-12-2008 07:21:06 (UTC)
  • 27-12-2008 08:21:06 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.5250, 10.2860 at 29 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
Vetto RE 6 1860 1860
Tizzano Val Parma PR 7 2077 3937
Neviano degli Arduini PR 7 3649 7586
Langhirano PR 10 10315 17901
Palanzano PR 12 1142 19043
Canossa RE 12 3844 22887
Lesignano de' Bagni PR 13 5028 27915
Castelnovo ne' Monti RE 13 10465 38380
Traversetolo PR 15 9425 47805
Calestano PR 16 2100 49905
San Polo d'Enza RE 16 6083 55988
Corniglio PR 17 1936 57924
Casina RE 17 4504 62428
Ventasso RE 18 4295 66723
Monchio delle Corti PR 18 933 67656
Terenzo PR 18 1196 68852
Quattro Castella RE 19 13195 82047
Felino PR 19 8790 90837

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km S of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
33 Km SW of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
59 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
71 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
75 Km SE of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
97 Km NW of Prato (191150 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
ML 2.1
2008-12-27
07:21:06
44.525 10.286 29 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 736439
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-12-27 07:21:06 ± 0.57
Latitude 44.5250 ± 0.0243
Longitude 10.2860 ± 0.0858
Depth (km) 29 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 736439

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 7006
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1957
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 254
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 7316.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 226
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.54
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.25096
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 736439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:55:49

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 736439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:55:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ROVR.HHE. 2008-12-27T07:21:44.84 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 26 138.861 0.159 58
IV.ROVR.HHE. 2008-12-27T07:21:28.29 0.1 positive manual Pg 26 138.861 -0.06 79
IV.PRMA.HHN. 2008-12-27T07:21:17.75 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 5 26.5512 0.161 73
IV.GSCL.SHZ. 2008-12-27T07:21:17.65 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 129 30.747 -0.795 40
IV.ERBM.EHZ. 2008-12-27T07:21:16.28 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 139 15.3735 0.59 45
IV.GSCL.SHZ. 2008-12-27T07:21:13.32 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 129 30.747 0.119 73
IV.PRMA.HHN. 2008-12-27T07:21:12.37 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 5 26.5512 -0.338 93
IV.ERBM.EHZ. 2008-12-27T07:21:11.72 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 139 15.3735 0.111 100
IV.ROM9.HHN. 2008-12-27T07:21:07.46 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.ROM9.HHN. 2008-12-27T07:20:55.72 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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