This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 4.8 mb
Local datetime 2012/08/29 01:12
Universal datetime 2012/08/28 23:12
Latitude 37.81 ° ± 34 km
Longitude 15.83 ° ± 26 km
Depth 40 km (operator assigned) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Palermo  221 672175
Catania  75 313110
Messina  49 252026
Taranto  323 202033
Reggio di Calabria  37 180353
Salerno  331 138188
Siracusa  95 123657
Catanzaro  138 95251
Lecce  347 83303
Marsala  298 77784
Potenza  314 69060
Ragusa  138 68956
Crotone  181 60010
Vibo Valentia  98 33957
Valletta  243 6794

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 11 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status confirmed
RMS 0.65
Azimuthal gap 323.64 °
Number of stations used 30
Number of phases used 30

Webservices

The data of this event are available in various formats (QuakeML, GeoJSON and text) through the following links :

QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR CALF P 23:14:20.22 -0.86 314.1 8.99 Manual
FR ISO P 23:14:23.84 0.06 316.57 9.19 Manual
FR SURF P 23:14:29.24 1.15 317.25 9.51 Manual
FR OGDI P 23:14:29.48 0.23 313.91 9.6 Manual
FR BSTF P 23:14:30.91 -0.46 310.97 9.76 Manual
FR MLYF P 23:14:32.0 0.19 312.17 9.8 Manual
FR RUSF P 23:14:33.59 -0.09 311.26 9.94 Manual
FR TRBF P 23:14:46.24 -0.98 308.74 10.96 Manual
FR OG35 P 23:14:51.87 1.34 320.37 11.21 Manual
LE GUT P 23:14:52.12 -0.38 336.56 11.36 Manual
FR CHMF P 23:14:55.87 0.3 327.29 11.6 Manual
FR LOMF P 23:14:56.1 0.36 328.07 11.6 Manual
FR FNEB P 23:14:56.41 0.34 300.19 11.63 Manual
LE KIZ P 23:14:55.57 -0.96 332.79 11.67 Manual
FR MOF P 23:14:58.47 -0.8 330.36 11.88 Manual
LE OPP P 23:15:00.94 -0.41 334.91 12.04 Manual
FR ECH P 23:15:02.39 -0.67 331.43 12.17 Manual
FR WLS P 23:15:03.32 -0.93 332.46 12.26 Manual
RT RITT P 23:15:07.85 1.02 335.25 12.46 Manual
RT STUN P 23:15:08.10 1.12 335.38 12.47 Manual
RT BETS P 23:15:07.61 0.62 335.15 12.47 Manual
SZ KUHL P 23:15:07.61 0.41 335.21 12.49 Manual
RT OBER P 23:15:07.36 0.13 335.35 12.49 Manual
SZ OPS P 23:15:06.62 -0.86 335.1 12.51 Manual
SZ FOR P 23:15:07.85 0.1 335.1 12.53 Manual
SZ SUBF P 23:15:08.10 0.27 335.05 12.53 Manual
SZ KEFF P 23:15:07.61 -0.45 335.19 12.55 Manual
SZ LAMP P 23:15:08.28 0.01 335.01 12.57 Manual
FR LANF P 23:15:08.59 0.09 335.03 12.59 Manual
FR THEF P 23:15:09.33 0.1 328.54 12.64 Manual