Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 22-02-2009 and time 20:49:59 (Italy) in region 1 km W L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 22-02-2009 19:49:59 (UTC)
  • 22-02-2009 20:49:59 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3540, 13.3930 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
L'Aquila AQ 1 69753 69753
Lucoli AQ 8 1011 70764
Ocre AQ 10 1167 71931
Tornimparte AQ 10 3187 75118
Fossa AQ 10 721 75839
Scoppito AQ 11 3727 79566
Pizzoli AQ 12 4326 83892
Poggio Picenze AQ 13 1136 85028
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 13 394 85422
Barete AQ 14 737 86159
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 15 424 86583
Rocca di Cambio AQ 15 533 87116
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 16 1854 88970
Barisciano AQ 17 1828 90798
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 18 1369 92167
Fagnano Alto AQ 19 418 92585
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 19 1526 94111
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 20 496 94607
Capitignano AQ 20 665 95272

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
1 Km W of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
43 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Roma (2864731 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 1.5
ML 1.0
2009-02-22
19:49:59
42.354 13.393 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 745789
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-02-22 19:49:59 ± 0.22
Latitude 42.3540 ± 0.0063
Longitude 13.3930 ± 0.0146
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 745789

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1325
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 214
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 243
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1389.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 242
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) 0.14
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.18166
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 745789
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:06:12

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 745789
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:06:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-02-22T19:50:07.08 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 122 18.4704 0.107 48
IV.CAMP.HHN. 2009-02-22T19:50:07.53 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 4 20.1687 0.028 49
IV.CAMP.HHN. 2009-02-22T19:50:04.16 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 4 20.1687 -0.024 98
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-02-22T19:50:03.14 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 91 0.6993 -0.065 100
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-02-22T19:50:03.78 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 122 18.4704 -0.092 97
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-02-22T19:50:01.81 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 91 0.6993 0.114 99
IV.CDCA.EHE. 2009-02-22T19:49:39.27 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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