Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 25-02-2009 and time 23:45:27 (Italy) in region 3 km SW L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 25-02-2009 22:45:27 (UTC)
  • 25-02-2009 23:45:27 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3340, 13.3700 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 3 69753 69753
Lucoli AQ 5 1011 70764
Tornimparte AQ 7 3187 73951
Ocre AQ 10 1167 75118
Scoppito AQ 10 3727 78845
Fossa AQ 11 721 79566
Pizzoli AQ 13 4326 83892
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 14 394 84286
Poggio Picenze AQ 14 1136 85422
Rocca di Cambio AQ 15 533 85955
Barete AQ 15 737 86692
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 16 424 87116
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 16 1854 88970
Barisciano AQ 18 1828 90798
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 18 1369 92167
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 19 1526 93693
Fagnano Alto AQ 19 418 94111
Borgorose RI 19 4591 98702

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
3 Km SW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
63 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.8
ML 1.5
2009-02-25
22:45:27
42.334 13.37 11 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 746529
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-02-25 22:45:27 ± 0.16
Latitude 42.3340 ± 0.0081
Longitude 13.3700 ± 0.0170
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 746529

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1426
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 761
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 76
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1664.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 163
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.38
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.53330
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 746529
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:07:02

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 746529
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:07:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NRCA.HHE. 2009-02-25T22:45:46.22 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 339 59.1963 0.474 42
IV.TERO.HHE. 2009-02-25T22:45:40.31 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 31 37.3293 0.409 45
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-02-25T22:45:39.13 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 176 34.743 -0.084 48
IV.NRCA.HHE. 2009-02-25T22:45:37.83 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 339 59.1963 -0.143 68
IV.TERO.HHE. 2009-02-25T22:45:34.00 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 31 37.3293 -0.599 85
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-02-25T22:45:34.25 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 176 34.743 0.048 73
IV.FAGN.HHZ. 2009-02-25T22:45:34.94 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 113 19.1697 0.018 75
IV.FAGN.HHZ. 2009-02-25T22:45:31.90 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 113 19.1697 0.177 97
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-02-25T22:45:30.98 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 50 3.3966 -0.195 75
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-02-25T22:45:29.73 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 50 3.3966 0.169 100
IV.FSSB.HHE. 2009-02-25T22:45:20.19 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download