Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 06-04-2009 and time 20:46:50 (Italy) in region 4 km NW L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 06-04-2009 18:46:50 (UTC)
  • 06-04-2009 20:46:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3760, 13.3640 at 11 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
L'Aquila AQ 4 69753 69753
Scoppito AQ 9 3727 73480
Pizzoli AQ 9 4326 77806
Lucoli AQ 10 1011 78817
Tornimparte AQ 11 3187 82004
Barete AQ 11 737 82741
Ocre AQ 14 1167 83908
Fossa AQ 14 721 84629
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 15 1369 85998
Poggio Picenze AQ 16 1136 87134
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 16 394 87528
Capitignano AQ 17 665 88193
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 19 424 88617
Rocca di Cambio AQ 19 533 89150
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 19 1854 91004
Montereale AQ 19 2581 93585
Barisciano AQ 20 1828 95413

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
42 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Velletri (53303 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
ML 1.8 2009-04-06
18:46:50
42.376 13.364 11 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 762039
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-04-06 18:46:50 ± 0.1
Latitude 42.3760 ± 0.0027
Longitude 13.3640 ± 0.0037
Depth (km) 11 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 762039

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 526
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 105
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 45
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 424.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 99
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.37
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49283
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 762039
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:24:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NRCA.SHZ. 2009-04-06T18:47:07.41 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 338 54.7008 0.219 89
IV.VCEL.EHE. 2009-04-06T18:47:03.35 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 87 39.1275 0.313 45
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-06T18:47:02.49 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 176 39.4272 -0.63 84
IV.TERO.HHE. 2009-04-06T18:47:01.25 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 36 33.6441 -0.333 88
IV.NRCA.SHZ. 2009-04-06T18:46:59.88 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 338 54.7008 -0.1 90
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-04-06T18:46:58.62 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 124 21.867 0.197 71
IV.FIAM.HHZ. 2009-04-06T18:46:58.77 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 239 23.5542 -0.105 98
IV.VCEL.EHE. 2009-04-06T18:46:58.19 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 87 39.1275 0.6 42
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-06T18:46:57.43 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 12 18.0708 0.009 73
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-06T18:46:57.31 1.0 undecidable manual Pg 176 39.4272 -0.323 23
IV.TERO.HHE. 2009-04-06T18:46:56.76 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 36 33.6441 0.011 95
IV.FIAM.HHZ. 2009-04-06T18:46:55.29 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 239 23.5542 0.103 94
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-04-06T18:46:55.15 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 124 21.867 0.227 94
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-06T18:46:54.78 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 12 18.0708 0.437 91
MN.AQU.HHE. 2009-04-06T18:46:53.79 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 129 3.996 -0.441 92
MN.AQU.HHE. 2009-04-06T18:46:52.55 0.1 negative manual Pg 129 3.996 0.045 100
IV.VVLD.HHZ. 2009-04-06T18:46:06.65 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.INTR.HHN. 2009-04-06T18:46:06.76 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.VVLD.HHZ. 2009-04-06T18:46:02.47 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.FG5.SHZ. 2009-04-06T18:45:44.08 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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