Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 06-04-2009 and time 21:08:50 (Italy) in region 4 km W L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 06-04-2009 19:08:50 (UTC)
  • 06-04-2009 21:08:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3660, 13.3500 at 10 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 8 3727 73480
Lucoli AQ 8 1011 74491
Pizzoli AQ 9 4326 78817
Tornimparte AQ 9 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 17 1136 87134
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 17 394 87528
Capitignano AQ 18 665 88193
Rocca di Cambio AQ 18 533 88726
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 19 424 89150
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 19 1854 91004
Montereale AQ 20 2581 93585

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km W of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
44 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
89 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 2.0 2009-04-06
19:08:50
42.366 13.35 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 762179
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-04-06 19:08:50 ± 0.13
Latitude 42.3660 ± 0.0072
Longitude 13.3500 ± 0.0097
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 762179

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 882
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 728
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 141
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1131.4
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 22
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.56
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49912
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 762179
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:24:54
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
.NRCA.---. 2009-04-06T19:09:08.48 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 340 55.4001 0.065 47
IV.VCEL.EHZ. 2009-04-06T19:09:05.06 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 85 40.3263 0.672 82
.PTQR.---. 2009-04-06T19:09:03.56 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 174 38.3283 -0.303 69
.NRCA.---. 2009-04-06T19:09:01.78 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 340 55.4001 0.804 56
.TERO.---. 2009-04-06T19:09:01.96 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 36 35.2425 -1.088 51
.CERT.---. 2009-04-06T19:09:00.77 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 213 55.3002 -0.185 91
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-04-06T19:08:59.14 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 120 22.1556 -0.034 99
IV.FIAM.HHN. 2009-04-06T19:08:59.16 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 241 21.9669 0.033 99
IV.VCEL.EHZ. 2009-04-06T19:08:59.62 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 85 40.3263 0.962 72
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-06T19:08:58.20 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 14 19.4694 -0.138 49
.PTQR.---. 2009-04-06T19:08:58.08 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 174 38.3283 -0.274 92
.TERO.---. 2009-04-06T19:08:57.21 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 36 35.2425 -0.67 82
IV.FIAM.HHN. 2009-04-06T19:08:55.85 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 241 21.9669 0.237 95
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-06T19:08:55.19 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 14 19.4694 0.025 100
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-04-06T19:08:55.49 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 120 22.1556 -0.152 97
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-06T19:08:54.30 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 107 4.3956 -0.157 100
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-06T19:08:53.09 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 107 4.3956 0.176 99
SI.ABSI.BHN. 2009-04-06T19:08:39.20 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
SI.ROSI.BHE. 2009-04-06T19:08:29.05 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
NI.PALA.HHE. 2009-04-06T19:08:22.85 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
NI.VINO.HHE. 2009-04-06T19:08:21.04 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
NI.CGRP.HHE. 2009-04-06T19:08:15.86 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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