Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 06-04-2009 and time 23:12:26 (Italy) in region 4 km NW Fossa (AQ)

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

  • 06-04-2009 21:12:26 (UTC)
  • 06-04-2009 23:12:26 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3190, 13.4620 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
Fossa AQ 4 721 721
Ocre AQ 4 1167 1888
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 6 394 2282
L'Aquila AQ 6 69753 72035
Poggio Picenze AQ 7 1136 73171
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 8 424 73595
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 9 1854 75449
Rocca di Cambio AQ 9 533 75982
Lucoli AQ 11 1011 76993
Barisciano AQ 11 1828 78821
Fagnano Alto AQ 12 418 79239
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 13 496 79735
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 13 1526 81261
Tornimparte AQ 14 3187 84448
Fontecchio AQ 15 369 84817
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 16 111 84928
San Pio delle Camere AQ 16 661 85589
Scoppito AQ 18 3727 89316
Carapelle Calvisio AQ 18 87 89403
Castelvecchio Calvisio AQ 19 153 89556
Caporciano AQ 19 230 89786
Pizzoli AQ 19 4326 94112
Calascio AQ 19 137 94249
Tione degli Abruzzi AQ 19 310 94559

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km SE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
43 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
58 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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
21:12:26
42.319 13.462 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 763069
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-04-06 21:12:26 ± 0.07
Latitude 42.3190 ± 0.0036
Longitude 13.4620 ± 0.0061
Depth (km) 10 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 763069

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 520
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 342
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 73
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 640.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 102
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) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.51351
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:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 763069
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:25:55
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VVLD.HHE. 2009-04-06T21:12:42.26 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 165 51.6039 -0.292 45
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:42.26 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 133 49.9167 0.165 47
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:38.14 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 19 35.6421 -0.146 72
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:37.98 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 189 33.3444 0.298 70
IV.SBPO.HHN. 2009-04-06T21:12:37.52 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.FIAM.HHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:36.62 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 259 28.8489 0.14 73
.CERT.---. 2009-04-06T21:12:36.31 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 224 56.9985 -0.13 69
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-06T21:12:35.32 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 350 24.4533 0.027 75
IV.VVLD.HHE. 2009-04-06T21:12:35.22 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 165 51.6039 -0.396 88
IV.INTR.HHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:35.41 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 133 49.9167 0.055 71
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:33.12 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 19 35.6421 -0.036 98
IV.FIAM.HHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:32.12 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 259 28.8489 0.009 100
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:32.69 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 189 33.3444 -0.115 73
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-06T21:12:31.66 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 350 24.4533 0.231 72
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-04-06T21:12:31.38 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 121 11.5773 -0.142 50
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-04-06T21:12:29.59 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 121 11.5773 0.345 96
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:29.99 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 308 6.2937 -0.322 73
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:28.74 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 308 6.2937 0.192 100
IV.STR4.BHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:25.60 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.STR3.BHN. 2009-04-06T21:12:23.12 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SDI.SHZ. 2009-04-06T21:12:17.55 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GUAR.HHE. 2009-04-06T21:12:13.77 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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