Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 19-05-1985 and time 08:16:58 (UTC) in region 4 km W L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 19-05-1985 08:16:58 (UTC)
  • 19-05-1985 10:16:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3660, 13.3570 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 13 1167 83908
Fossa AQ 13 721 84629
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 15 1369 85998
Poggio Picenze AQ 16 1136 87134
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 16 394 87528
Capitignano AQ 18 665 88193
Rocca di Cambio AQ 18 533 88726
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 18 424 89150
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 19 1854 91004
Barisciano AQ 20 1828 92832
Montereale AQ 20 2581 95413

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km W of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
43 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
85 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
Md 2.3 1985-05-19
08:16:58
42.366 13.357 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 6559
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-05-19 08:16:58 ± 0.445
Latitude 42.3660 ± 0.0844
Longitude 13.3570 ± 0.0660
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 6559

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 10835.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 164
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.8
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00024
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00664
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 6559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:10:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SD1.Z. 1985-05-19T08:17:14.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 152 0.7326 0.97 0.5
--.MNS.Z. 1985-05-19T08:17:07.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 272 0.4995 -1.11 0.6
--.PO9.Z. 1985-05-19T08:17:07.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 304 0.3663 1.28 0.5
--.AQU.Z. 1985-05-19T08:17:02.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 109 0.0222 0.02 0.9
--.AQU.Z. 1985-05-19T08:16:59.80 10.0 positive manual PG 109 0.0222 -0.6 2.4
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