Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.2 on date 22-07-2009 and time 05:38:32 (Italy) in region 6 km NW L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 0.2 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 22-07-2009 03:38:32 (UTC)
  • 22-07-2009 05:38:32 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3920, 13.3580 at 7 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 6 69753 69753
Pizzoli AQ 7 4326 74079
Scoppito AQ 9 3727 77806
Barete AQ 9 737 78543
Lucoli AQ 11 1011 79554
Tornimparte AQ 12 3187 82741
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 13 1369 84110
Capitignano AQ 15 665 84775
Ocre AQ 15 1167 85942
Fossa AQ 15 721 86663
Poggio Picenze AQ 17 1136 87799
Montereale AQ 17 2581 90380
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 18 394 90774
Campotosto AQ 19 542 91316

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
41 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
82 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Velletri (53303 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
Md 1.3
ML 0.2
2009-07-22
03:38:32
42.392 13.358 7 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 932389
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-07-22 03:38:32 ± 0.11
Latitude 42.3920 ± 0.0018
Longitude 13.3580 ± 0.0049
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 932389

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 381
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 186
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 97
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 447.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 171
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.07
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.14839
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:0.2

Field Value
Value 0.2
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 932389
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 17:46:07

Md:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 932389
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 17:46:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MA9.HHZ. 2009-07-22T03:38:39.06 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CAMP.HHN. 2009-07-22T03:38:39.21 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 15 16.4724 0.025 98
IV.CAMP.HHN. 2009-07-22T03:38:36.51 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 15 16.4724 -0.044 98
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-07-22T03:38:36.13 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 140 5.5944 0.013 100
IV.T0104.EHZ. 2009-07-22T03:38:35.77 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 204 3.996 -0.038 100
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-07-22T03:38:34.76 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 140 5.5944 -0.023 100
IV.T0104.EHZ. 2009-07-22T03:38:34.67 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 204 3.996 0.066 99
IV.TRTR.HHE. 2009-07-22T03:38:10.88 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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