Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.4 on date 23-03-2010 and time 21:09:55 (Italy) in region 4 km NW Amatrice (RI)

A magnitude ML 0.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Amatrice (RI), on

  • 23-03-2010 20:09:55 (UTC)
  • 23-03-2010 21:09:55 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.6560, 13.2520 at 14 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
Amatrice RI 4 2657 2657
Accumoli RI 4 667 3324
Cittareale RI 9 482 3806
Arquata del Tronto AP 14 1178 4984
Montereale AQ 15 2581 7565
Campotosto AQ 15 542 8107
Capitignano AQ 16 665 8772
Acquasanta Terme AP 18 2916 11688
Borbona RI 19 617 12305
Posta RI 19 694 12999
Norcia PG 20 4957 17956

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
37 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
51 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
56 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
86 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Viterbo (67173 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 1.8
ML 0.4
2010-03-23
20:09:55
42.656 13.252 14 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1022689
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-03-23 20:09:55 ± 0.19
Latitude 42.6560 ± 0.0144
Longitude 13.2520 ± 0.0183
Depth (km) 14 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1022689

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2088
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 381
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 223
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2193.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 194
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.26080
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:0.4

Field Value
Value 0.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1022689
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:38:20

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1022689
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:38:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.TERO.HHE. 2010-03-23T20:10:06.12 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 97 28.9488 -0.055 75
IV.NRCA.HHN. 2010-03-23T20:10:04.54 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 330 22.6551 0.021 100
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2010-03-23T20:10:03.26 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 136 18.5703 -0.211 74
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2010-03-23T20:10:01.03 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 112 7.3815 -0.068 78
IV.TERO.HHE. 2010-03-23T20:10:01.92 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 97 28.9488 0.085 75
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2010-03-23T20:10:00.44 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 136 18.5703 0.161 75
IV.NRCA.HHN. 2010-03-23T20:10:00.61 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 330 22.6551 -0.272 74
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2010-03-23T20:09:59.17 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 112 7.3815 0.264 74
IV.SBPO.HHN. 2010-03-23T20:09:36.09 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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