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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 05-01-2020 and time 05:21:07 (Italy) in region 4 km W Cortino (TE)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Cortino (TE), on

  • 05-01-2020 04:21:07 (UTC)
  • 05-01-2020 05:21:07 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.6080, 13.4620 at 18 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Cortino TE 4 656 656
Crognaleto TE 7 1297 1953
Fano Adriano TE 9 296 2249
Campotosto AQ 9 542 2791
Rocca Santa Maria TE 10 537 3328
Pietracamela TE 12 271 3599
Montorio al Vomano TE 14 8218 11817
Amatrice RI 14 2657 14474
Valle Castellana TE 15 977 15451
Capitignano AQ 16 665 16116
Torricella Sicura TE 17 2641 18757
Tossicia TE 17 1406 20163
Acquasanta Terme AP 19 2916 23079
Colledara TE 19 2179 25258
Montereale AQ 20 2581 27839
Accumoli RI 20 667 28506

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
29 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
67 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
73 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.6 2020-01-05
04:21:07		 42.6083 13.4617 18 2020-01-05
05:38:02		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 75262881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-01-05 04:21:07 ± 0.08
Latitude 42.6083 ± 0.0027
Longitude 13.4617 ± 0.0049
Depth (km) 18 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 75262881

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 415
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 89
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 70
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 410.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 170
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.08
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09533
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33994
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 75262881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-01-05 05:38:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2020-01-05T04:21:16.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 241 22.9548 119 0.04 74
IV.GIGS.HHZ. 2020-01-05T04:21:15.92 0.1 undecidable manual S 152 19.4694 125 0.03 99
IV.MTRA.EHZ. 2020-01-05T04:21:15.44 0.1 undecidable manual S 342 17.2716 129 0.01 100
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2020-01-05T04:21:14.86 0.1 positive manual P 312 37.7289 106 -0.08 94
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2020-01-05T04:21:14.16 0.3 undecidable manual S 283 10.5783 145 -0.03 76
IV.MTRA.EHZ. 2020-01-05T04:21:12.14 0.1 undecidable manual P 342 17.2716 129 0.04 100
IV.GIGS.HHZ. 2020-01-05T04:21:12.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 152 19.4694 125 -0.03 98
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2020-01-05T04:21:12.93 0.6 undecidable manual P 241 22.9548 119 0.1 49
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2020-01-05T04:21:11.58 0.6 undecidable manual P 283 10.5783 145 0.19 49
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SMA1.EHE. ML:0.6 0.000029863899999999997 0.8192 AML other m 2020-01-05T04:21:14.69
IV.SMA1.EHN. ML:0.7 0.0000412805 0.3008 AML other m 2020-01-05T04:21:14.50
IV.MTRA.HNN. ML:1.2 0.00009786067 0.3808 AML other m 2020-01-05T04:21:16.74
IV.MTRA.EHE. ML:0.6 0.000026551078 0.1216 AML other m 2020-01-05T04:21:15.67
IV.MTRA.EHN. ML:0.7 0.000037388034 0.1216 AML other m 2020-01-05T04:21:15.67
IV.GIGS.HHE. ML:0.2 0.000009517780000000001 0.5216 AML other m 2020-01-05T04:21:16.37
IV.GIGS.HHN. ML:0.2 0.000010146147500000001 1.6608 AML other m 2020-01-05T04:21:15.97
IV.NRCA.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000223185305 0.0768 AML other m 2020-01-05T04:21:19.20
IV.NRCA.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000020556079999999996 0.1216 AML other m 2020-01-05T04:21:20.70
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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