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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 26-02-2020 and time 06:35:14 (UTC) in region 4 km E Capitignano (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Capitignano (AQ), on

  • 26-02-2020 06:35:14 (UTC)
  • 26-02-2020 07:35:14 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.5200, 13.3460 at 11 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
Capitignano AQ 4 665 665
Campotosto AQ 5 542 1207
Montereale AQ 8 2581 3788
Barete AQ 9 737 4525
Pizzoli AQ 10 4326 8851
Crognaleto TE 11 1297 10148
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 12 1369 11517
Amatrice RI 13 2657 14174
Fano Adriano TE 16 296 14470
Pietracamela TE 17 271 14741
Borbona RI 18 617 15358
Cortino TE 18 656 16014
Scoppito AQ 18 3727 19741
Cittareale RI 19 482 20223
L'Aquila AQ 19 69753 89976

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
33 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
72 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2020-02-26
06:35:14		 42.5197 13.3462 11 2020-02-26
06:40:01		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 76820601
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-02-26 06:35:14 ± 0.07
Latitude 42.5197 ± 0.0054
Longitude 13.3462 ± 0.0037
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 76820601

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 539
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 294
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 360
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 540.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 152
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35703
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 76820601
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-02-26 06:40:01
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RCAV.EHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:28.20 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.05 0
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:26.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 332 39.627 50 -0.26 70
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:23.44 0.6 undecidable manual S 290 26.6511 50 -0.16 49
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:22.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 61 23.9538 50 -0.25 48
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:21.52 0.3 negative manual P 332 39.627 50 -0.03 73
IV.GIGS.HHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:21.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 112 19.9689 50 -0.22 49
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:19.22 0.3 undecidable manual S 264 10.878 135 -0.15 74
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:19.74 0.3 undecidable manual S 356 12.2766 132 0 76
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:19.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 290 26.6511 50 -0.01 75
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:19.48 0.6 undecidable manual P 61 23.9538 50 0.34 46
IV.GIGS.HHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:18.71 0.6 undecidable manual P 112 19.9689 50 0.19 48
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:18.04 0.3 undecidable manual S 71 5.3946 154 -0.23 74
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:17.34 0.3 positive manual P 264 10.878 135 0.23 73
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:17.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 356 12.2766 132 0.14 74
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2020-02-26T06:35:16.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 71 5.3946 154 0.17 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.RM33.EHE. ML:1.2 0.00019449284999999999 0.1824 AML other m 2020-02-26T06:35:19.41
IV.RM33.EHN. ML:1.0 0.00012634885000000002 0.2016 AML other m 2020-02-26T06:35:20.02
IV.RM33.HNE. ML:1.2 0.00018052586 0.16 AML other m 2020-02-26T06:35:19.41
IV.RM33.HNN. ML:1.1 0.000140261725 0.1888 AML other m 2020-02-26T06:35:20.02
IV.SMA1.EHE. ML:1.4 0.0002511293 0.1824 AML other m 2020-02-26T06:35:19.80
IV.SMA1.EHN. ML:1.2 0.00016705945 0.2816 AML other m 2020-02-26T06:35:19.95
IV.GIGS.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000018754622500000003 0.1376 AML other m 2020-02-26T06:35:21.72
IV.GIGS.HHN. ML:0.3 0.000012979689999999998 0.1184 AML other m 2020-02-26T06:35:21.83
IV.NRCA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000090779235 0.2208 AML other m 2020-02-26T06:35:27.19
IV.NRCA.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00006596154499999999 0.1216 AML other m 2020-02-26T06:35:27.00
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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