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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 17-09-2020 and time 22:26:57 (UTC) in region 5 km SW Amatrice (RI)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Amatrice (RI), on

  • 17-09-2020 22:26:57 (UTC)
  • 18-09-2020 00:26:57 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.6060, 13.2340 at 12 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
Amatrice RI 5 2657 2657
Cittareale RI 6 482 3139
Montereale AQ 9 2581 5720
Accumoli RI 10 667 6387
Capitignano AQ 11 665 7052
Campotosto AQ 12 542 7594
Borbona RI 13 617 8211
Posta RI 14 694 8905
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 16 1369 10274
Barete AQ 18 737 11011
Arquata del Tronto AP 19 1178 12189
Pizzoli AQ 19 4326 16515

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
39 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
48 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
58 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
76 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
89 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
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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 1.3 2020-09-17
22:26:57		 42.6058 13.2343 12 2020-09-17
22:33:12		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 82993421
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-17 22:26:57 ± 0.06
Latitude 42.6058 ± 0.0054
Longitude 13.2343 ± 0.0037
Depth (km) 12 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 82993421

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 509
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 298
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 173
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 510.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 77
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07824
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.44337
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82993421
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-17 22:33:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ARRO.EHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:10.32 0.1 undecidable manual S 266 38.4282 92 0.28 90
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:08.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 13 33.4443 93 0.19 69
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:06.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 346 49.2174 92 0.22 89
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:06.70 0.1 undecidable manual S 339 27.0507 94 -0.32 92
IV.MTRA.EHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:05.17 0.1 undecidable manual S 38 21.3675 97 -0.32 92
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:04.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 13 33.4443 93 0.11 94
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:04.07 0.1 undecidable manual S 119 16.2726 105 -0.09 98
IV.ARRO.EHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:04.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 266 38.4282 92 -0.14 93
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:03.94 0.1 undecidable manual S 269 15.873 106 -0.12 97
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:03.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 86 30.2475 94 -0.03 96
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:02.33 0.1 undecidable manual S 72 8.6802 133 -0.07 100
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:02.63 0.1 undecidable manual S 189 10.878 124 -0.22 96
IV.MTRA.EHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:02.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 38 21.3675 97 -0.01 98
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:02.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 339 27.0507 94 -0.1 96
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:01.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 119 16.2726 105 0.11 97
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:01.26 0.1 undecidable manual P 269 15.873 106 0.04 98
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:00.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 72 8.6802 133 0.29 94
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2020-09-17T22:27:00.65 0.1 undecidable manual P 189 10.878 124 0.13 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SMA1.EHN. ML:1.6 0.00043000000000000004 0.08 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:02.63
IV.RM33.HNE. ML:1.5 0.0003575 1.42 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:02.82
IV.RM33.EHE. ML:1.5 0.00034550000000000005 0.32 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:02.82
IV.SMA1.EHE. ML:2.1 0.001445 0.48 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:02.85
IV.RM33.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00027800000000000004 1.1 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:03.41
IV.RM33.EHN. ML:1.3 0.0002165 0.62 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:03.42
IV.LNSS.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00013800000000000002 1.26 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:04.67
IV.LNSS.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00020150000000000002 0.1 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:04.82
IV.CAMP.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00005300000000000001 0.44 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:05.05
IV.MTRA.EHN. ML:1.5 0.00023150000000000002 0.5 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:05.48
IV.MTRA.EHE. ML:1.4 0.00017199999999999998 0.54 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:05.50
IV.CAMP.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00005015 0.84 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:05.10
IV.NRCA.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0000996 0.7 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:07.39
IV.TERO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00005985 1.38 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:08.14
IV.TERO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00006525 0.74 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:08.51
IV.NRCA.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0000823 1.88 AML other m 2020-09-17T22:27:08.00
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