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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 16-04-2022 and time 01:47:18 (UTC) in region 2 km W Controguerra (TE)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Controguerra (TE), on

  • 16-04-2022 01:47:18 (UTC)
  • 16-04-2022 03:47:18 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.8590, 13.7990 at 31 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.

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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
Controguerra TE 2 2436 2436
Spinetoli AP 4 7215 9651
Torano Nuovo TE 4 1611 11262
Monsampolo del Tronto AP 4 4611 15873
Nereto TE 5 5242 21115
Colli del Tronto AP 5 3668 24783
Corropoli TE 5 5045 29828
Ancarano TE 5 1857 31685
Colonnella TE 6 3734 35419
Castel di Lama AP 7 8634 44053
Castorano AP 7 2380 46433
Monteprandone AP 8 12655 59088
Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata TE 8 9811 68899
Sant'Omero TE 8 5243 74142
Maltignano AP 10 2401 76543
Acquaviva Picena AP 10 3831 80374
Martinsicuro TE 10 16033 96407
Alba Adriatica TE 10 12353 108760
Tortoreto TE 11 11542 120302
Appignano del Tronto AP 12 1785 122087
San Benedetto del Tronto AP 12 47303 169390
Offida AP 12 5058 174448
Bellante TE 13 7152 181600
Mosciano Sant'Angelo TE 14 9308 190908
Folignano AP 14 9241 200149
Civitella del Tronto TE 15 5116 205265
Grottammare AP 16 16006 221271
Ripatransone AP 16 4309 225580
Cossignano AP 17 978 226558
Castignano AP 17 2796 229354
Campli TE 17 7209 236563
Giulianova TE 18 24050 260613
Ascoli Piceno AP 18 49407 310020
Cupra Marittima AP 19 5398 315418

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NE of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
48 Km NW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
55 Km NW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
64 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
87 Km S of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
100 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 0.6 2022-04-16
01:47:18		 42.8592 13.7987 31 2022-07-08
12:33:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 103941931
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2022-04-16
01:47:18		 42.8677 13.8152 32 2022-04-16
02:00:49		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 103265051
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-04-16 01:47:18 ± 0.18
Latitude 42.8592 ± 0.0072
Longitude 13.7987 ± 0.0086
Depth (km) 31 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 103941931

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 829
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 161
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 201
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 830.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 126
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 20
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) 0.09893
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49283
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 103941931
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-04-29 13:54:54

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 103265051
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-04-16 02:00:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CSP1.EHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:37.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 298 54.7008 114 0.28 70
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:32.95 0.6 undecidable manual S 277 38.628 124 -0.33 49
IV.MTRA.HNZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:32.66 0.3 undecidable manual S 251 34.6431 127 0.25 75
IV.MNTT.EHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:31.16 0.3 undecidable manual S 324 27.8499 134 0.12 77
IV.MF5.EHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:31.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 298 31.0467 131 -0.33 75
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:31.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 211 30.6471 131 0.25 76
IV.CSP1.EHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:29.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 298 54.7008 114 0.06 74
IV.VCEL.EHN. 2022-04-16T01:47:29.15 0.3 undecidable manual P 176 51.6039 116 0.23 73
IV.OFFI.HHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:28.57 0.6 undecidable manual S 313 12.4764 156 -0.07 54
IV.GIGS.HHN. 2022-04-16T01:47:28.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 202 48.618 117 0 76
IV.TRTR.HHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:28.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 121 10.9779 159 0.01 81
IV.CADA.HNE. 2022-04-16T01:47:27.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 355 37.3293 125 0.18 100
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:27.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 277 38.628 124 -0.1 77
IV.MF5.EHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:26.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 298 31.0467 131 -0.06 79
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:26.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 211 30.6471 131 0.08 78
IV.MNTT.EHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:26.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 324 27.8499 134 0.29 99
IV.MTRA.HNZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:26.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 251 34.6431 127 -0.27 99
IV.TRTR.HHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:24.14 0.3 undecidable manual P 121 10.9779 159 -0.26 77
IV.ASCOL.HNZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:24.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 267 16.9719 148 -0.25 77
IV.OFFI.HHZ. 2022-04-16T01:47:24.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 313 12.4764 156 -0.26 78
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.TERO.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00001518871 2.16 AML other m 2022-04-16T01:47:32.20
IV.MMO1.EHN. ML:0.6 0.0000110985965 3.34 AML other m 2022-04-16T01:47:33.05
IV.MMO1.EHE. ML:0.6 0.0000081597865 0.38 AML other m 2022-04-16T01:47:33.96
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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