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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 20-05-2022 and time 10:10:34 (UTC) in region 6 km W Amatrice (RI)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Amatrice (RI), on

  • 20-05-2022 10:10:34 (UTC)
  • 20-05-2022 12:10:34 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.6460, 13.2240 at 16 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 6 2657 2657
Accumoli RI 6 667 3324
Cittareale RI 6 482 3806
Montereale AQ 14 2581 6387
Capitignano AQ 15 665 7052
Campotosto AQ 15 542 7594
Arquata del Tronto AP 15 1178 8772
Borbona RI 17 617 9389
Posta RI 17 694 10083
Cascia PG 19 3217 13300
Norcia PG 20 4957 18257

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
39 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
48 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
55 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
85 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Viterbo (67173 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 0.9 2022-05-20
10:10:34		 42.6457 13.2242 16 2022-05-20
10:20:45		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 104904601
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-05-20 10:10:34 ± 0.11
Latitude 42.6457 ± 0.0054
Longitude 13.2242 ± 0.0061
Depth (km) 16 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 104904601

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 615
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 116
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 2
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 620.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 154
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08274
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.27969
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104904601
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-20 10:20:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:45.55 0.6 undecidable manual S 95 31.0467 105 -0.19 66
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:45.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 16 29.3484 106 0.26 97
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:43.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 337 22.6551 113 -0.24 65
IV.MTRA.HNZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:42.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 49 18.6702 119 -0.26 66
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:41.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 183 15.1737 127 -0.14 68
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:41.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 95 31.0467 105 0.1 100
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:40.07 0.6 undecidable manual P 337 22.6551 113 0.17 67
7F.SIB1.EHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:40.37 1.0 undecidable manual P 8 27.8499 107 -0.28 32
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:40.66 0.6 undecidable manual S 100 9.1797 144 -0.09 70
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:40.60 1.0 negative manual P 16 29.3484 106 -0.27 32
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:39.15 1.0 undecidable manual P 183 15.1737 127 0.26 33
IV.MTRA.HNZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:39.35 1.0 undecidable manual P 49 18.6702 119 0.01 35
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2022-05-20T10:10:38.44 0.6 undecidable manual P 100 9.1797 144 0.2 67
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SMA1.EHN. ML:0.8 0.00006485 0.22 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:40.87
IV.SMA1.EHE. ML:1.1 0.0001125 1.82 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:40.02
IV.RM33.HNE. ML:1.2 0.000123130435 0.704 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:46.21
IV.RM33.HNN. ML:1.3 0.00014821271499999999 0.9216 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:47.82
IV.RM33.EHE. ML:0.4 0.0000197755445 0.2816 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:41.82
IV.RM33.EHN. ML:0.1 0.000011874862 0.1408 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:43.08
IV.NRCA.HNE. ML:1.2 0.00008677104999999999 0.8 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:43.83
IV.NRCA.HNN. ML:1.5 0.00016283 0.7232 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:47.47
IV.NRCA.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000026228215 0.16 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:43.64
IV.NRCA.HHN. ML:0.2 0.00001204093 0.1024 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:44.23
IV.TERO.HHE. ML:0.1 0.000005566488499999999 0.1344 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:46.64
IV.TERO.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000009541349 0.0576 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:45.64
IV.TERO.HNE. ML:1.4 0.000113466185 0.7872 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:46.12
IV.TERO.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00012191462 0.8896 AML other m 2022-05-20T10:10:53.73
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