Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 29-04-1991 and time 02:27:36 (Italy) in region 5 km N Fossa (AQ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 5 km N Fossa (AQ), on

  • 29-04-1991 00:27:36 (UTC)
  • 29-04-1991 02:27:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3390, 13.4750 at 6 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Fossa AQ 5 721 721
Poggio Picenze AQ 6 1136 1857
Ocre AQ 6 1167 3024
L'Aquila AQ 6 69753 72777
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 7 394 73171
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 9 1854 75025
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 9 424 75449
Barisciano AQ 10 1828 77277
Rocca di Cambio AQ 11 533 77810
Lucoli AQ 12 1011 78821
Fagnano Alto AQ 13 418 79239
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 13 496 79735
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 14 111 79846
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 15 1526 81372
Tornimparte AQ 15 3187 84559
San Pio delle Camere AQ 16 661 85220
Fontecchio AQ 16 369 85589
Carapelle Calvisio AQ 18 87 85676
Castelvecchio Calvisio AQ 18 153 85829
Calascio AQ 18 137 85966
Scoppito AQ 18 3727 89693
Pizzoli AQ 18 4326 94019
Caporciano AQ 19 230 94249
Tione degli Abruzzi AQ 20 310 94559

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km E of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
40 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
93 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Roma (2864731 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.5
ML-VAX 1.5
1991-04-29
00:27:36
42.339 13.475 7 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 140289
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-04-29 00:27:36 ± 0.331
Latitude 42.3390 ± 0.0226
Longitude 13.4750 ± 0.0377
Depth (km) 7 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 140289

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3988.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 176
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00049
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01093
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 140289
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:10:58

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 140289
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SDI.Z. 1991-04-29T00:28:00.96 10.0 undecidable manual SG 158 0.6771 0.1 0.6
--.ARV.Z. 1991-04-29T00:28:00.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 341 1.2099 0.07 1.1
--.MNS.Z. 1991-04-29T00:27:57.31 10.0 undecidable manual SG 274 0.5883 -0.7 0.2
--.SDI.Z. 1991-04-29T00:27:50.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 158 0.6771 -0.02 1.6
--.MNS.Z. 1991-04-29T00:27:49.37 10.0 undecidable manual PG 274 0.5883 0.43 1
--.AQU.Z. 1991-04-29T00:27:40.69 10.0 undecidable manual SG 285 0.0555 1.02 0
--.AQU.Z. 1991-04-29T00:27:37.97 10.0 positive manual PG 285 0.0555 -0.38 2.4
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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