Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 01-12-1991 and time 08:13:33 (UTC) in region 6 km NW Arquata del Tronto (AP)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW Arquata del Tronto (AP), on

  • 01-12-1991 08:13:33 (UTC)
  • 01-12-1991 09:13:33 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.8090, 13.2400 at 10 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Arquata del Tronto AP 6 1178 1178
Montegallo AP 9 523 1701
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 12 281 1982
Norcia PG 12 4957 6939
Montemonaco AP 12 604 7543
Accumoli RI 13 667 8210
Acquasanta Terme AP 15 2916 11126
Montefortino FM 17 1178 12304
Ussita MC 17 444 12748
Preci PG 18 724 13472
Visso MC 18 1107 14579

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
47 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
52 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
93 Km S of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
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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 2.3
ML-VAX 2.1
1991-12-01
08:13:33
42.809 13.24 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 154289
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-12-01 08:13:33 ± 0.291
Latitude 42.8090 ± 0.0103
Longitude 13.2400 ± 0.0304
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 154289

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) 2731.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 182
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.00421
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00648
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 154289
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:24:02

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 154289
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
--.ARV.Z. 1991-12-01T08:13:59.18 10.0 undecidable manual SG 342 0.7215 0.44 0.3
--.MNS.Z. 1991-12-01T08:13:54.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 224 0.5883 -0.1 0.6
--.AQU.Z. 1991-12-01T08:13:53.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 165 0.4662 3.1 0
--.ASS.Z. 1991-12-01T08:13:50.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 300 0.4995 -0.93 0
--.ARV.Z. 1991-12-01T08:13:48.23 10.0 undecidable manual PG 342 0.7215 0.1 1.4
--.MNS.Z. 1991-12-01T08:13:46.00 10.0 positive manual PG 224 0.5883 0.32 2.2
--.AQU.Z. 1991-12-01T08:13:43.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 165 0.4662 -0.42 0.9
--.ASS.Z. 1991-12-01T08:13:43.89 10.0 undecidable manual PG 300 0.4995 -0.09 1.6
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