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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 12-10-2005 and time 02:26:48 (UTC) in region 4 km S Rocca Santa Maria (TE)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Rocca Santa Maria (TE), on

  • 12-10-2005 02:26:48 (UTC)
  • 12-10-2005 04:26:48 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.6560, 13.5400 at 19 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
Rocca Santa Maria TE 4 537 537
Cortino TE 5 656 1193
Torricella Sicura TE 10 2641 3834
Valle Castellana TE 10 977 4811
Montorio al Vomano TE 11 8218 13029
Fano Adriano TE 12 296 13325
Crognaleto TE 13 1297 14622
Teramo TE 14 54892 69514
Campli TE 14 7209 76723
Pietracamela TE 15 271 76994
Tossicia TE 15 1406 78400
Acquasanta Terme AP 17 2916 81316
Civitella del Tronto TE 17 5116 86432
Colledara TE 17 2179 88611
Basciano TE 18 2434 91045
Campotosto AQ 18 542 91587
Castel Castagna TE 19 500 92087
Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia TE 20 4773 96860
Folignano AP 20 9241 106101

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
36 Km NE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
62 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 1.8
ML 1.5 		2005-10-12
02:26:48		 42.656 13.54 19 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 537479
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-10-12 02:26:48 ± 0.14
Latitude 42.6560 ± 0.0090
Longitude 13.5400 ± 0.0098
Depth (km) 19 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 537479

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 866
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 786
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 311
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1280.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 161
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.74284
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 537479
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:23:00

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 537479
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:23:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.TIR.HHE. 2005-10-12T02:27:20.87 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SNTG.SHZ. 2005-10-12T02:27:14.45 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 324 82.4508 -0.4 31
IV.SNTG.SHZ. 2005-10-12T02:27:03.16 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 324 82.4508 -0.012 90
IV.NRCA.SHZ. 2005-10-12T02:27:02.17 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 300 39.9267 -0.313 46
IV.VCEL.EHN. 2005-10-12T02:27:01.84 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 140 37.9287 -0.083 48
IV.AQU.SHZ. 2005-10-12T02:27:00.81 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.VCEL.EHN. 2005-10-12T02:26:56.03 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 140 37.9287 0.12 97
IV.NRCA.SHZ. 2005-10-12T02:26:56.46 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 300 39.9267 0.236 94
IV.CAMP.EHZ. 2005-10-12T02:26:56.40 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 219 17.0718 -0.13 50
IV.FAGN.EHE. 2005-10-12T02:26:56.47 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 175 43.4232 -0.305 91
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2005-10-12T02:26:54.47 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 125 6.2937 -0.255 50
IV.CAMP.EHZ. 2005-10-12T02:26:53.14 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 219 17.0718 0.259 97
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2005-10-12T02:26:52.05 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 125 6.2937 0.184 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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