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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 05-01-2009 and time 04:09:02 (UTC) in region 1 km S Francolise (CE)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 1 km S Francolise (CE), on

  • 05-01-2009 04:09:02 (UTC)
  • 05-01-2009 05:09:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.1790, 14.0570 at 5 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
Francolise CE 1 4922 4922
Sparanise CE 4 7429 12351
Carinola CE 6 7283 19634
Calvi Risorta CE 8 5707 25341
Teano CE 8 12577 37918
Falciano del Massico CE 9 3695 41613
Pignataro Maggiore CE 10 6084 47697
Grazzanise CE 10 7067 54764
Rocchetta e Croce CE 11 460 55224
Santa Maria la Fossa CE 11 2729 57953
Giano Vetusto CE 12 647 58600
Cancello ed Arnone CE 12 5675 64275
Pastorano CE 12 3033 67308
Riardo CE 12 2321 69629
Sessa Aurunca CE 13 21727 91356
Camigliano CE 13 1943 93299
Vitulazio CE 14 7420 100719
Roccamonfina CE 14 3511 104230
Caianello CE 14 1824 106054
Bellona CE 15 6053 112107
Pietramelara CE 15 4722 116829
Capua CE 15 18820 135649
Formicola CE 15 1488 137137
Marzano Appio CE 15 2226 139363
Mondragone CE 16 28624 167987
Pontelatone CE 16 1703 169690
Cellole CE 17 7830 177520
Roccaromana CE 18 856 178376
Conca della Campania CE 18 1239 179615
Tora e Piccilli CE 18 910 180525
Pietravairano CE 18 2984 183509
Vairano Patenora CE 18 6594 190103
San Tammaro CE 19 5549 195652
Castel Volturno CE 19 25281 220933
Villa Literno CE 19 11985 232918
Castel di Sasso CE 19 1171 234089
Liberi CE 20 1153 235242
Casal di Principe CE 20 21389 256631
Galluccio CE 20 2154 258785

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km W of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
26 Km NW of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
30 Km NW of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
33 Km NW of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
36 Km NW of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
36 Km NW of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
37 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
37 Km NW of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
41 Km NW of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
47 Km NW of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
48 Km NW of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
51 Km NW of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
62 Km NW of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
65 Km NW of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
81 Km NW of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 2.6
ML 2.1 		2009-01-05
04:09:02		 41.179 14.057 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 738239
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-01-05 04:09:02 ± 0.18
Latitude 41.1790 ± 0.0108
Longitude 14.0570 ± 0.0108
Depth (km) 5 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 738239

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1117
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 781
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 328
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 112
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 28
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.64
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.14214
Number of stations at which the event was observed 24
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 18
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 738239
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:57:49

Md:2.6

Field Value
Value 2.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 738239
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:57:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RGNG.SHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:29.54 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.LPEL.HHE. 2009-01-05T04:09:28.56 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-01-05T04:09:24.19 1.0 undecidable manual Pg 342 126.7731 0.119 20
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:22.90 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.POZ.EHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:19.73 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GUAR.HHN. 2009-01-05T04:09:19.38 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 318 92.1411 0.644 38
IV.VVLD.HHN. 2009-01-05T04:09:17.22 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 335 84.6486 -0.364 42
IV.MRB1.HHN. 2009-01-05T04:09:17.36 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 94 76.368 1.059 33
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:15.27 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 49 35.4423 0.507 45
IV.POFI.HHE. 2009-01-05T04:09:14.47 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 334 66.2781 -0.278 67
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:14.47 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 29 30.1476 1.518 28
IV.RNI2.HHN. 2009-01-05T04:09:14.14 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 8 58.6968 0.556 42
IV.SDI.SHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:13.84 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 341 62.3931 -0.307 67
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:13.60 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 47 60.495 -0.255 45
IV.OVO.HHE. 2009-01-05T04:09:12.91 1.0 undecidable manual Pg 144 48.2184 0.945 18
IV.MIDA.HHN. 2009-01-05T04:09:12.90 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 18 53.9016 0.056 48
IV.NL9.EHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:11.45 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 125 49.9167 -0.768 39
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:11.20 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 62 44.4222 -0.103 72
IV.CERA.HHE. 2009-01-05T04:09:11.81 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 356 46.62 0.096 72
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:08.85 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 49 35.4423 -0.665 84
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:07.93 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 29 30.1476 -0.54 89
IV.RFI.SHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:07.37 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 336 14.7741 -0.408 48
IV.MODR.HHN. 2009-01-05T04:09:07.62 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 256 15.3735 -0.35 48
IV.RFI.SHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:05.68 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 336 14.7741 0.197 99
IV.MODR.HHN. 2009-01-05T04:09:05.76 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 256 15.3735 0.167 100
IV.MSC.EHZ. 2009-01-05T04:09:04.44 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 281 7.2927 0.313 98
IV.CRE.HHE. 2009-01-05T04:09:01.59 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2009-01-05T04:08:33.18 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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