Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 20-02-2009 and time 11:17:47 (Italy) in region 4 km W Villa Basilica (LU)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Villa Basilica (LU), on

  • 20-02-2009 10:17:47 (UTC)
  • 20-02-2009 11:17:47 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.9130, 10.5970 at 5 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
Villa Basilica LU 4 1633 1633
Capannori LU 7 46252 47885
Pescia PT 8 19644 67529
Porcari LU 8 8845 76374
Borgo a Mozzano LU 9 6994 83368
Montecarlo LU 9 4428 87796
Uzzano PT 10 5770 93566
Lucca LU 11 89046 182612
Bagni di Lucca LU 11 6161 188773
Buggiano PT 11 8825 197598
Massa e Cozzile PT 12 7983 205581
Altopascio LU 13 15481 221062
Chiesina Uzzanese PT 13 4552 225614
Marliana PT 14 3210 228824
Ponte Buggianese PT 14 8804 237628
Montecatini-Terme PT 15 20409 258037
Pescaglia LU 16 3526 261563
Pieve a Nievole PT 16 9266 270829
Coreglia Antelminelli LU 18 5215 276044
Monsummano Terme PT 18 21338 297382
Piteglio PT 19 1683 299065
Serravalle Pistoiese PT 19 11659 310724
Barga LU 20 10034 320758

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km NE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
26 Km W of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
27 Km NE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
28 Km E of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
39 Km E of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
44 Km E of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
46 Km NE of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
65 Km E of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
87 Km S of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
100 Km S of Carpi (70699 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 1.6
ML 1.4
2009-02-20
10:17:47
43.913 10.597 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 745369
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-02-20 10:17:47 ± 0.24
Latitude 43.9130 ± 0.0126
Longitude 10.5970 ± 0.0175
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 745369

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1684
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 895
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 316
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1979.9
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 8
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.49
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.28958
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 745369
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:05:44

Md:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 745369
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:05:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PZZT.HHN. 2009-02-20T10:17:58.47 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 41 32.1456 0.181 49
IV.PZZT.HHN. 2009-02-20T10:17:54.02 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 41 32.1456 0.501 69
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2009-02-20T10:17:52.47 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 360 16.5723 -0.554 46
IV.PII.SHZ. 2009-02-20T10:17:51.07 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 195 21.9669 -0.441 71
GU.MAIM.HHZ. 2009-02-20T10:17:50.54 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 271 8.4804 0.123 78
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2009-02-20T10:17:50.22 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 360 16.5723 -0.26 100
GU.MAIM.HHZ. 2009-02-20T10:17:49.28 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 271 8.4804 0.307 100
IV.MELA.HHN. 2009-02-20T10:17:36.18 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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