Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 05-03-2009 and time 01:42:26 (Italy) in region 3 km NE Roccasicura (IS)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Roccasicura (IS), on

  • 05-03-2009 00:42:26 (UTC)
  • 05-03-2009 01:42:26 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.7260, 14.2480 at 20 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
Roccasicura IS 3 550 550
Carovilli IS 4 1359 1909
Vastogirardi IS 6 704 2613
Forlì del Sannio IS 6 675 3288
San Pietro Avellana IS 9 503 3791
Miranda IS 9 1047 4838
Pescolanciano IS 9 855 5693
Rionero Sannitico IS 9 1118 6811
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 10 425 7236
Sessano del Molise IS 12 727 7963
Pietrabbondante IS 12 759 8722
Capracotta IS 12 903 9625
Chiauci IS 13 233 9858
Pesche IS 13 1661 11519
Castel di Sangro AQ 13 6538 18057
Castelverrino IS 13 115 18172
Agnone IS 13 5139 23311
Cerro al Volturno IS 14 1281 24592
Civitanova del Sannio IS 15 945 25537
Castel del Giudice IS 15 346 25883
Poggio Sannita IS 15 702 26585
Ateleta AQ 15 1181 27766
Montenero Val Cocchiara IS 15 538 28304
Isernia IS 15 21842 50146
Fornelli IS 16 1909 52055
Carpinone IS 16 1157 53212
Pettoranello del Molise IS 17 460 53672
Castel San Vincenzo IS 17 516 54188
Scontrone AQ 17 574 54762
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 18 1113 55875
Pescopennataro IS 18 285 56160
Sant'Angelo del Pesco IS 18 364 56524
Alfedena AQ 18 864 57388
Bagnoli del Trigno IS 18 735 58123
Colli a Volturno IS 18 1349 59472
Belmonte del Sannio IS 18 768 60240
Pizzone IS 19 329 60569
Duronia CB 19 405 60974
Macchia d'Isernia IS 19 1035 62009
Roccaraso AQ 19 1627 63636
Scapoli IS 20 680 64316

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
70 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
82 Km S of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
88 Km S of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
94 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of L'Aquila (69753 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 1.5
ML 1.6
2009-03-05
00:42:26
41.726 14.248 20 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 748129
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-03-05 00:42:26 ± 0.26
Latitude 41.7260 ± 0.0117
Longitude 14.2480 ± 0.0157
Depth (km) 20 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 748129

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1407
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 849
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 283
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1838.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 186
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.48653
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 748129
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:08:48

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 748129
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:08:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VVLD.HHE. 2009-03-05T00:42:43.40 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 287 54.0015 -0.015 47
IV.SDI.SHZ. 2009-03-05T00:42:38.86 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 267 36.2415 0.03 49
IV.LPEL.HHE. 2009-03-05T00:42:38.58 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 351 35.9418 -0.182 47
IV.VVLD.HHE. 2009-03-05T00:42:36.06 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 287 54.0015 -0.115 92
IV.SDI.SHZ. 2009-03-05T00:42:33.48 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 267 36.2415 -0.048 97
IV.LPEL.HHE. 2009-03-05T00:42:33.57 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 351 35.9418 0.082 96
IV.RNI2.HHE. 2009-03-05T00:42:33.17 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 252 8.2806 0.196 49
IV.MIDA.HHE. 2009-03-05T00:42:32.53 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 177 9.3795 -0.576 45
IV.MIDA.HHE. 2009-03-05T00:42:30.31 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 177 9.3795 0.087 100
IV.RNI2.HHE. 2009-03-05T00:42:30.39 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 252 8.2806 0.243 97
BA.PZUN.HHZ. 2009-03-05T00:42:29.42 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
NI.CGRP.HHE. 2009-03-05T00:42:21.17 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
NI.CGRP.HHE. 2009-03-05T00:42:18.96 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.RSM.HHN. 2009-03-05T00:42:13.67 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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