Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 01-04-2009 and time 22:03:28 (Italy) in region 4 km NE L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 01-04-2009 20:03:28 (UTC)
  • 01-04-2009 22:03:28 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3760, 13.4380 at 9 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
L'Aquila AQ 4 69753 69753
Fossa AQ 10 721 70474
Poggio Picenze AQ 11 1136 71610
Ocre AQ 11 1167 72777
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 12 394 73171
Lucoli AQ 12 1011 74182
Pizzoli AQ 14 4326 78508
Barisciano AQ 14 1828 80336
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 14 1854 82190
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 14 424 82614
Tornimparte AQ 15 3187 85801
Scoppito AQ 15 3727 89528
Barete AQ 15 737 90265
Rocca di Cambio AQ 16 533 90798
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 18 496 91294
Fagnano Alto AQ 18 418 91712
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 18 111 91823
Pietracamela TE 19 271 92094
Crognaleto TE 20 1297 93391
Capitignano AQ 20 665 94056
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 20 1369 95425
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 20 1526 96951

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km NE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
38 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Roma (2864731 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 1.7
ML 1.0
2009-04-01
20:03:28
42.376 13.438 9 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 753819
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-04-01 20:03:28 ± 0.11
Latitude 42.3760 ± 0.0027
Longitude 13.4380 ± 0.0073
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 753819

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 647
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 335
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 106
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 670.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 163
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03417
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.51531
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 753819
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:15:12

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 753819
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:15:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NRCA.HHE. 2009-04-01T20:03:46.61 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 333 57.1983 -0.229 44
IV.NRCA.HHE. 2009-04-01T20:03:39.39 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 333 57.1983 0.243 66
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-04-01T20:03:35.41 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 136 17.1717 0.055 73
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-04-01T20:03:32.40 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 136 17.1717 -0.117 72
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-01T20:03:32.05 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 230 3.7962 0.034 75
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-01T20:03:30.53 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 230 3.7962 -0.056 100
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