Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 06-04-2009 and time 21:05:44 (Italy) in region 6 km E Scoppito (AQ)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 6 km E Scoppito (AQ), on

  • 06-04-2009 19:05:44 (UTC)
  • 06-04-2009 21:05:44 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3870, 13.3280 at 11 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Scoppito AQ 6 3727 3727
Pizzoli AQ 6 4326 8053
L'Aquila AQ 7 69753 77806
Barete AQ 8 737 78543
Lucoli AQ 11 1011 79554
Tornimparte AQ 11 3187 82741
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 12 1369 84110
Capitignano AQ 15 665 84775
Ocre AQ 17 1167 85942
Fossa AQ 17 721 86663
Montereale AQ 17 2581 89244
Poggio Picenze AQ 19 1136 90380
Campotosto AQ 19 542 90922
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 20 394 91316

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
7 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
43 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
81 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 2.3 2009-04-06
19:05:44
42.387 13.328 11 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 762159
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-04-06 19:05:44 ± 0.1
Latitude 42.3870 ± 0.0054
Longitude 13.3280 ± 0.0085
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 762159

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 762
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 453
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 125
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 922.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 149
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.56837
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 762159
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:24:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GUMA.HHN. 2009-04-06T19:06:09.56 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.CERT.HHE. 2009-04-06T19:06:01.68 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 210 56.2992 0.057 70
.VCEL.EHN. 2009-04-06T19:05:58.64 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 89 42.0246 0.829 38
.PTQR.---. 2009-04-06T19:05:57.24 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 172 40.9257 -0.281 69
.INTR.HHZ. 2009-04-06T19:05:55.59 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 131 63.0924 0.341 65
.TERO.HHE. 2009-04-06T19:05:55.23 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 41 34.5432 -0.59 64
.CERT.HHE. 2009-04-06T19:05:54.09 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 210 56.2992 -0.111 92
IV.FAGN.HHZ. 2009-04-06T19:05:53.04 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 123 24.9528 -0.213 48
.FIAM.HHE. 2009-04-06T19:05:52.37 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 233 21.7671 -0.029 75
.VCEL.EHN. 2009-04-06T19:05:52.28 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 89 42.0246 0.277 91
.PTQR.---. 2009-04-06T19:05:51.74 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 172 40.9257 -0.095 71
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-06T19:05:51.25 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 22 17.7711 -0.038 75
.TERO.HHE. 2009-04-06T19:05:50.53 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 41 34.5432 -0.321 69
.FIAM.HHE. 2009-04-06T19:05:49.03 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 233 21.7671 0.154 97
IV.FAGN.HHZ. 2009-04-06T19:05:49.41 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 123 24.9528 0.035 74
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-06T19:05:48.51 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 22 17.7711 0.27 95
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-06T19:05:48.25 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 121 7.0929 -0.302 96
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-06T19:05:46.79 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 121 7.0929 0.131 100
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