Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 06-04-2009 and time 22:55:57 (Italy) in region 5 km NW L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NW L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 06-04-2009 20:55:57 (UTC)
  • 06-04-2009 22:55:57 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3850, 13.3510 at 10 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 5 69753 69753
Pizzoli AQ 7 4326 74079
Scoppito AQ 8 3727 77806
Barete AQ 9 737 78543
Lucoli AQ 10 1011 79554
Tornimparte AQ 11 3187 82741
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 13 1369 84110
Ocre AQ 15 1167 85277
Fossa AQ 15 721 85998
Capitignano AQ 16 665 86663
Poggio Picenze AQ 17 1136 87799
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 18 394 88193
Montereale AQ 18 2581 90774
Campotosto AQ 19 542 91316
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 20 424 91740
Rocca di Cambio AQ 20 533 92273

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
42 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
83 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.6 2009-04-06
20:55:57
42.385 13.351 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 762909
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-04-06 20:55:57 ± 0.15
Latitude 42.3850 ± 0.0081
Longitude 13.3510 ± 0.0134
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 762909

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1087
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 657
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 112
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1421.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 103
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.59
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.51531
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 762909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:25:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.FSSB.HHN. 2009-04-06T20:56:33.06 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.AOI.HHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:27.50 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.FSSB.HHN. 2009-04-06T20:56:15.85 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.NRCA.SHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:14.59 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 339 53.3022 0.477 42
.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:10.00 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 174 40.5261 -0.7 59
.CERT.HHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:08.28 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 212 57.1983 0.718 57
.TERO.HHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:08.16 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 38 33.4443 -0.659 61
IV.AOI.HHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:08.69 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CING.HHE. 2009-04-06T20:56:07.50 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.NRCA.SHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:06.85 1.0 undecidable manual Pg 339 53.3022 -0.123 23
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-04-06T20:56:06.28 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 125 23.2545 0.258 69
IV.MURB.HHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:06.23 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.FIAM.HHN. 2009-04-06T20:56:05.45 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 236 23.1546 -0.552 64
.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:05.97 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 174 40.5261 0.966 35
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-06T20:56:04.24 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 16 17.3715 0.052 73
.TERO.HHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:03.60 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 38 33.4443 -0.313 90
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-04-06T20:56:02.94 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 125 23.2545 0.635 62
.FIAM.HHN. 2009-04-06T20:56:02.39 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 236 23.1546 0.099 95
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-06T20:56:01.55 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 16 17.3715 0.303 69
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-06T20:56:00.79 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 130 5.4945 -0.429 92
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-06T20:55:59.51 0.1 negative manual Pg 130 5.4945 -0.02 100
IV.VVLD.HHN. 2009-04-06T20:55:48.36 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.VVLD.HHN. 2009-04-06T20:55:14.31 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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