Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 07-04-2009 and time 10:52:55 (Italy) in region 4 km SE L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 07-04-2009 08:52:55 (UTC)
  • 07-04-2009 10:52:55 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3220, 13.4130 at 10 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
L'Aquila AQ 4 69753 69753
Ocre AQ 7 1167 70920
Fossa AQ 7 721 71641
Lucoli AQ 7 1011 72652
Tornimparte AQ 10 3187 75839
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 10 394 76233
Poggio Picenze AQ 11 1136 77369
Rocca di Cambio AQ 11 533 77902
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 12 424 78326
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 13 1854 80180
Scoppito AQ 14 3727 83907
Barisciano AQ 15 1828 85735
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 15 1526 87261
Fagnano Alto AQ 15 418 87679
Pizzoli AQ 16 4326 92005
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 17 496 92501
Barete AQ 18 737 93238
Fontecchio AQ 19 369 93607
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 19 111 93718

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km SE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
45 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Foligno (57155 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 1.6
2009-04-07
08:52:55
42.322 13.413 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 766409
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-04-07 08:52:55 ± 0.15
Latitude 42.3220 ± 0.0108
Longitude 13.4130 ± 0.0122
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 766409

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1237
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 934
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 350
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1562.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.58
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33185
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 766409
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:29:50

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 766409
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:29:50
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ZCCA.HHE. 2009-04-07T08:54:38.84 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CERA.HHE. 2009-04-07T08:53:48.81 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ASSB.HHE. 2009-04-07T08:53:48.52 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.OFFI.HHE. 2009-04-07T08:53:45.90 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.VCEL.EHZ. 2009-04-07T08:53:07.20 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 77 35.9418 -0.092 71
IV.TERO.HHE. 2009-04-07T08:53:06.71 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 25 36.8298 -0.815 57
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-07T08:53:05.70 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 182 33.3444 -0.88 37
IV.FIAM.HHE. 2009-04-07T08:53:04.19 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 256 24.9528 -0.182 95
IV.VCEL.EHZ. 2009-04-07T08:53:03.02 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 77 35.9418 0.886 74
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-07T08:53:02.20 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 182 33.3444 0.476 88
IV.TERO.HHE. 2009-04-07T08:53:02.47 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 25 36.8298 0.201 92
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-04-07T08:53:01.21 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 114 15.3735 -0.315 94
IV.FIAM.HHE. 2009-04-07T08:53:00.48 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 256 24.9528 0.038 98
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-07T08:52:58.82 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 346 3.6963 -0.1 100
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-04-07T08:52:58.78 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 114 15.3735 -0.026 100
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-07T08:52:57.46 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 346 3.6963 0.16 99
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