Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 07-04-2009 and time 17:46:19 (UTC) in region 5 km NW Poggio Picenze (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NW Poggio Picenze (AQ), on

  • 07-04-2009 17:46:19 (UTC)
  • 07-04-2009 19:46:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3430, 13.4940 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
Poggio Picenze AQ 5 1136 1136
Fossa AQ 5 721 1857
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 7 394 2251
Ocre AQ 7 1167 3418
L'Aquila AQ 8 69753 73171
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 8 1854 75025
Barisciano AQ 8 1828 76853
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 9 424 77277
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 12 496 77773
Rocca di Cambio AQ 12 533 78306
Fagnano Alto AQ 12 418 78724
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 13 111 78835
Lucoli AQ 14 1011 79846
San Pio delle Camere AQ 15 661 80507
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 15 1526 82033
Fontecchio AQ 15 369 82402
Carapelle Calvisio AQ 16 87 82489
Castelvecchio Calvisio AQ 17 153 82642
Calascio AQ 17 137 82779
Tornimparte AQ 17 3187 85966
Caporciano AQ 18 230 86196
Castel del Monte AQ 19 413 86609
Tione degli Abruzzi AQ 19 310 86919
Pizzoli AQ 19 4326 91245
Scoppito AQ 20 3727 94972

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km E of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
39 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Roma (2864731 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 1.5 2009-04-07
17:46:19
42.343 13.494 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 768489
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-04-07 17:46:19 ± 0.08
Latitude 42.3430 ± 0.0045
Longitude 13.4940 ± 0.0073
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 768489

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 552
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 508
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 261
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 781.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 63
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.44966
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 768489
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:32:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
.INTR.HHZ. 2009-04-07T17:46:35.43 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 137 49.9167 0.364 43
.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-07T17:46:31.09 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 192 36.4413 -0.386 44
.FIAM.HHE. 2009-04-07T17:46:30.64 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 255 32.0457 0.348 45
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2009-04-07T17:46:30.30 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 16 32.2455 -0.051 72
IV.VCEL.EHN. 2009-04-07T17:46:29.28 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 79 28.9488 -0.183 47
.INTR.HHZ. 2009-04-07T17:46:28.16 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 137 49.9167 -0.154 45
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-07T17:46:27.94 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 342 22.4553 0.291 46
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2009-04-07T17:46:25.36 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 16 32.2455 -0.232 69
IV.VCEL.EHN. 2009-04-07T17:46:25.39 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 79 28.9488 0.311 91
.FIAM.HHE. 2009-04-07T17:46:25.80 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 255 32.0457 0.243 46
.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-07T17:46:25.94 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 192 36.4413 -0.3 67
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-04-07T17:46:24.11 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 140 11.2776 -0.272 47
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-07T17:46:23.52 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 279 7.6812 -0.001 75
.CAMP.---. 2009-04-07T17:46:23.67 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 342 22.4553 -0.361 68
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-04-07T17:46:22.53 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 140 11.2776 0.386 69
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-07T17:46:21.62 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 279 7.6812 -0.027 100
MN.TUE.HHZ. 2009-04-07T17:46:11.35 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GSCL.SHZ. 2009-04-07T17:46:05.05 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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