Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 09-04-2009 and time 00:12:53 (Italy) in region 4 km E L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 08-04-2009 22:12:53 (UTC)
  • 09-04-2009 00:12:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3630, 13.4440 at 5 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 9 721 70474
Ocre AQ 9 1167 71641
Poggio Picenze AQ 9 1136 72777
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 11 394 73171
Lucoli AQ 12 1011 74182
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 13 1854 76036
Barisciano AQ 13 1828 77864
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 13 424 78288
Tornimparte AQ 14 3187 81475
Rocca di Cambio AQ 14 533 82008
Pizzoli AQ 15 4326 86334
Scoppito AQ 15 3727 90061
Fagnano Alto AQ 16 418 90479
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 16 496 90975
Barete AQ 17 737 91712
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 17 111 91823
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 18 1526 93349
San Pio delle Camere AQ 19 661 94010
Fontecchio AQ 20 369 94379

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km E of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
39 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
69 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
93 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
ML 1.3 2009-04-08
22:12:53
42.363 13.444 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 776239
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-04-08 22:12:53 ± 0.22
Latitude 42.3630 ± 0.0054
Longitude 13.4440 ± 0.0085
Depth (km) 5 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 776239

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 603
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 571
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 237
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) 108
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.03238
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29408
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 776239
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:41:23
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VCEL.EHN. 2009-04-08T22:13:05.25 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 84 32.6451 0.161 70
IV.TERO.HHE. 2009-04-08T22:13:04.33 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 24 31.6461 -0.414 66
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2009-04-08T22:13:01.04 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 351 19.3695 0.474 67
IV.VCEL.EHN. 2009-04-08T22:13:00.67 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 84 32.6451 0.425 66
IV.TERO.HHE. 2009-04-08T22:12:59.61 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 24 31.6461 -0.437 88
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-04-08T22:12:59.61 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 133 15.6732 0.278 47
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2009-04-08T22:12:57.70 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 351 19.3695 0.068 72
.T0104.EHN. 2009-04-08T22:12:57.20 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 268 8.6802 0.13 73
.T0108.HLN. 2009-04-08T22:12:56.14 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 241 6.2937 -0.24 72
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-04-08T22:12:56.63 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 133 15.6732 -0.29 93
.T0108.HLN. 2009-04-08T22:12:55.21 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 241 6.2937 -0.009 100
.T0104.EHN. 2009-04-08T22:12:55.72 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 268 8.6802 0.1 98
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-08T22:12:55.66 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 254 3.5964 -0.048 100
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-08T22:12:54.88 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 254 3.5964 0.054 100
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