Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 09-04-2009 and time 00:40:30 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Ocre (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Ocre (AQ), on

  • 08-04-2009 22:40:30 (UTC)
  • 09-04-2009 00:40:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.2740, 13.4880 at 8 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
Ocre AQ 2 1167 1167
Fossa AQ 2 721 1888
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 4 394 2282
Rocca di Cambio AQ 4 533 2815
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 4 424 3239
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 6 1854 5093
Poggio Picenze AQ 7 1136 6229
Fagnano Alto AQ 8 418 6647
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 8 1526 8173
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 10 496 8669
Barisciano AQ 10 1828 10497
Fontecchio AQ 11 369 10866
L'Aquila AQ 11 69753 80619
Lucoli AQ 12 1011 81630
San Pio delle Camere AQ 14 661 82291
Tione degli Abruzzi AQ 15 310 82601
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 15 111 82712
Caporciano AQ 15 230 82942
Tornimparte AQ 16 3187 86129
Ovindoli AQ 16 1227 87356
Carapelle Calvisio AQ 16 87 87443
Castelvecchio Calvisio AQ 17 153 87596
Calascio AQ 18 137 87733
Massa d'Albe AQ 20 1476 89209

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km SE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
47 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
63 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
99 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 1.9
ML 1.4
2009-04-08
22:40:30
42.274 13.488 8 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 776339
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-04-08 22:40:30 ± 0.2
Latitude 42.2740 ± 0.0081
Longitude 13.4880 ± 0.0097
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 776339

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 806
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 505
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 271
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1204.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 128
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07195
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41639
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 776339
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:41:30

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 776339
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:41:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VCEL.EHZ. 2009-04-08T22:40:41.88 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 65 31.8459 -0.436 44
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-08T22:40:41.06 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 194 28.8489 -0.252 69
.VVLD.HHE. 2009-04-08T22:40:39.65 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 166 46.2204 -0.187 68
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-04-08T22:40:37.13 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 194 28.8489 0.217 69
IV.VCEL.EHZ. 2009-04-08T22:40:37.60 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 65 31.8459 0.106 70
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-08T22:40:35.33 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 322 11.2776 -0.396 92
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-04-08T22:40:34.84 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 97 7.9809 0.001 100
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-04-08T22:40:34.19 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 322 11.2776 0.499 90
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-04-08T22:40:33.35 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 97 7.9809 0.173 97
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