Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 05-05-2009 and time 13:42:07 (Italy) in region 5 km N L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 5 km N L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 05-05-2009 11:42:07 (UTC)
  • 05-05-2009 13:42:07 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3960, 13.3880 at 5 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 5 69753 69753
Pizzoli AQ 9 4326 74079
Barete AQ 11 737 74816
Scoppito AQ 11 3727 78543
Lucoli AQ 12 1011 79554
Tornimparte AQ 14 3187 82741
Fossa AQ 14 721 83462
Ocre AQ 14 1167 84629
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 15 1369 85998
Poggio Picenze AQ 15 1136 87134
Capitignano AQ 16 665 87799
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 16 394 88193
Campotosto AQ 18 542 88735
Barisciano AQ 18 1828 90563
Montereale AQ 19 2581 93144
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 19 1854 94998
Crognaleto TE 19 1297 96295
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 19 424 96719
Rocca di Cambio AQ 20 533 97252
Pietracamela TE 20 271 97523

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
39 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
84 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Velletri (53303 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 1.3 2009-05-05
11:42:07
42.396 13.388 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 851309
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-05-05 11:42:07 ± 0.26
Latitude 42.3960 ± 0.0072
Longitude 13.3880 ± 0.0097
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 851309

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 808
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 514
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 285
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1131.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 97
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.52
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.32915
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 851309
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 16:09:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2009-05-05T11:42:29.37 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.LNSS.HHE. 2009-05-05T11:42:20.77 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 309 36.5412 0.377 45
IV.TERO.HHE. 2009-05-05T11:42:18.20 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 35 30.747 -0.185 95
IV.FIAM.HHZ. 2009-05-05T11:42:16.86 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 238 26.3514 -0.037 49
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-05-05T11:42:15.51 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 132 21.5673 0.252 71
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2009-05-05T11:42:14.13 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 6 15.5733 0.864 59
IV.LNSS.HHE. 2009-05-05T11:42:14.49 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 309 36.5412 -0.492 88
IV.TERO.HHE. 2009-05-05T11:42:13.22 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 35 30.747 -0.602 85
IV.FIAM.HHZ. 2009-05-05T11:42:13.58 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 238 26.3514 0.617 43
IV.FAGN.HHN. 2009-05-05T11:42:12.78 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 132 21.5673 0.765 41
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2009-05-05T11:42:11.05 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 6 15.5733 0.186 73
IV.T0104.EHZ. 2009-05-05T11:42:10.23 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 226 5.6943 0.028 77
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-05-05T11:42:09.84 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 167 4.7952 -0.123 75
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-05-05T11:42:08.74 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 167 4.7952 -0.22 98
IV.T0104.EHZ. 2009-05-05T11:42:08.96 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 226 5.6943 -0.136 100
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