Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 05-05-2009 and time 17:20:06 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Sant'Eusanio Forconese (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Sant'Eusanio Forconese (AQ), on

  • 05-05-2009 15:20:06 (UTC)
  • 05-05-2009 17:20:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.2790, 13.5140 at 10 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
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 2 394 394
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 2 424 818
Fossa AQ 3 721 1539
Ocre AQ 3 1167 2706
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 4 1854 4560
Rocca di Cambio AQ 5 533 5093
Poggio Picenze AQ 5 1136 6229
Fagnano Alto AQ 6 418 6647
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 8 496 7143
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 8 1526 8669
Barisciano AQ 8 1828 10497
Fontecchio AQ 9 369 10866
San Pio delle Camere AQ 12 661 11527
L'Aquila AQ 13 69753 81280
Tione degli Abruzzi AQ 13 310 81590
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 13 111 81701
Caporciano AQ 13 230 81931
Carapelle Calvisio AQ 14 87 82018
Lucoli AQ 15 1011 83029
Castelvecchio Calvisio AQ 15 153 83182
Calascio AQ 16 137 83319
Ovindoli AQ 16 1227 84546
Tornimparte AQ 18 3187 87733
Navelli AQ 19 554 88287
Secinaro AQ 20 359 88646

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km SE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
45 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
95 Km E 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
Md 1.9
ML 1.3
2009-05-05
15:20:06
42.279 13.514 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 851459
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-05-05 15:20:06 ± 0.24
Latitude 42.2790 ± 0.0198
Longitude 13.5140 ± 0.0134
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 851459

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2392
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 476
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 204
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2459.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 207
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05396
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.62683
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 851459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 16:09:21

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 851459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 16:09:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NRCA.HHN. 2009-05-05T15:20:27.01 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 332 69.5748 -0.325 43
IV.NRCA.HHN. 2009-05-05T15:20:18.34 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 332 69.5748 0.013 92
IV.VCEL.EHN. 2009-05-05T15:20:16.64 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 64 29.748 -0.041 74
IV.VCEL.EHN. 2009-05-05T15:20:12.46 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 64 29.748 0.285 70
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-05-05T15:20:11.56 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 312 12.3765 0.062 75
IV.FAGN.HHZ. 2009-05-05T15:20:09.98 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 105 5.994 -0.024 77
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-05-05T15:20:09.29 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 312 12.3765 0.107 75
IV.FAGN.HHZ. 2009-05-05T15:20:08.17 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 105 5.994 -0.148 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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