Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 20-05-1985 and time 21:18:17 (Italy) in region 4 km W L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 20-05-1985 19:18:17 (UTC)
  • 20-05-1985 21:18:17 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3440, 13.3510 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
L'Aquila AQ 4 69753 69753
Lucoli AQ 6 1011 70764
Tornimparte AQ 7 3187 73951
Scoppito AQ 8 3727 77678
Pizzoli AQ 11 4326 82004
Ocre AQ 12 1167 83171
Fossa AQ 13 721 83892
Barete AQ 13 737 84629
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 16 394 85023
Poggio Picenze AQ 16 1136 86159
Rocca di Cambio AQ 17 533 86692
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 17 1369 88061
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 17 424 88485
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 18 1854 90339
Borgorose RI 19 4591 94930
Barisciano AQ 20 1828 96758

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km W of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
62 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
86 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
87 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
Md 2.2 1985-05-20
19:18:17
42.344 13.351 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 6869
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-05-20 19:18:17 ± 0.196
Latitude 42.3440 ± 0.0236
Longitude 13.3510 ± 0.0226
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 6869

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3212.3
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 5
Number of defining phases 5
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) 0.00032
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00648
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 6869
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:11:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SD1.Z. 1985-05-20T19:18:32.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 151 0.7215 0.3 1.1
--.MNS.Z. 1985-05-20T19:18:27.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 274 0.4995 -0.55 0.8
--.PO9.Z. 1985-05-20T19:18:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 307 0.3774 0.62 0.8
--.AQU.Z. 1985-05-20T19:18:21.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 75 0.0333 -0.01 0.8
--.AQU.Z. 1985-05-20T19:18:19.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 75 0.0333 -0.41 1.4
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