Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.5 on date 25-05-2009 and time 20:09:42 (Italy) in region 2 km W L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude Md 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 25-05-2009 18:09:42 (UTC)
  • 25-05-2009 20:09:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3490, 13.3810 at 6 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 2 69753 69753
Lucoli AQ 7 1011 70764
Tornimparte AQ 9 3187 73951
Scoppito AQ 11 3727 77678
Ocre AQ 11 1167 78845
Fossa AQ 11 721 79566
Pizzoli AQ 12 4326 83892
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 14 394 84286
Poggio Picenze AQ 14 1136 85422
Barete AQ 14 737 86159
Rocca di Cambio AQ 15 533 86692
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 16 424 87116
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 16 1854 88970
Barisciano AQ 18 1828 90798
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 18 1369 92167
Fagnano Alto AQ 19 418 92585
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 19 1526 94111

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
2 Km W of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
44 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
90 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 1.5 2009-05-25
18:09:42
42.349 13.381 6 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 878499
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-05-25 18:09:42 ± 0.13
Latitude 42.3490 ± 0.0126
Longitude 13.3810 ± 0.0061
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 878499

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1387
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 214
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 16
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1486.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 171
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.09
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.17177
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 878499
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 16:41:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-05-25T18:09:48.93 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 119 19.0698 -0.077 48
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-05-25T18:09:46.18 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 119 19.0698 0.086 72
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-05-25T18:09:44.21 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 72 1.7982 0.022 100
IV.T0104.EHZ. 2009-05-25T18:09:44.48 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 290 3.6963 0.011 100
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-05-25T18:09:43.27 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 72 1.7982 -0.042 100
IV.T0104.EHZ. 2009-05-25T18:09:43.45 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 290 3.6963 -0.024 100
IV.TRIV.HHN. 2009-05-25T18:09:42.75 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GIB.EHE. 2009-05-25T18:09:34.59 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.STR3.BHE. 2009-05-25T18:09:20.73 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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