Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 30-05-2009 and time 00:32:17 (UTC) in region 3 km E L'Aquila (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E L'Aquila (AQ), on

  • 30-05-2009 00:32:17 (UTC)
  • 30-05-2009 02:32:17 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.3520, 13.4310 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
L'Aquila AQ 3 69753 69753
Fossa AQ 8 721 70474
Ocre AQ 8 1167 71641
Poggio Picenze AQ 10 1136 72777
Lucoli AQ 10 1011 73788
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 10 394 74182
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 13 424 74606
Tornimparte AQ 13 3187 77793
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 13 1854 79647
Barisciano AQ 14 1828 81475
Rocca di Cambio AQ 14 533 82008
Scoppito AQ 14 3727 85735
Pizzoli AQ 15 4326 90061
Fagnano Alto AQ 16 418 90479
Barete AQ 17 737 91216
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 17 496 91712
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 18 1526 93238
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 18 111 93349
Fontecchio AQ 20 369 93718
San Pio delle Camere AQ 20 661 94379

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
3 Km E of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
41 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
90 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.5
2009-05-30
00:32:17
42.352 13.431 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 881789
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-05-30 00:32:17 ± 0.25
Latitude 42.3520 ± 0.0171
Longitude 13.4310 ± 0.0183
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 881789

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2181
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1009
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 32
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2420.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 153
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.53420
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 881789
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 16:45:15

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 881789
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 16:45:15
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ESLN.BHN. 2009-05-30T00:33:05.84 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.BSSO.HHE. 2009-05-30T00:32:59.25 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MESG.HHE. 2009-05-30T00:32:49.52 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-05-30T00:32:30.63 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 184 36.741 0.088 71
IV.NRCA.HHE. 2009-05-30T00:32:28.83 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 334 59.2962 0.134 45
IV.PTQR.SHZ. 2009-05-30T00:32:24.80 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 184 36.741 -0.42 66
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-05-30T00:32:24.85 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 127 15.873 0.476 68
IV.T0104.EHZ. 2009-05-30T00:32:22.63 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 276 7.5813 0.429 69
IV.FAGN.HHE. 2009-05-30T00:32:21.50 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 127 15.873 -0.159 97
IV.T0104.EHZ. 2009-05-30T00:32:20.68 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 276 7.5813 0.276 96
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-05-30T00:32:20.87 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 274 2.3976 -0.509 92
MN.AQU.HHZ. 2009-05-30T00:32:19.82 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 274 2.3976 -0.11 100
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