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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 09-08-2009 and time 18:15:09 (UTC) in region Costa Marchigiana Pesarese (Pesaro Urbino)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Marchigiana Pesarese (Pesaro Urbino), on

  • 09-08-2009 18:15:09 (UTC)
  • 09-08-2009 20:15:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.9820, 12.8960 at 15 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Pesaro PU 8 94582 94582
Gradara PU 11 4835 99417
Gabicce Mare PU 11 5781 105198
Cattolica RN 12 17125 122323
Tavullia PU 15 8003 130326
San Giovanni in Marignano RN 15 9417 139743
Misano Adriatico RN 16 13014 152757
Montelabbate PU 17 6938 159695
Fano PU 18 60888 220583
Vallefoglia PU 19 15018 235601
Riccione RN 19 34965 270566
Monteciccardo PU 19 1690 272256

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km N of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
18 Km NW of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
28 Km E of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
55 Km E of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
64 Km NW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
74 Km SE of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Arezzo (99543 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 		ML 1.5 2009-08-09
18:15:09		 43.982 12.896 15 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 945529
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-08-09 18:15:09 ± 0.43
Latitude 43.9820 ± 0.0225
Longitude 12.8960 ± 0.0237
Depth (km) 15 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 945529

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2139
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1522
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 355
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3140.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 267
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 28
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.64
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.95508
Number of stations at which the event was observed 21
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 945529
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:02:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.STR4.BHN. 2009-08-09T18:16:33.29 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.STR3.BHE. 2009-08-09T18:16:33.29 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2009-08-09T18:16:16.71 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CTI.EHN. 2009-08-09T18:16:13.65 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MPAZ.HHN. 2009-08-09T18:16:13.22 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MMME.HHN. 2009-08-09T18:16:08.72 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ESLN.HHE. 2009-08-09T18:16:01.03 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.RAVA.EHN. 2009-08-09T18:16:00.11 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MGAB.HHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:51.18 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SAMA.HHZ. 2009-08-09T18:15:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SNTG.SHZ. 2009-08-09T18:15:36.50 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MURB.HHE. 2009-08-09T18:15:36.45 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SFI.EHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:35.47 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 265 84.1491 0.833 34
IV.BADI.EHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:32.51 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 225 73.9704 0.599 59
IV.DOI.HHE. 2009-08-09T18:15:30.25 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PARC.HHZ. 2009-08-09T18:15:29.40 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 235 64.2912 0.061 45
IV.FDMO.HHE. 2009-08-09T18:15:28.46 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 172 106.0161 1.016 47
IV.PIEI.HHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:27.16 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 210 57.2982 -0.329 63
IV.ARVD.HHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:27.54 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 176 53.8017 0.986 36
IV.SFI.EHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:24.44 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 265 84.1491 0.352 41
IV.BADI.EHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:22.71 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 225 73.9704 0.2 65
IV.FSSB.HHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:20.63 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 197 33.4443 -0.536 62
IV.PARC.HHZ. 2009-08-09T18:15:20.56 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 235 64.2912 -0.464 61
IV.ARVD.HHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:19.42 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 176 53.8017 0.003 68
IV.PIEI.HHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:19.26 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 210 57.2982 -0.699 75
IV.FSSB.HHN. 2009-08-09T18:15:15.89 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 197 33.4443 -0.419 86
IV.PESA.HHE. 2009-08-09T18:15:14.99 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 224 6.3936 -0.065 99
IV.PESA.HHE. 2009-08-09T18:15:12.81 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 224 6.3936 0.031 100
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