Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 14-10-2009 and time 22:07:00 (Italy) in region 2 km W Montegiorgio (FM)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Montegiorgio (FM), on

  • 14-10-2009 20:07:00 (UTC)
  • 14-10-2009 22:07:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.1350, 13.5180 at 21 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
Montegiorgio FM 2 6851 6851
Monte Vidon Corrado FM 3 731 7582
Massa Fermana FM 4 963 8545
Montappone FM 4 1682 10227
Falerone FM 5 3337 13564
Belmonte Piceno FM 5 646 14210
Magliano di Tenna FM 6 1452 15662
Servigliano FM 6 2336 17998
Mogliano MC 7 4696 22694
Francavilla d'Ete FM 7 964 23658
Rapagnano FM 7 2145 25803
Grottazzolina FM 7 3398 29201
Monsampietro Morico FM 8 659 29860
Monte San Pietrangeli FM 8 2458 32318
Loro Piceno MC 9 2401 34719
Torre San Patrizio FM 9 2048 36767
Montottone FM 10 979 37746
Monteleone di Fermo FM 10 395 38141
Monte Giberto FM 10 801 38942
Petriolo MC 11 1998 40940
Sant'Angelo in Pontano MC 11 1436 42376
Penna San Giovanni MC 12 1108 43484
Ponzano di Fermo FM 12 1674 45158
Ripe San Ginesio MC 12 852 46010
Corridonia MC 13 15430 61440
Monte Rinaldo FM 13 379 61819
Santa Vittoria in Matenano FM 13 1330 63149
Montelparo FM 13 778 63927
Monte San Giusto MC 13 8191 72118
Monte San Martino MC 13 765 72883
Monte Vidon Combatte FM 13 433 73316
Urbisaglia MC 13 2628 75944
Colmurano MC 13 1263 77207
Petritoli FM 14 2335 79542
Ortezzano FM 14 774 80316
Montegranaro FM 15 12990 93306
Monte Urano FM 15 8353 101659
Smerillo FM 16 365 102024
Gualdo MC 16 815 102839
San Ginesio MC 17 3498 106337
Fermo FM 17 37655 143992
Montefalcone Appennino FM 17 424 144416
Monterubbiano FM 17 2230 146646
Sant'Elpidio a Mare FM 17 17110 163756
Carassai AP 18 1100 164856
Montalto delle Marche AP 18 2122 166978
Moresco FM 18 598 167576
Montedinove AP 19 488 168064
Force AP 19 1354 169418
Macerata MC 19 42473 211891

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
54 Km S of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
69 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
86 Km NW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
88 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
89 Km SE of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
94 Km NW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.5 2009-10-14
20:07:00
43.135 13.518 21 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 979459
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-10-14 20:07:00 ± 0.19
Latitude 43.1350 ± 0.0108
Longitude 13.5180 ± 0.0173
Depth (km) 21 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 979459

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1518
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 747
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 309
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1843.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 299
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.15199
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.46675
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 979459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:44:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CESI.HHN. 2009-10-14T20:07:17.56 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 254 51.8037 0.037 70
IV.NRCA.HHN. 2009-10-14T20:07:16.29 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 225 46.8198 0.036 94
IV.SNTG.SHZ. 2009-10-14T20:07:16.82 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 286 48.5181 0.128 46
IV.FDMO.HHN. 2009-10-14T20:07:13.27 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 253 36.5412 -0.38 91
IV.SNTG.SHZ. 2009-10-14T20:07:10.09 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 286 48.5181 0.066 71
IV.CESI.HHN. 2009-10-14T20:07:10.53 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 254 51.8037 0.023 94
IV.GUMA.HHN. 2009-10-14T20:07:09.11 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 242 16.872 -0.087 100
IV.NRCA.HHN. 2009-10-14T20:07:09.89 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 225 46.8198 0.117 94
IV.FDMO.HHN. 2009-10-14T20:07:08.14 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 253 36.5412 -0.132 95
IV.GUMA.HHN. 2009-10-14T20:07:05.90 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 242 16.872 0.204 97
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download