Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 05-04-2011 and time 18:36:40 (UTC) in region 4 km E Amatrice (RI)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Amatrice (RI), on

  • 05-04-2011 18:36:40 (UTC)
  • 05-04-2011 20:36:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.6240, 13.3320 at 11 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
Amatrice RI 4 2657 2657
Campotosto AQ 8 542 3199
Accumoli RI 11 667 3866
Capitignano AQ 12 665 4531
Montereale AQ 13 2581 7112
Cittareale RI 14 482 7594
Cortino TE 15 656 8250
Crognaleto TE 15 1297 9547
Arquata del Tronto AP 17 1178 10725
Acquasanta Terme AP 18 2916 13641
Rocca Santa Maria TE 18 537 14178
Valle Castellana TE 19 977 15155
Fano Adriano TE 19 296 15451
Barete AQ 20 737 16188

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
31 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
56 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
63 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Perugia (166134 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 1.6
ML 1.5
2011-04-05
18:36:40
42.624 13.332 11 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1192439
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2011-04-05 18:36:40 ± 0.07
Latitude 42.6240 ± 0.0072
Longitude 13.3320 ± 0.0061
Depth (km) 11 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1192439

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 789
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 424
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 197
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 943.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 117
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.26350
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 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1192439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 23:18:26

Md:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1192439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 23:18:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2011-04-05T18:36:50.74 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 323 29.2485 -0.125 96
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2011-04-05T18:36:49.27 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 264 23.9538 -0.178 94
IV.TERO.HHE. 2011-04-05T18:36:48.76 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 90 22.1556 -0.22 94
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2011-04-05T18:36:46.11 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 147 11.5773 -0.087 99
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2011-04-05T18:36:46.61 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 323 29.2485 0.081 96
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2011-04-05T18:36:45.75 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 264 23.9538 0.039 98
IV.TERO.HHE. 2011-04-05T18:36:45.55 0.1 positive manual Pg 90 22.1556 0.109 97
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2011-04-05T18:36:44.30 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 19 0.7992 -0.219 100
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2011-04-05T18:36:44.05 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 147 11.5773 0.215 96
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2011-04-05T18:36:43.10 0.1 negative manual Pg 19 0.7992 0.24 97
IV.BULG.HHN. 2011-04-05T18:36:29.32 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ROM9.HHZ. 2011-04-05T18:36:25.26 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2011-04-05T18:36:24.87 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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