Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 20-09-1989 and time 07:20:14 (UTC) in region 3 km NW Frascati (RM)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Frascati (RM), on

  • 20-09-1989 07:20:14 (UTC)
  • 20-09-1989 09:20:14 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.8230, 12.6560 at 5 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
Frascati RM 3 22087 22087
Grottaferrata RM 4 20327 42414
Ciampino RM 5 38412 80826
Monte Porzio Catone RM 5 8693 89519
Marino RM 6 43026 132545
Monte Compatri RM 7 11978 144523
Rocca di Papa RM 8 17034 161557
Colonna RM 8 4287 165844
Castel Gandolfo RM 8 8997 174841
Rocca Priora RM 10 11962 186803
Albano Laziale RM 10 41715 228518
Ariccia RM 11 19407 247925
San Cesareo RM 12 15153 263078
Nemi RM 12 1943 265021
Genzano di Roma RM 13 23970 288991
Zagarolo RM 15 17843 306834
Gallicano nel Lazio RM 15 6334 313168
Roma RM 16 2864731 3177899
Lanuvio RM 16 13632 3191531
Lariano RM 18 13432 3204963
Velletri RM 18 53303 3258266
Palestrina RM 20 21672 3279938
Fonte Nuova RM 20 32562 3312500
Labico RM 20 6379 3318879
Tivoli RM 20 56533 3375412

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km E of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
18 Km NW of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
20 Km SW of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
21 Km S of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
21 Km NE of Pomezia (62966 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Aprilia (73446 inhabitants)
35 Km E of Fiumicino (78395 inhabitants)
42 Km N of Anzio (54211 inhabitants)
45 Km NW of Latina (125985 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Civitavecchia (52991 inhabitants)
80 Km SE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
82 Km S of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.3
ML-VAX 2.0
1989-09-20
07:20:14
41.823 12.656 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 99829
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-09-20 07:20:14 ± 0.462
Latitude 41.8230 ± 0.0170
Longitude 12.6560 ± 0.0335
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 99829

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3356.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 216
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00032
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00502
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 99829
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:33:14

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 99829
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1989-09-20T07:20:35.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 1 0.555 0.05 0.6
--.MNS.Z. 1989-09-20T07:20:26.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 1 0.555 0.04 1.4
--.CP9.Z. 1989-09-20T07:20:22.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 80 0.2109 -0.26 0.9
--.CP9.Z. 1989-09-20T07:20:18.62 10.0 undecidable manual PG 80 0.2109 -0.56 1.7
--.RDP.Z. 1989-09-20T07:20:17.91 10.0 undecidable manual SG 145 0.0666 0.31 0.9
--.RMP.Z. 1989-09-20T07:20:17.89 10.0 undecidable manual SG 109 0.0333 1.56 0.1
--.RMP.Z. 1989-09-20T07:20:16.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 109 0.0333 0.72 1.4
--.RDP.Z. 1989-09-20T07:20:15.24 10.0 undecidable manual PG 145 0.0666 -0.88 1.1
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