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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 17-09-2014 and time 06:31:27 (Italy) in region 5 km N Capitignano (AQ)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 5 km N Capitignano (AQ), on

  • 17-09-2014 04:31:27 (UTC)
  • 17-09-2014 06:31:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.5620, 13.3110 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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.

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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
Capitignano AQ 5 665 665
Campotosto AQ 5 542 1207
Montereale AQ 7 2581 3788
Amatrice RI 8 2657 6445
Barete AQ 13 737 7182
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 13 1369 8551
Cittareale RI 14 482 9033
Crognaleto TE 14 1297 10330
Pizzoli AQ 14 4326 14656
Borbona RI 16 617 15273
Accumoli RI 16 667 15940
Cortino TE 18 656 16596
Posta RI 18 694 17290
Fano Adriano TE 19 296 17586

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
34 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
54 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
66 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
97 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.8 2014-09-17
04:31:27		 42.5623 13.3113 9 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 8382871
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-09-17 04:31:27 ± 0.17
Latitude 42.5623 ± 0.0153
Longitude 13.3113 ± 0.0061
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 8382871

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1718
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 367
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 174
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1720.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 123
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30757
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 8382871
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-17 04:36:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GIUL.HHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:47.91 3.0 negative manual P 0.09 0
IV.SSFR.HNZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:46.28 3.0 negative manual P -0.04 0
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:39.68 0.3 undecidable manual S 332 34.1436 50 0.17 70
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:36.08 0.3 undecidable manual S 282 22.5552 112 0.13 72
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:36.37 0.3 undecidable manual S 74 24.8529 110 -0.31 69
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:34.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 332 34.1436 50 -0.06 95
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:32.60 0.3 positive manual P 74 24.8529 110 -0.2 71
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:32.17 0.3 undecidable manual S 110 8.4804 137 0.34 70
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:32.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 282 22.5552 112 -0.04 98
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:31.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 233 9.879 133 -0.26 72
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:30.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 233 9.879 133 -0.04 100
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2014-09-17T04:31:30.31 0.3 negative manual P 110 8.4804 137 0.31 71
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CAMP.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00005045 0.36 AML other m 2014-09-17T04:31:32.30
IV.CAMP.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00006975 0.34 AML other m 2014-09-17T04:31:32.53
IV.NRCA.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000382 0.92 AML other m 2014-09-17T04:31:40.52
IV.NRCA.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00002385 0.12 AML other m 2014-09-17T04:31:42.08
IV.RM33.EHE. ML:1.1 0.00016499999999999997 0.22 AML other m 2014-09-17T04:31:32.13
IV.RM33.EHN. ML:1.2 0.0001985 0.1 AML other m 2014-09-17T04:31:32.31
IV.TERO.HHN. ML:0.5 0.00002035 0.56 AML other m 2014-09-17T04:31:36.66
IV.TERO.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000026349999999999997 1.32 AML other m 2014-09-17T04:31:36.91
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