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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 10-03-1992 and time 18:57:35 (Italy) in region 4 km W Fontecchio (AQ)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Fontecchio (AQ), on

  • 10-03-1992 17:57:35 (UTC)
  • 10-03-1992 18:57:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.2200, 13.5660 at 10 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
Fontecchio AQ 4 369 369
Fagnano Alto AQ 4 418 787
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 4 1526 2313
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 6 424 2737
Tione degli Abruzzi AQ 6 310 3047
Rocca di Cambio AQ 7 533 3580
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 7 496 4076
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 8 1854 5930
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 8 394 6324
Caporciano AQ 10 230 6554
Ovindoli AQ 10 1227 7781
Fossa AQ 10 721 8502
San Pio delle Camere AQ 11 661 9163
Ocre AQ 11 1167 10330
Poggio Picenze AQ 12 1136 11466
Secinaro AQ 12 359 11825
Barisciano AQ 12 1828 13653
Carapelle Calvisio AQ 13 87 13740
Acciano AQ 14 327 14067
Navelli AQ 14 554 14621
Castelvecchio Calvisio AQ 14 153 14774
Celano AQ 15 11017 25791
Gagliano Aterno AQ 15 254 26045
Santo Stefano di Sessanio AQ 15 111 26156
Aielli AQ 16 1475 27631
Calascio AQ 16 137 27768
Molina Aterno AQ 16 386 28154
Castelvecchio Subequo AQ 17 982 29136
San Benedetto in Perillis AQ 17 113 29249
Cerchio AQ 18 1635 30884
Capestrano AQ 18 884 31768
Collepietro AQ 18 237 32005
Collarmele AQ 18 894 32899
Castel di Ieri AQ 19 303 33202
Massa d'Albe AQ 19 1476 34678

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km SE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
50 Km S of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
69 Km E of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Latina (125985 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 		Md 2.4
ML-VAX 1.8 		1992-03-10
17:57:35		 42.22 13.566 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 160339
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-03-10 17:57:35 ± 0.27
Latitude 42.2200 ± 0.0096
Longitude 13.5660 ± 0.0237
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 160339

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) 2221.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 202
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00599
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 160339
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:29:50

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 160339
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. 1992-03-10T17:57:58.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 284 0.666 -0.13 0.6
--.SDI.Z. 1992-03-10T17:57:53.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 160 0.5439 -0.77 0.1
--.MNS.Z. 1992-03-10T17:57:49.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 284 0.666 0.33 1.1
--.SDI.Z. 1992-03-10T17:57:46.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 160 0.5439 0.46 0.8
--.AZI.Z. 1992-03-10T17:57:45.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 202 0.2553 -0.07 0.9
--.AQU.Z. 1992-03-10T17:57:42.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 317 0.1776 0.06 0.9
--.AZI.Z. 1992-03-10T17:57:40.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 202 0.2553 -0.08 2.2
--.AQU.Z. 1992-03-10T17:57:39.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 317 0.1776 -0.37 1.3
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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