Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 02-10-2016 and time 14:30:30 (Italy) in region 4 km NE Capitignano (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Capitignano (AQ), on

  • 02-10-2016 12:30:30 (UTC)
  • 02-10-2016 14:30:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.5510, 13.3160 at 9 km depth.

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

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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
Capitignano AQ 4 665 665
Campotosto AQ 5 542 1207
Montereale AQ 6 2581 3788
Amatrice RI 9 2657 6445
Barete AQ 11 737 7182
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 13 1369 8551
Pizzoli AQ 13 4326 12877
Crognaleto TE 14 1297 14174
Cittareale RI 15 482 14656
Borbona RI 16 617 15273
Accumoli RI 17 667 15940
Cortino TE 18 656 16596
Posta RI 18 694 17290
Fano Adriano TE 18 296 17586
Pietracamela TE 20 271 17857

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
34 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
55 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
67 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Roma (2864731 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2016-10-02
12:30:30		 42.551 13.3157 9 2016-10-02
12:34:41		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 29775981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-10-02 12:30:30 ± 0.31
Latitude 42.5510 ± 0.0081
Longitude 13.3157 ± 0.0073
Depth (km) 9 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 29775981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 909
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 180
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 158
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 910.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 170
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08544
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.22393
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 29775981
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-10-02 12:34:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:39.70 0.1 undecidable manual S 71 24.8529 111 -0.05 97
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:38.77 0.1 undecidable manual S 284 23.2545 112 -0.44 89
IV.T1202.EHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:38.35 0.3 undecidable manual S 336 18.4704 117 0.64 63
IV.T1243.HHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:37.83 0.1 undecidable manual S 34 19.4694 116 -0.19 95
IV.T1204.EHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:36.17 0.1 undecidable manual S 0 13.875 124 -0.16 96
IV.T1202.EHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:35.14 0.6 positive manual P 336 18.4704 117 0.46 45
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:35.15 0.1 undecidable manual S 241 9.4794 135 0 100
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:35.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 284 23.2545 112 -0.14 95
IV.TERO.HHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:35.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 71 24.8529 111 0.09 96
IV.T1243.HHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:34.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 34 19.4694 116 -0.25 93
IV.T1204.EHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:34.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 0 13.875 124 0.22 95
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2016-10-02T12:30:33.57 0.3 negative manual P 241 9.4794 135 0.37 70
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LNSS.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00008005000000000001 0.16 AML other m 2016-10-02T12:30:38.86
IV.LNSS.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001215 0.14 AML other m 2016-10-02T12:30:39.05
IV.RM33.EHN. ML:1.0 0.000132 1.22 AML other m 2016-10-02T12:30:35.23
IV.RM33.EHE. ML:1.0 0.00014079999999999998 0.86 AML other m 2016-10-02T12:30:36.41
IV.RM33.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00047065000000000003 1.58 AML other m 2016-10-02T12:30:47.57
IV.RM33.HNN. ML:1.6 0.0005026999999999999 1.56 AML other m 2016-10-02T12:30:47.59
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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