After this morning's event October 30 at 07:40 Italian time of magnitude M 6.5, dozens of other seismic events have been located in the al area border between Marche and Umbria. At 10:00 there were about 50 events of magnitude greater than 3.0.
The area affected by this morning's event at 07:40 of magnitude 6.5 (the epicenter is the red star).
The strongest tremors (magnitude greater than or equal to 4.0) since 07.40 this morning are shown in the table:
|
DATE AND TIME (UTC) |
MAGNITUDE |
PROVINCE |
DEPTH |
LAT |
LONG |
|
4.4 |
Perugia |
10 |
42.83 |
13.08 |
|
|
4.0 |
Macerata |
10 |
42.92 |
13.13 |
|
|
4.5 |
Rieti |
11 |
42.70 |
13.24 |
|
|
4.3 |
Rieti |
10 |
42.71 |
13.14 |
|
|
4.2 |
Rieti |
10 |
42.71 |
13.19 |
|
|
4.1 |
Perugia |
8 |
42.79 |
13.16 |
|
|
4.0 |
Perugia |
10 |
42.83 |
13.06 |
|
|
4.1 |
Perugia |
10 |
42.88 |
13.05 |
|
|
4.1 |
Rieti |
13 |
42.74 |
13.17 |
|
|
4.6 |
Perugia |
10 |
42.85 |
13.07 |
|
|
6.5 |
Perugia |
9 |
42.84 |
13.11 |
The map shows the overall situation of the entire sequence that began on 24 August 2016.
Here is reported the focal mechanism calculated which indicates that the responsible fault is of normal or extensional type.
Focal mechanism of this morning's earthquake at 7.40. The red and white symbol indicates the type of geometry and movement of the fault responsible for the earthquake. The red star is the epicenter of the earthquake and the red triangles are the seismic stations used in the calculation. The moment magnitude Mw is equal to 6.5.