Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 22-01-1987 and time 05:05:40 (Italy) in region 7 km NE Norcia (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 7 km NE Norcia (PG), on

  • 22-01-1987 04:05:40 (UTC)
  • 22-01-1987 05:05:40 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.8290, 13.1570 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Norcia PG 7 4957 4957
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 7 281 5238
Preci PG 11 724 5962
Visso MC 13 1107 7069
Ussita MC 13 444 7513
Arquata del Tronto AP 13 1178 8691
Montegallo AP 15 523 9214
Montemonaco AP 16 604 9818
Accumoli RI 17 667 10485
Cascia PG 17 3217 13702
Bolognola MC 19 142 13844
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 20 1075 14919
Montefortino FM 20 1178 16097
Sellano PG 20 1079 17176

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
51 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
57 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
93 Km SW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
98 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
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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 2.1 1987-01-22
04:05:40
42.829 13.157 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 39629
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-01-22 04:05:40 ± 0.769
Latitude 42.8290 ± 0.0442
Longitude 13.1570 ± 0.0226
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 39629

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) 5243.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 278
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00389
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00704
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 39629
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:39:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.AM8.Z. 1987-01-22T04:06:07.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 23 0.777 -0.79 0.1
--.ARV.Z. 1987-01-22T04:06:05.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 346 0.6882 0.67 0.2
--.AM8.Z. 1987-01-22T04:05:56.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 23 0.777 0.23 2.2
--.ASS.Z. 1987-01-22T04:05:56.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 302 0.4329 -0.28 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1987-01-22T04:05:54.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 346 0.6882 -0.19 1.3
--.ASS.Z. 1987-01-22T04:05:50.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 302 0.4329 -0.05 1.5
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