Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 02-02-1987 and time 19:39:27 (Italy) in region 8 km NE Regalbuto (EN)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 8 km NE Regalbuto (EN), on

  • 02-02-1987 18:39:27 (UTC)
  • 02-02-1987 19:39:27 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7080, 14.7050 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
Regalbuto EN 8 7277 7277
Centuripe EN 10 5470 12747
Adrano CT 12 36122 48869
Troina EN 13 9373 58242
Bronte CT 14 19172 77414
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 15 3593 81007
CesarĂ² ME 15 2439 83446
Catenanuova EN 16 4866 88312
San Teodoro ME 16 1403 89715
Biancavilla CT 16 24007 113722
Agira EN 17 8345 122067
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 129708
Maniace CT 20 3765 133473
Maletto CT 20 3920 137393

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
42 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Modica (54633 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 2.5 1987-02-02
18:39:27
37.708 14.705 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 40339
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-02-02 18:39:27 ± 0.344
Latitude 37.7080 ± 0.0204
Longitude 14.7050 ± 0.0304
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 40339

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) 3508.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 134
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00194
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00672
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 40339
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:40:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.AT9.Z. 1987-02-02T18:39:52.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 52 0.7437 -1.05 0.3
--.ML9.Z. 1987-02-02T18:39:50.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 163 0.6216 1.45 0.1
--.GIB.Z. 1987-02-02T18:39:49.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 297 0.5994 0.55 0.6
--.AT9.Z. 1987-02-02T18:39:42.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 52 0.7437 -0.09 1.8
--.ML9.Z. 1987-02-02T18:39:39.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 163 0.6216 -0.28 1.9
--.GIB.Z. 1987-02-02T18:39:38.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 297 0.5994 -0.95 0.9
--.MS9.Z. 1987-02-02T18:39:37.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 357 0.2109 1.3 0.3
--.MS9.Z. 1987-02-02T18:39:32.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 357 0.2109 0.13 2.1
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