Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 08-04-1987 and time 06:02:23 (UTC) in region 9 km SE Meldola (FC)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 9 km SE Meldola (FC), on

  • 08-04-1987 06:02:23 (UTC)
  • 08-04-1987 08:02:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0590, 12.1300 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
Meldola FC 9 9970 9970
Bertinoro FC 10 11059 21029
Mercato Saraceno FC 12 6886 27915
Cesena FC 13 96758 124673
Predappio FC 13 6346 131019
Montiano FC 14 1716 132735
Forlimpopoli FC 14 13290 146025
Sogliano al Rubicone FC 15 3195 149220
Roncofreddo FC 15 3386 152606
Sarsina FC 16 3446 156052
Longiano FC 16 7126 163178
Civitella di Romagna FC 16 3786 166964
Gambettola FC 18 10660 177624
Borghi FC 18 2843 180467
Galeata FC 19 2516 182983
Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole FC 19 6426 189409
Forlì FC 20 117913 307322

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km SW of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
20 Km SE of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
32 Km SE of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
35 Km W of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
40 Km S of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
47 Km SE of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
79 Km SE of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Pistoia (90315 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 2.3 1987-04-08
06:02:23
44.059 12.13 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 44359
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-04-08 06:02:23 ± 0.531
Latitude 44.0590 ± 0.0321
Longitude 12.1300 ± 0.0270
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 44359

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) 4168.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 222
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00308
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00988
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 44359
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:43:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ARV.Z. 1987-04-08T06:02:51.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 133 0.8103 -0.6 0.5
--.BDI.Z. 1987-04-08T06:02:45.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 270 1.0989 0.3 1.5
--.CRE.Z. 1987-04-08T06:02:41.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 196 0.444 0.76 0.5
--.ARV.Z. 1987-04-08T06:02:40.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 133 0.8103 0.72 1.2
--.PGD.Z. 1987-04-08T06:02:37.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 237 0.3441 0.83 0.7
--.CRE.Z. 1987-04-08T06:02:32.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 196 0.444 -0.72 1.4
--.PGD.Z. 1987-04-08T06:02:30.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 237 0.3441 -0.86 1.1
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