Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 17-04-1987 and time 14:56:24 (Italy) in region 1 km W Sassoferrato (AN)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Sassoferrato (AN), on

  • 17-04-1987 12:56:24 (UTC)
  • 17-04-1987 14:56:24 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.4390, 12.8490 at 19 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
Sassoferrato AN 1 7285 7285
Genga AN 7 1797 9082
Serra Sant'Abbondio PU 9 1027 10109
Arcevia AN 10 4612 14721
Fabriano AN 12 31480 46201
Frontone PU 12 1300 47501
Serra San Quirico AN 14 2850 50351
Pergola PU 14 6333 56684
Costacciaro PG 14 1216 57900
Sigillo PG 15 2404 60304
Scheggia e Pascelupo PG 15 1393 61697
Mergo AN 16 1037 62734
Cerreto d'Esi AN 17 3817 66551
Fossato di Vico PG 17 2840 69391
Cantiano PU 18 2245 71636
Rosora AN 19 1985 73621
Serra de' Conti AN 19 3746 77367
Castelplanio AN 20 3540 80907
Poggio San Vicino MC 20 246 81153
San Lorenzo in Campo PU 20 3414 84567

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km SW of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
53 Km S of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
58 Km W of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
73 Km SE of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Terni (111501 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 1987-04-17
12:56:24
43.439 12.849 19 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 45059
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-04-17 12:56:24 ± 0.354
Latitude 43.4390 ± 0.0111
Longitude 12.8490 ± 0.0258
Depth (km) 19 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 45059

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) 2422.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 270
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00081
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00494
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 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 45059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:44:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.AM8.Z. 1987-04-17T12:56:44.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 78 0.5439 0.23 0.1
--.AM8.Z. 1987-04-17T12:56:35.63 10.0 undecidable manual PG 78 0.5439 -0.16 0.5
--.CM8.Z. 1987-04-17T12:56:31.65 10.0 undecidable manual PG 138 0.3219 0 1.5
--.ARV.Z. 1987-04-17T12:56:31.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 49 0.0888 -0.16 0.4
--.ARV.Z. 1987-04-17T12:56:28.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 49 0.0888 0.08 2.5
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