Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 24-04-1987 and time 22:56:45 (Italy) in region 6 km NW Molinella (BO)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW Molinella (BO), on

  • 24-04-1987 20:56:45 (UTC)
  • 24-04-1987 22:56:45 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.6670, 11.6300 at 13 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
Molinella BO 6 15797 15797
Baricella BO 8 6951 22748
Malalbergo BO 10 8943 31691
Minerbio BO 12 8793 40484
Voghiera FE 14 3777 44261
Portomaggiore FE 14 11841 56102
Poggio Renatico FE 16 9852 65954
Budrio BO 16 18412 84366
Bentivoglio BO 17 5469 89835
Argenta FE 17 21851 111686
Galliera BO 18 5439 117125
San Pietro in Casale BO 18 12202 129327
Ferrara FE 19 133155 262482
Granarolo dell'Emilia BO 19 11910 274392
Masi Torello FE 19 2341 276733

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km S of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
30 Km NE of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
36 Km N of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
47 Km S of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
47 Km NW of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
53 Km NW of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
56 Km E of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
59 Km NW of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
85 Km S of Padova (210401 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
98 Km S of Vicenza (112953 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Verona (258765 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 1987-04-24
20:56:45
44.667 11.63 13 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 45599
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-04-24 20:56:45 ± 0.687
Latitude 44.6670 ± 0.0287
Longitude 11.6300 ± 0.1068
Depth (km) 13 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 45599

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) 9028.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 325
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00712
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01587
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 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 45599
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:44:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ASS.Z. 1987-04-24T20:57:38.20 10.0 undecidable manual SN 155 1.7649 0.63 0.1
--.CRE.Z. 1987-04-24T20:57:20.50 10.0 undecidable manual SN 167 1.0656 -0.59 0.2
--.ASS.Z. 1987-04-24T20:57:15.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 155 1.7649 -0.41 0.8
--.PGD.Z. 1987-04-24T20:57:13.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 175 0.7881 -0.04 0.8
--.ARV.Z. 1987-04-24T20:57:12.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 140 1.4874 0 1.9
--.CRE.Z. 1987-04-24T20:57:06.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 167 1.0656 0.39 1.1
--.PGD.Z. 1987-04-24T20:57:01.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 175 0.7881 0.04 2.1
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