Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 26-07-1987 and time 17:44:53 (Italy) in region Costa Marchigiana Fermana (Fermo)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Marchigiana Fermana (Fermo), on

  • 26-07-1987 15:44:53 (UTC)
  • 26-07-1987 17:44:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.2340, 13.9420 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
Porto San Giorgio FM 13 16121 16121
Porto Sant'Elpidio FM 15 26152 42273
Pedaso FM 17 2800 45073
Altidona FM 18 3390 48463
Civitanova Marche MC 19 41983 90446
Lapedona FM 19 1166 91612
Fermo FM 20 37655 129267
Campofilone FM 20 1916 131183

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km SE of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Chieti (51815 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
ML-VAX 1.9
1987-07-26
15:44:53
43.234 13.942 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 52779
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-07-26 15:44:53 ± 0.781
Latitude 43.2340 ± 0.0222
Longitude 13.9420 ± 0.0547
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 52779

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) 5074.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 280
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) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00469
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01125
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 52779
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:50:57

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 52779
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1987-07-26T15:45:34.50 10.0 undecidable manual SN 227 1.2543 0.42 0.5
--.ASS.Z. 1987-07-26T15:45:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 259 0.9546 -0.36 0.6
--.ARV.Z. 1987-07-26T15:45:21.42 10.0 undecidable manual SG 290 0.7659 0.96 0.3
--.MNS.Z. 1987-07-26T15:45:18.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 227 1.2543 0.96 0.6
--.ALP.Z. 1987-07-26T15:45:12.79 10.0 undecidable manual SG 211 0.5217 0.12 1.1
--.ASS.Z. 1987-07-26T15:45:11.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 259 0.9546 -0.99 0.6
--.ARV.Z. 1987-07-26T15:45:09.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 290 0.7659 -0.15 1.8
--.ALP.Z. 1987-07-26T15:45:04.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 211 0.5217 -0.62 2.5
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