Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 26-08-1987 and time 22:42:33 (Italy) in region 2 km SW San Mauro Castelverde (PA)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW San Mauro Castelverde (PA), on

  • 26-08-1987 20:42:33 (UTC)
  • 26-08-1987 22:42:33 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9050, 14.1800 at 8 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
San Mauro Castelverde PA 2 1701 1701
Geraci Siculo PA 6 1945 3646
Castelbuono PA 9 8943 12589
Pollina PA 10 2974 15563
Tusa ME 10 2925 18488
Castel di Lucio ME 12 1294 19782
Pettineo ME 12 1350 21132
Gangi PA 12 6811 27943
Petralia Sottana PA 13 2821 30764
Petralia Soprana PA 14 3360 34124
Motta d'Affermo ME 14 739 34863
Isnello PA 16 1589 36452
Mistretta ME 16 4791 41243
Reitano ME 16 806 42049
Castellana Sicula PA 18 3411 45460
Polizzi Generosa PA 19 3407 48867
Bompietro PA 19 1401 50268
Blufi PA 19 1029 51297
Gratteri PA 19 963 52260
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 19 4694 56954

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
75 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
92 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.4
ML-VAX 2.2
1987-08-26
20:42:33
37.905 14.18 7 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 54459
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-08-26 20:42:33 ± 0.281
Latitude 37.9050 ± 0.0192
Longitude 14.1800 ± 0.0418
Depth (km) 7 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 54459

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) 4248.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 158
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) 0.00130
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01336
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 54459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:52:29

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 54459
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
--.SO9.Z. 1987-08-26T20:43:00.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 82 1.4874 0.05 1.3
--.ATN.Z. 1987-08-26T20:42:53.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 75 1.0323 0.01 1.6
--.MEU.Z. 1987-08-26T20:42:52.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 146 0.9435 0.12 1.6
--.MNO.Z. 1987-08-26T20:42:49.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 85 0.3996 0.56 0.2
--.MNO.Z. 1987-08-26T20:42:41.72 10.0 undecidable manual PG 85 0.3996 -0.3 1.3
--.GIB.Z. 1987-08-26T20:42:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 304 0.1443 0.66 0.1
--.GIB.Z. 1987-08-26T20:42:36.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 304 0.1443 -0.41 0.9
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