Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 06-09-1987 and time 08:08:38 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Montelparo (FM)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Montelparo (FM), on

  • 06-09-1987 06:08:38 (UTC)
  • 06-09-1987 08:08:38 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.0000, 13.5490 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Montelparo FM 2 778 778
Monte Rinaldo FM 4 379 1157
Montedinove AP 5 488 1645
Santa Vittoria in Matenano FM 5 1330 2975
Montalto delle Marche AP 5 2122 5097
Rotella AP 5 906 6003
Monteleone di Fermo FM 6 395 6398
Ortezzano FM 6 774 7172
Force AP 6 1354 8526
Montefalcone Appennino FM 7 424 8950
Montottone FM 8 979 9929
Monsampietro Morico FM 8 659 10588
Smerillo FM 8 365 10953
Monte Vidon Combatte FM 9 433 11386
Castignano AP 9 2796 14182
Monte San Martino MC 10 765 14947
Servigliano FM 10 2336 17283
Belmonte Piceno FM 10 646 17929
Cossignano AP 12 978 18907
Petritoli FM 12 2335 21242
Carassai AP 12 1100 22342
Comunanza AP 12 3166 25508
Penna San Giovanni MC 12 1108 26616
Monte Giberto FM 12 801 27417
Grottazzolina FM 13 3398 30815
Palmiano AP 13 196 31011
Falerone FM 14 3337 34348
Offida AP 14 5058 39406
Venarotta AP 14 2066 41472
Ponzano di Fermo FM 15 1674 43146
Montegiorgio FM 15 6851 49997
Monte Vidon Corrado FM 15 731 50728
Appignano del Tronto AP 15 1785 52513
Magliano di Tenna FM 16 1452 53965
Amandola FM 16 3629 57594
Roccafluvione AP 16 2010 59604
Ascoli Piceno AP 16 49407 109011
Montappone FM 17 1682 110693
Sant'Angelo in Pontano MC 17 1436 112129
Monterubbiano FM 17 2230 114359
Ripatransone AP 17 4309 118668
Montefiore dell'Aso AP 18 2123 120791
Massa Fermana FM 18 963 121754
Moresco FM 18 598 122352
Montefortino FM 18 1178 123530
Rapagnano FM 18 2145 125675
Castorano AP 18 2380 128055
Gualdo MC 19 815 128870
Castel di Lama AP 20 8634 137504

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
69 Km S of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
69 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
73 Km NW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
73 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
81 Km NW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
88 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.3
ML-VAX 1.5
1987-09-06
06:08:38
43 13.549 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 54859
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-09-06 06:08:38 ± 0.752
Latitude 43.0000 ± 0.0406
Longitude 13.5490 ± 0.0879
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 54859

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) 8452.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 212
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00194
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01174
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 54859
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:52:50

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 54859
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
--.SDI.Z. 1987-09-06T06:09:22.29 10.0 undecidable manual SN 171 1.2987 0.92 0.1
--.ARV.Z. 1987-09-06T06:09:04.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 318 0.6549 1.28 0
--.SDI.Z. 1987-09-06T06:09:02.93 10.0 undecidable manual PN 171 1.2987 -0.32 0.9
--.ARV.Z. 1987-09-06T06:08:52.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 318 0.6549 -0.49 0.9
--.ASS.Z. 1987-09-06T06:08:52.13 10.0 undecidable manual PG 275 0.6549 -0.22 1.3
--.ALP.Z. 1987-09-06T06:08:43.45 10.0 undecidable manual PG 176 0.2109 -0.05 2.9
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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