Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 02-10-1987 and time 19:34:44 (Italy) in region 8 km NE Regalbuto (EN)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 8 km NE Regalbuto (EN), on

  • 02-10-1987 18:34:44 (UTC)
  • 02-10-1987 19:34:44 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7180, 14.6890 at 14 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
Regalbuto EN 8 7277 7277
Troina EN 11 9373 16650
Centuripe EN 12 5470 22120
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 14 3593 25713
Adrano CT 14 36122 61835
CesarĂ² ME 14 2439 64274
San Teodoro ME 15 1403 65677
Bronte CT 15 19172 84849
Agira EN 16 8345 93194
Catenanuova EN 17 4866 98060
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 122067
Cerami EN 19 2006 124073
Maniace CT 19 3765 127838

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
44 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Modica (54633 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.9
1987-10-02
18:34:44
37.718 14.689 14 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 56389
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-10-02 18:34:44 ± 0.306
Latitude 37.7180 ± 0.0230
Longitude 14.6890 ± 0.0291
Depth (km) 14 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 56389

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) 3615.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.00186
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01570
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 56389
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:54:10

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 56389
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
--.GRI.Z. 1987-10-02T18:35:35.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 50 1.7427 -0.53 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1987-10-02T18:35:22.50 10.0 undecidable manual SN 71 1.1322 1.61 0.1
--.FAI.Z. 1987-10-02T18:35:15.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 241 0.9213 -0.25 0.6
--.GRI.Z. 1987-10-02T18:35:14.30 10.0 undecidable manual PN 50 1.7427 0.42 1
--.ATN.Z. 1987-10-02T18:35:11.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 53 0.7437 0.64 0.8
--.GIB.Z. 1987-10-02T18:35:07.22 10.0 undecidable manual SG 297 0.5883 2.03 0
--.MEU.Z. 1987-10-02T18:35:07.69 10.0 undecidable manual SG 169 0.6105 1.63 0.1
--.SOI.Z. 1987-10-02T18:35:04.70 10.0 undecidable manual PN 71 1.1322 -0.72 1
--.FAI.Z. 1987-10-02T18:35:01.31 10.0 undecidable manual PG 241 0.9213 -1.2 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1987-10-02T18:34:58.58 10.0 positive manual PG 53 0.7437 -0.77 2.3
--.MEU.Z. 1987-10-02T18:34:57.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 169 0.6105 0.46 1.5
--.GIB.Z. 1987-10-02T18:34:56.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 297 0.5883 -0.15 1.7
--.MNO.Z. 1987-10-02T18:34:54.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 1 0.2109 0.88 0.4
--.MNO.Z. 1987-10-02T18:34:49.59 10.0 positive manual PG 1 0.2109 0.05 3.5
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