Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 23-10-1987 and time 23:03:22 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 23-10-1987 22:03:22 (UTC)
  • 23-10-1987 23:03:22 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6890, 15.7160 at 24 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
Ricadi VV 15 4900 4900
Tropea VV 16 6441 11341
Drapia VV 17 2085 13426
Spilinga VV 18 1464 14890
Parghelia VV 18 1300 16190
Zaccanopoli VV 19 752 16942
Joppolo VV 20 1926 18868

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km N of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
65 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
80 Km W of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Cosenza (67546 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 2.2
1987-10-23
22:03:22
38.689 15.716 24 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 57529
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-10-23 22:03:22 ± 0.185
Latitude 38.6890 ± 0.0111
Longitude 15.7160 ± 0.0222
Depth (km) 24 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 57529

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) 2287.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 154
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.00502
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01303
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 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 57529
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:55:09

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 57529
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
--.MGR.Z. 1987-10-23T22:04:04.74 10.0 undecidable manual SN 354 1.443 -0.29 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1987-10-23T22:03:46.53 10.0 undecidable manual SN 156 0.666 0.11 0.6
--.MGR.Z. 1987-10-23T22:03:46.64 10.0 undecidable manual PN 354 1.443 -0.53 0.5
--.MMN.Z. 1987-10-23T22:03:44.60 10.0 undecidable manual PN 9 1.2099 0.63 0.4
--.ATN.Z. 1987-10-23T22:03:42.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 200 0.555 -0.95 0
--.GRI.Z. 1987-10-23T22:03:42.96 10.0 undecidable manual SG 75 0.555 -0.45 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1987-10-23T22:03:36.62 10.0 undecidable manual PN 156 0.666 0.19 1.3
--.ATN.Z. 1987-10-23T22:03:35.00 10.0 negative manual PG 200 0.555 0.28 2.3
--.RI2.Z. 1987-10-23T22:03:35.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 113 0.6549 -0.48 0.8
--.GRI.Z. 1987-10-23T22:03:35.90 10.0 negative manual PG 75 0.555 0.41 1.8
--.CZI.Z. 1987-10-23T22:03:35.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 31 0.6216 -0.2 2.6
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