Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 27-10-1987 and time 03:18:21 (Italy) in region 4 km SE Gualdo Cattaneo (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Gualdo Cattaneo (PG), on

  • 27-10-1987 02:18:21 (UTC)
  • 27-10-1987 03:18:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.8830, 12.5880 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
Gualdo Cattaneo PG 4 6155 6155
Giano dell'Umbria PG 5 3846 10001
Montefalco PG 6 5679 15680
Bevagna PG 6 5081 20761
Castel Ritaldi PG 10 3278 24039
Collazzone PG 12 3473 27512
Foligno PG 13 57155 84667
Cannara PG 13 4305 88972
Massa Martana PG 13 3770 92742
Trevi PG 13 8469 101211
Spello PG 14 8645 109856
Bettona PG 17 4367 114223
Campello sul Clitunno PG 17 2442 116665
Deruta PG 18 9669 126334
Fratta Todina PG 18 1839 128173
Todi PG 18 16851 145024
Monte Castello di Vibio PG 20 1567 146591

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km SW of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
30 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
36 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.5
1987-10-27
02:18:21
42.883 12.588 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 57699
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-10-27 02:18:21 ± 0.379
Latitude 42.8830 ± 0.0155
Longitude 12.5880 ± 0.0361
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 57699

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) 3408.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 155
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.8
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00777
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 57699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:55:18

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 57699
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
--.CRE.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:52.75 10.0 undecidable manual SG 328 0.8658 1.37 0.2
--.ALP.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:47.51 10.0 undecidable manual SG 97 0.7215 0.79 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:45.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 22 0.666 0.5 0.6
--.CM8.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:40.81 10.0 undecidable manual SG 52 0.4995 0.93 0.7
--.MNS.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:39.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 172 0.4995 0.28 0.8
--.CRE.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:39.93 10.0 undecidable manual PG 328 0.8658 1.16 0.7
--.ALP.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:37.11 10.0 undecidable manual PG 97 0.7215 1.03 0.9
--.ARV.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:34.28 10.0 undecidable manual PG 22 0.666 -0.74 1.3
--.MNS.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:31.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 172 0.4995 -0.84 1.3
--.CM8.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:31.19 10.0 undecidable manual PG 52 0.4995 -0.94 1.1
--.ASS.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:28.22 10.0 undecidable manual SG 14 0.1776 -1.18 0.3
--.ASS.Z. 1987-10-27T02:18:25.53 10.0 positive manual PG 14 0.1776 -0.55 3.3
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