Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 30-10-1987 and time 01:52:09 (UTC) in region 2 km S Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte (RC), on

  • 30-10-1987 01:52:09 (UTC)
  • 30-10-1987 02:52:09 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1530, 15.7650 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
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 2 343 343
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 3 1263 1606
Laganadi RC 3 413 2019
Calanna RC 5 934 2953
San Roberto RC 7 1750 4703
Cardeto RC 8 1641 6344
Fiumara RC 9 1018 7362
Campo Calabro RC 12 4536 11898
Reggio di Calabria RC 12 183035 194933
Scilla RC 12 4964 199897
Villa San Giovanni RC 13 13784 213681
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 15 4120 217801
Bagaladi RC 15 1039 218840
Bagnara Calabra RC 15 10255 229095
Sinopoli RC 16 2089 231184
Roccaforte del Greco RC 17 476 231660
Delianuova RC 17 3352 235012
San Lorenzo RC 17 2640 237652
Motta San Giovanni RC 18 6208 243860
Scido RC 18 931 244791
San Procopio RC 18 534 245325
Condofuri RC 18 5113 250438
Messina ME 19 238439 488877
Montebello Ionico RC 19 6214 495091
MelicuccĂ  RC 20 930 496021
Cosoleto RC 20 859 496880

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
19 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.7
1987-10-30
01:52:09
38.153 15.765 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 57909
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-10-30 01:52:09 ± 0.987
Latitude 38.1530 ± 0.0339
Longitude 15.7650 ± 0.0527
Depth (km) 10 ± 71 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 57909

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) 5954.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 173
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) 0.00154
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00753
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 57909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:55:29

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 57909
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. 1987-10-30T01:52:38.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 37 0.8325 -0.61 0.1
--.GRI.Z. 1987-10-30T01:52:26.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 37 0.8325 0.43 0.5
--.SOI.Z. 1987-10-30T01:52:18.87 10.0 undecidable manual SG 108 0.2331 -0.56 0.2
--.MSI.Z. 1987-10-30T01:52:17.57 10.0 undecidable manual SG 287 0.1665 0.35 0.4
--.FE2.Z. 1987-10-30T01:52:16.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 113 0.2664 -0.03 2.8
--.SOI.Z. 1987-10-30T01:52:15.34 10.0 negative manual PG 108 0.2331 -0.01 2.8
--.MSI.Z. 1987-10-30T01:52:13.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG 287 0.1665 -0.85 0.2
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