Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 30-10-1987 and time 02:15:37 (UTC) in region 9 km S Moio Alcantara (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 9 km S Moio Alcantara (ME), on

  • 30-10-1987 02:15:37 (UTC)
  • 30-10-1987 03:15:37 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8250, 15.0270 at 5 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
Moio Alcantara ME 9 717 717
Randazzo CT 9 10900 11617
Linguaglossa CT 11 5403 17020
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 11 3215 20235
Malvagna ME 11 733 20968
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 12 980 21948
Roccella Valdemone ME 12 666 22614
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 13 3945 26559
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 30522
Sant'Alfio CT 14 1582 32104
Milo CT 14 1087 33191
Maletto CT 14 3920 37111
Motta Camastra ME 15 845 37956
Zafferana Etnea CT 16 9517 47473
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 57096
Mascali CT 17 14282 71378
Giarre CT 17 27659 99037
Bronte CT 18 19172 118209
Gaggi ME 18 3184 121393
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 126701
Santa Venerina CT 18 8592 135293
Riposto CT 19 14838 150131
Graniti ME 19 1492 151623
Maniace CT 20 3765 155388

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
36 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2.3
ML-VAX 2.0
1987-10-30
02:15:37
37.825 15.027 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 57919
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-10-30 02:15:37 ± 0.357
Latitude 37.8250 ± 0.0220
Longitude 15.0270 ± 0.0277
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 57919

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) 3450.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 119
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) 0.8
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00251
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01328
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 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 57919
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:55:29

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 57919
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
--.SOI.Z. 1987-10-30T02:16:08.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 72 0.8436 0.85 0.5
--.GRI.Z. 1987-10-30T02:16:05.30 10.0 undecidable manual PN 46 1.4763 0.81 1
--.MEU.Z. 1987-10-30T02:16:03.75 10.0 undecidable manual SG 192 0.7326 0.07 0.9
--.SOI.Z. 1987-10-30T02:15:53.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 72 0.8436 -1.11 1
--.MEU.Z. 1987-10-30T02:15:52.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 192 0.7326 0.09 2.2
--.MNO.Z. 1987-10-30T02:15:49.78 10.0 undecidable manual SG 292 0.2775 1.38 0.3
--.MNO.Z. 1987-10-30T02:15:42.68 10.0 undecidable manual PG 292 0.2775 -1.05 1.1
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