Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 01-12-1987 and time 03:46:24 (UTC) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 01-12-1987 03:46:24 (UTC)
  • 01-12-1987 04:46:24 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6280, 15.3620 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
Acireale CT 17 52622 52622
Riposto CT 18 14838 67460
Giarre CT 19 27659 95119
Aci Catena CT 20 29851 124970

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km E of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
65 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 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 1.9
1987-12-01
03:46:24
37.628 15.362 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 59139
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-12-01 03:46:24 ± 0.718
Latitude 37.6280 ± 0.0433
Longitude 15.3620 ± 0.0633
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 59139

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) 7361.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 159
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) 0.9
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00542
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00631
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 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 59139
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:56:31

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 59139
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
--.PZI.Z. 1987-12-01T03:46:48.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 209 0.6549 1.07 0.5
--.MEU.Z. 1987-12-01T03:46:44.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG 219 0.666 -3.55 0
--.MNO.Z. 1987-12-01T03:46:44.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 299 0.5994 -1.1 0.5
--.PZI.Z. 1987-12-01T03:46:39.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 209 0.6549 1.26 1.2
--.SOI.Z. 1987-12-01T03:46:38.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 50 0.6993 -0.71 1.5
--.MEU.Z. 1987-12-01T03:46:37.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 219 0.666 -0.21 1.8
--.MNO.Z. 1987-12-01T03:46:37.93 10.0 undecidable manual PG 299 0.5994 1 1.4
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