Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 20-05-1985 and time 05:08:18 (Italy) in region 6 km SW Ocre (AQ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Ocre (AQ), on

  • 20-05-1985 03:08:18 (UTC)
  • 20-05-1985 05:08:18 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.2540, 13.4200 at 17 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
Ocre AQ 6 1167 1167
Rocca di Cambio AQ 6 533 1700
Fossa AQ 7 721 2421
Lucoli AQ 8 1011 3432
Sant'Eusanio Forconese AQ 10 394 3826
Rocca di Mezzo AQ 10 1526 5352
Villa Sant'Angelo AQ 10 424 5776
Tornimparte AQ 11 3187 8963
L'Aquila AQ 11 69753 78716
San Demetrio ne' Vestini AQ 12 1854 80570
Poggio Picenze AQ 13 1136 81706
Fagnano Alto AQ 13 418 82124
Ovindoli AQ 16 1227 83351
Fontecchio AQ 16 369 83720
Prata d'Ansidonia AQ 16 496 84216
Massa d'Albe AQ 16 1476 85692
Barisciano AQ 16 1828 87520
Borgorose RI 17 4591 92111
Magliano de' Marsi AQ 18 3690 95801
Tione degli Abruzzi AQ 19 310 96111
Scoppito AQ 19 3727 99838
San Pio delle Camere AQ 20 661 100499

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km S of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
51 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
63 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
69 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Aprilia (73446 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Latina (125985 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Pomezia (62966 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 2.5 1985-05-20
03:08:18
42.254 13.42 17 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 6699
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-05-20 03:08:18 ± 0.152
Latitude 42.2540 ± 0.0072
Longitude 13.4200 ± 0.0142
Depth (km) 17 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 6699

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) 1411.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 140
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
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) 0.00089
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00550
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 6699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:11:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ALP.Z. 1985-05-20T03:08:38.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG 11 0.5328 0.11 0.7
--.SD1.Z. 1985-05-20T03:08:31.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 151 0.6105 -0.06 1.2
--.MNS.Z. 1985-05-20T03:08:30.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 283 0.555 -0.05 1.3
--.ALP.Z. 1985-05-20T03:08:29.93 10.0 undecidable manual PG 11 0.5328 -0.16 1.1
--.AQU.Z. 1985-05-20T03:08:25.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 352 0.0999 -0.49 0.1
--.AQU.Z. 1985-05-20T03:08:23.00 10.0 positive manual PG 352 0.0999 0.27 1.6
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