Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 20-05-1985 and time 12:08:54 (Italy) in region 7 km S Norcia (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 7 km S Norcia (PG), on

  • 20-05-1985 10:08:54 (UTC)
  • 20-05-1985 12:08:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.7310, 13.1100 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Norcia PG 7 4957 4957
Cascia PG 8 3217 8174
Accumoli RI 12 667 8841
Cittareale RI 13 482 9323
Poggiodomo PG 14 117 9440
Monteleone di Spoleto PG 16 599 10039
Arquata del Tronto AP 16 1178 11217
Preci PG 18 724 11941
Amatrice RI 18 2657 14598
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 19 281 14879
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 19 1075 15954

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
48 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
72 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Chieti (51815 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 2.5 1985-05-20
10:08:54
42.731 13.11 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 6759
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-05-20 10:08:54 ± 0.311
Latitude 42.7310 ± 0.0270
Longitude 13.1100 ± 0.0246
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 6759

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) 3614.4
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 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00300
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00421
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 6759
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:11:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1985-05-20T10:09:12.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 222 0.4662 1.03 0.2
--.ALP.Z. 1985-05-20T10:09:07.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 81 0.333 0.83 0.5
--.AS1.Z. 1985-05-20T10:09:04.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 315 0.4662 0.16 1.8
--.MNS.Z. 1985-05-20T10:09:03.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 222 0.4662 -0.5 1.3
--.ALP.Z. 1985-05-20T10:09:01.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 81 0.333 -0.59 1.2
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