Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 19-09-1989 and time 22:30:05 (Italy) in region 1 km NE Montegallo (AP)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Montegallo (AP), on

  • 19-09-1989 20:30:05 (UTC)
  • 19-09-1989 22:30:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.8510, 13.3430 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
Montegallo AP 1 523 523
Montemonaco AP 6 604 1127
Arquata del Tronto AP 9 1178 2305
Montefortino FM 10 1178 3483
Acquasanta Terme AP 11 2916 6399
Roccafluvione AP 11 2010 8409
Palmiano AP 11 196 8605
Venarotta AP 13 2066 10671
Comunanza AP 13 3166 13837
Amandola FM 15 3629 17466
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 16 281 17747
Force AP 18 1354 19101
Valle Castellana TE 18 977 20078
Montefalcone Appennino FM 18 424 20502
Bolognola MC 19 142 20644
Accumoli RI 19 667 21311
Ascoli Piceno AP 19 49407 70718
Smerillo FM 19 365 71083
Ussita MC 20 444 71527

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km NW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
53 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
56 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
65 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
86 Km S of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Chieti (51815 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 1989-09-19
20:30:05
42.851 13.343 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 99779
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-09-19 20:30:05 ± 0.218
Latitude 42.8510 ± 0.0146
Longitude 13.3430 ± 0.0178
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 99779

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) 2174.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 113
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00154
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00648
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 99779
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:33:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.AM8.Z. 1989-09-19T20:30:32.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 15 0.7215 1.32 0.1
--.MNS.Z. 1989-09-19T20:30:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 226 0.666 0.47 0.6
--.ASS.Z. 1989-09-19T20:30:25.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 293 0.5439 -0.47 0.7
--.MNS.Z. 1989-09-19T20:30:20.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 226 0.666 0.42 1.6
--.AM8.Z. 1989-09-19T20:30:20.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG? 15 0.7215 -0.07 0.8
--.CM8.Z. 1989-09-19T20:30:19.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 337 0.3663 -0.76 0.7
--.ASS.Z. 1989-09-19T20:30:17.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 293 0.5439 -0.23 2.1
--.CM8.Z. 1989-09-19T20:30:13.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG? 337 0.3663 -0.29 0.9
--.ALP.Z. 1989-09-19T20:30:12.57 10.0 undecidable manual SG 113 0.1665 -1.07 0.2
--.ALP.Z. 1989-09-19T20:30:10.42 10.0 undecidable manual PG 113 0.1665 0.02 2.4
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