Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 20-10-1989 and time 12:34:36 (Italy) in region 2 km S Norcia (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Norcia (PG), on

  • 20-10-1989 11:34:36 (UTC)
  • 20-10-1989 12:34:36 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.7720, 13.0920 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
Norcia PG 2 4957 4957
Cascia PG 9 3217 8174
Preci PG 13 724 8898
Poggiodomo PG 14 117 9015
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 15 281 9296
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 15 1075 10371
Accumoli RI 15 667 11038
Arquata del Tronto AP 17 1178 12216
Monteleone di Spoleto PG 18 599 12815
Visso MC 18 1107 13922
Cittareale RI 18 482 14404
Sellano PG 19 1079 15483
Vallo di Nera PG 19 364 15847
Ussita MC 20 444 16291

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
43 Km NE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
53 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
68 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
100 Km W 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 2.0 1989-10-20
11:34:36
42.772 13.092 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 102549
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-10-20 11:34:36 ± 0.08
Latitude 42.7720 ± 0.0042
Longitude 13.0920 ± 0.0067
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 102549

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) 721.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 129
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.00308
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00437
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 102549
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:35:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1989-10-20T11:34:54.13 10.0 undecidable manual SG 218 0.4884 0.22 0.5
--.ASS.Z. 1989-10-20T11:34:52.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 312 0.4329 0.18 0.6
--.CM8.Z. 1989-10-20T11:34:51.87 10.0 undecidable manual SG 5 0.4218 0.1 0.8
--.ALP.Z. 1989-10-20T11:34:49.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 88 0.3441 -0.24 0.3
--.MNS.Z. 1989-10-20T11:34:46.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 218 0.4884 -0.15 1.4
--.CM8.Z. 1989-10-20T11:34:45.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 5 0.4218 -0.19 1.3
--.ASS.Z. 1989-10-20T11:34:45.37 10.0 undecidable manual PG 312 0.4329 0 2.2
--.ALP.Z. 1989-10-20T11:34:44.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 88 0.3441 0.3 0.9
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