Earthquake with magnitude of M 2.0 on date 27-12-1989 and time 10:18:21 (Italy) in region Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia)

A magnitude M 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia), on

  • 27-12-1989 09:18:21 (UTC)
  • 27-12-1989 10:18:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.5810, 7.4610 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

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Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km SW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
91 Km S of Cuneo (56081 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
M 2.0 1989-12-27
09:18:21
43.581 7.461 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 106739
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-12-27 09:18:21 ± 0.373
Latitude 43.5810 ± 0.0203
Longitude 7.4610 ± 0.0261
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 106739

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) 3089.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 218
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
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) 0.00251
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00858
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

M:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 106739
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 09:48:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PZZ.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:53.46 10.0 undecidable manual SG 344 0.9546 -0.53 0.4
--.FIN.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:48.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 40 0.8214 -1.62 0
--.ROB.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:46.79 10.0 undecidable manual SG 22 0.777 -1.44 0
--.STV.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:44.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 352 0.6771 -0.19 0.8
--.ENR.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:43.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG 357 0.6327 -0.54 0.5
--.FRF.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:41.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 268 0.5883 -0.84 0.3
--.PZZ.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:40.43 10.0 undecidable manual PG 344 0.9546 0.26 1.5
--.LRG.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:37.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 261 0.7992 -0.07 1.8
--.FIN.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:37.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 40 0.8214 -0.36 1.5
--.ROB.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:37.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 22 0.777 0.31 1.6
--.ENR.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:35.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 357 0.6327 0.72 0.9
--.STV.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:35.18 10.0 undecidable manual PG 352 0.6771 0.24 1.8
--.FRF.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:33.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 268 0.5883 -0.33 1.7
--.SBF.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:33.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 356 0.2775 0.72 0.4
--.IMI.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:31.27 10.0 undecidable manual PG 43 0.444 0.46 1.5
--.SBF.Z. 1989-12-27T09:18:28.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 356 0.2775 0.56 1.3
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