Earthquake with magnitude of M 2.0 on date 27-12-1989 and time 11:31:50 (UTC) in region Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia)

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

  • 27-12-1989 11:31:50 (UTC)
  • 27-12-1989 12:31:50 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.5920, 7.4870 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.

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Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km SW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
89 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
11:31:50
43.592 7.487 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 106759
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-12-27 11:31:50 ± 0.344
Latitude 43.5920 ± 0.0199
Longitude 7.4870 ± 0.0224
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 106759

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) 2856.8
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 18
Number of defining phases 18
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) 0.00243
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00850
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 106759
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. 1989-12-27T11:32:22.62 10.0 undecidable manual SG 343 0.9435 -0.8 0.3
--.LRG.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:18.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 260 0.8214 -0.9 0.2
--.FIN.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:17.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 39 0.7992 -1.08 0.2
--.ROB.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:16.26 10.0 undecidable manual SG 21 0.7548 -1.01 0.2
--.STV.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:13.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 350 0.666 -0.67 0.5
--.ENR.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:12.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 355 0.6327 -0.34 0.8
--.FRF.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:11.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 267 0.5994 -0.98 0.2
--.PZZ.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:10.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 343 0.9435 0.43 1.4
--.LRG.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:07.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 260 0.8214 0.44 1.5
--.IMI.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:06.11 10.0 undecidable manual SG 42 0.4329 -0.59 0.5
--.ROB.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:06.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 21 0.7548 0.02 2.1
--.FIN.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:06.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 39 0.7992 -0.34 1.7
--.ENR.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:04.19 10.0 undecidable manual PG 355 0.6327 0.4 1.8
--.STV.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:04.66 10.0 undecidable manual PG 350 0.666 0.27 2
--.FRF.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:03.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 267 0.5994 -0.3 1.9
--.SBF.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:02.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 352 0.2664 1.02 0.2
--.IMI.Z. 1989-12-27T11:32:00.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 42 0.4329 0.32 1.9
--.SBF.Z. 1989-12-27T11:31:58.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 352 0.2664 0.93 0.6
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