Earthquake with magnitude of M 4.2 on date 09-08-1985 and time 10:08:44 (Italy) in region Southern Greece [Land: Greece]

A magnitude M 4.2 earthquake occured in region: Southern Greece [Land: Greece], on

  • 09-08-1985 08:08:44 (UTC)
  • 09-08-1985 10:08:44 (UTC +02:00) Italian time
  • 09-08-1985 11:08:44 (UTC +03:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Europe/Athens)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1850, 22.7480 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

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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 4.2 1985-08-09
08:08:44
37.185 22.748 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 11399
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-08-09 08:08:44 ± 1.613
Latitude 37.1850 ± 0.0783
Longitude 22.7480 ± 0.1662
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 11399

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) 17104.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 319
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04298
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.12199
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitude information

M:4.2

Field Value
Value 4.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 11399
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 09:54:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.VAI.Z. 1985-08-09T08:11:56.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN? 311 13.542 -0.46 0.5
--.CH1.Z. 1985-08-09T08:11:13.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 308 10.4007 -0.76 1
--.AS1.Z. 1985-08-09T08:11:05.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN? 307 9.6681 1.22 0.2
--.PO9.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:56.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 305 9.2241 -1.17 0.6
--.AQU.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:52.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 305 8.8134 -0.12 1.7
--.LCI.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:49.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 309 4.773 -0.07 0.7
--.SD1.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:45.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 303 8.2251 1.05 0.8
--.FA1.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:31.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 270 7.2039 0.99 0.9
--.BS1.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:28.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 299 7.104 -0.57 1.4
--.TR9.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:27.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 302 6.9708 0.37 1.7
--.GIB.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:25.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 276 6.9375 -1.28 0.5
--.SGO.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:22.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 299 6.6822 -0.24 1.8
--.ORI.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:10.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN? 299 5.6832 1.53 0.1
--.CSI.Z. 1985-08-09T08:10:08.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 296 5.661 -0.75 1.2
--.LCI.Z. 1985-08-09T08:09:57.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 309 4.773 0.44 1.6
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