Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 10-08-1985 and time 05:59:08 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Morro d'Oro (TE)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Morro d'Oro (TE), on

  • 10-08-1985 03:59:08 (UTC)
  • 10-08-1985 05:59:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.6480, 13.9300 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
Morro d'Oro TE 2 3661 3661
Notaresco TE 3 6907 10568
Roseto degli Abruzzi TE 8 25537 36105
Atri TE 8 10772 46877
Cellino Attanasio TE 9 2520 49397
Castellalto TE 10 7513 56910
Canzano TE 10 1934 58844
Montefino TE 12 1027 59871
Mosciano Sant'Angelo TE 12 9308 69179
Giulianova TE 12 24050 93229
Pineto TE 12 14904 108133
Castilenti TE 13 1508 109641
Cermignano TE 13 1649 111290
Castiglione Messer Raimondo TE 13 2324 113614
Penna Sant'Andrea TE 14 1698 115312
Elice PE 15 1712 117024
Bellante TE 15 7152 124176
Basciano TE 17 2434 126610
Bisenti TE 17 1952 128562
Tortoreto TE 18 11542 140104
Città Sant'Angelo PE 18 14969 155073
Silvi TE 18 15626 170699
Teramo TE 18 54892 225591
Sant'Omero TE 19 5243 230834
Arsita TE 20 829 231663
Picciano PE 20 1351 233014

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km E of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
23 Km NW of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
31 Km NW of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
38 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1985-08-10
03:59:08
42.648 13.93 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 11429
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-08-10 03:59:08 ± 1.752
Latitude 42.6480 ± 0.1118
Longitude 13.9300 ± 0.1365
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 11429

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) 16712.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 310
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
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) 0.00267
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00712
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 11429
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:14:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CM2.Z. 1985-08-10T03:59:36.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 313 0.7881 0.9 0.5
--.CM2.Z. 1985-08-10T03:59:24.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 313 0.7881 0.27 1.4
--.PO9.Z. 1985-08-10T03:59:24.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG? 264 0.7326 1.73 0.1
--.ALP.Z. 1985-08-10T03:59:19.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 296 0.2997 -0.79 0.7
--.ALP.Z. 1985-08-10T03:59:14.40 10.0 positive manual PG 296 0.2997 -0.75 2.4
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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