Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 15-08-1985 and time 13:33:31 (Italy) in region 6 km N Santo Stefano d'Aveto (GE)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 6 km N Santo Stefano d'Aveto (GE), on

  • 15-08-1985 11:33:31 (UTC)
  • 15-08-1985 13:33:31 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.6000, 9.4480 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
Santo Stefano d'Aveto GE 6 1126 1126
Ferriere PC 7 1294 2420
Ottone PC 10 516 2936
Rezzoaglio GE 10 995 3931
Cerignale PC 12 127 4058
Gorreto GE 12 97 4155
Fontanigorda GE 13 277 4432
Rovegno GE 14 554 4986
Corte Brugnatella PC 14 586 5572
Zerba PC 15 77 5649
Farini PC 16 1290 6939
Coli PC 16 879 7818
Fascia GE 17 81 7899
Montebruno GE 18 240 8139
Bedonia PR 18 3482 11621
Rondanina GE 19 62 11683
Tornolo PR 19 1010 12693
Bobbio PC 19 3577 16270

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
54 Km SW of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
69 Km SE of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Vigevano (63310 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
99 Km S of Milano (1345851 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 1985-08-15
11:33:31
44.6 9.448 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 11759
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-08-15 11:33:31 ± 1.426
Latitude 44.6000 ± 0.0707
Longitude 9.4480 ± 0.1377
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 11759

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) 13440.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 244
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00146
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00421
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 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 11759
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:15:08
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BVT.Z. 1985-08-15T11:33:43.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 115 0.2886 -0.22 0.5
--.PCN.Z. 1985-08-15T11:33:42.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 18 0.4662 0.59 1
--.CO9.Z. 1985-08-15T11:33:38.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 359 0.1665 -1.27 0
--.BVT.Z. 1985-08-15T11:33:38.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 115 0.2886 -0.27 1.1
--.CO9.Z. 1985-08-15T11:33:36.00 10.0 positive manual PG 359 0.1665 -0.19 2.4
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