Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 11-11-1985 and time 20:58:03 (UTC) in region Costa Calabra sud orientale (Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud orientale (Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 11-11-1985 20:58:03 (UTC)
  • 11-11-1985 21:58:03 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7490, 15.7020 at 24 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

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An earthquake occurred to
41 Km S of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
49 Km E of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Siracusa (122291 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
Md 2.5 1985-11-11
20:58:03
37.749 15.702 24 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 15549
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-11-11 20:58:03 ± 0.309
Latitude 37.7490 ± 0.0232
Longitude 15.7020 ± 0.0477
Depth (km) 24 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 15549

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) 4918.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 207
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00380
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.02542
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 15549
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:18:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SGO.Z. 1985-11-11T20:58:48.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 353 2.8194 0.75 0.3
--.GIB.Z. 1985-11-11T20:58:44.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 280 1.3431 0.28 0.3
--.PA1.Z. 1985-11-11T20:58:35.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 221 0.9435 0.59 0.3
--.DR2.Z. 1985-11-11T20:58:33.60 10.0 undecidable manual SN 11 0.9102 0.1 0.6
--.CZI.Z. 1985-11-11T20:58:28.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 12 1.4985 -0.35 0.8
--.GIB.Z. 1985-11-11T20:58:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 280 1.3431 -0.9 0.4
--.DR2.Z. 1985-11-11T20:58:21.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 11 0.9102 0 1.6
--.PA1.Z. 1985-11-11T20:58:21.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 221 0.9435 -0.02 1.6
--.GA2.Z. 1985-11-11T20:58:13.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 13 0.4218 0.05 3.2
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