Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 15-12-1985 and time 17:51:16 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 15-12-1985 16:51:16 (UTC)
  • 15-12-1985 17:51:16 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3920, 15.7100 at 14 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
Palmi RC 13 18930 18930
Bagnara Calabra RC 14 10255 29185
Seminara RC 15 2811 31996
Scilla RC 15 4964 36960
Gioia Tauro RC 17 19864 56824
MelicuccĂ  RC 18 930 57754
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 19 4120 61874
San Procopio RC 20 534 62408
Fiumara RC 20 1018 63426

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
32 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Acireale (52622 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 1985-12-15
16:51:16
38.392 15.71 14 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 18169
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-12-15 16:51:16 ± 0.334
Latitude 38.3920 ± 0.0303
Longitude 15.7100 ± 0.0458
Depth (km) 14 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 18169

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) 5221.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00194
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01967
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 18169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:20:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MMN.Z. 1985-12-15T16:52:02.80 10.0 undecidable manual SN 8 1.5096 0.23 0.5
--.SGO.Z. 1985-12-15T16:51:53.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 352 2.1867 0.96 0.4
--.MMN.Z. 1985-12-15T16:51:42.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 8 1.5096 -0.47 1
--.CSI.Z. 1985-12-15T16:51:41.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 17 1.4541 -0.79 0.7
--.RI2.Z. 1985-12-15T16:51:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 87 0.5994 0.71 1.1
--.RCI.Z. 1985-12-15T16:51:29.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 190 0.2886 1.2 0.2
--.DR2.Z. 1985-12-15T16:51:27.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 34 0.3108 -1.55 0.1
--.DR2.Z. 1985-12-15T16:51:24.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 34 0.3108 0.76 1.1
--.RCI.Z. 1985-12-15T16:51:22.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 190 0.2886 -0.98 0.7
--.MSI.Z. 1985-12-15T16:51:22.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 212 0.2109 0.22 1.7
--.GA2.Z. 1985-12-15T16:51:22.40 10.0 positive manual PG 157 0.2331 -0.21 3.5
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