Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 23-09-1986 and time 02:30:30 (Italy) in region 3 km NE Arquata del Tronto (AP)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Arquata del Tronto (AP), on

  • 23-09-1986 00:30:30 (UTC)
  • 23-09-1986 02:30:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.8010, 13.3150 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Arquata del Tronto AP 3 1178 1178
Montegallo AP 5 523 1701
Acquasanta Terme AP 9 2916 4617
Montemonaco AP 11 604 5221
Accumoli RI 13 667 5888
Roccafluvione AP 15 2010 7898
Montefortino FM 16 1178 9076
Palmiano AP 16 196 9272
Valle Castellana TE 17 977 10249
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 17 281 10530
Venarotta AP 17 2066 12596
Norcia PG 18 4957 17553
Amatrice RI 19 2657 20210
Comunanza AP 19 3166 23376

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
50 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
53 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
86 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
92 Km S of Ancona (100861 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 1986-09-23
00:30:30
42.801 13.315 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 34549
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1986-09-23 00:30:30 ± 0.249
Latitude 42.8010 ± 0.0134
Longitude 13.3150 ± 0.0253
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 34549

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) 2545.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 145
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00405
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01028
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 34549
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:35:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.AM8.Z. 1986-09-23T00:30:59.28 10.0 undecidable manual SG 15 0.777 0.65 0.4
--.ARV.Z. 1986-09-23T00:30:58.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 339 0.7437 0.77 0.4
--.SD1.Z. 1986-09-23T00:30:54.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 161 1.1433 0.72 0.8
--.ASS.Z. 1986-09-23T00:30:51.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 298 0.5439 0.12 0.9
--.AQU.Z. 1986-09-23T00:30:49.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 171 0.444 0.81 0.3
--.ARV.Z. 1986-09-23T00:30:46.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 339 0.7437 -0.36 1.7
--.AM8.Z. 1986-09-23T00:30:46.44 10.0 undecidable manual PG 15 0.777 -0.44 1.6
--.ASS.Z. 1986-09-23T00:30:42.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 298 0.5439 0 2.2
--.AQU.Z. 1986-09-23T00:30:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 171 0.444 -0.86 0.7
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