Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 23-10-1986 and time 04:45:15 (Italy) in region 4 km SW Adrano (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Adrano (CT), on

  • 23-10-1986 03:45:15 (UTC)
  • 23-10-1986 04:45:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6380, 14.8010 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
Adrano CT 4 36122 36122
Centuripe EN 6 5470 41592
Biancavilla CT 6 24007 65599
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 8 7641 73240
PaternĂ² CT 11 48228 121468
Ragalna CT 12 3924 125392
Catenanuova EN 12 4866 130258
Regalbuto EN 14 7277 137535
Belpasso CT 16 28108 165643
Bronte CT 17 19172 184815
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 189838

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
32 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
67 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 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 2.4 1986-10-23
03:45:15
37.638 14.801 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 36279
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1986-10-23 03:45:15 ± 1.841
Latitude 37.6380 ± 0.1228
Longitude 14.8010 ± 0.0489
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 36279

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) 14319.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 255
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) 0.00656
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 36279
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:36:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.GIB.Z. 1986-10-23T03:45:41.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 300 0.6993 1.87 0.1
--.AT9.Z. 1986-10-23T03:45:40.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 44 0.7326 -0.12 0.7
--.AT9.Z. 1986-10-23T03:45:30.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 44 0.7326 0.67 1.4
--.GIB.Z. 1986-10-23T03:45:28.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 300 0.6993 -0.55 1.6
--.MS9.Z. 1986-10-23T03:45:21.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 343 0.2997 -0.82 1.3
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