Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 31-01-1987 and time 18:35:36 (Italy) in region 6 km N Regalbuto (EN)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 6 km N Regalbuto (EN), on

  • 31-01-1987 17:35:36 (UTC)
  • 31-01-1987 18:35:36 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7020, 14.6560 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
Regalbuto EN 6 7277 7277
Troina EN 11 9373 16650
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 11 3593 20243
Centuripe EN 12 5470 25713
Agira EN 13 8345 34058
Catenanuova EN 15 4866 38924
Adrano CT 16 36122 75046
CesarĂ² ME 17 2439 77485
San Teodoro ME 17 1403 78888
Cerami EN 18 2006 80894
Bronte CT 18 19172 100066
Nissoria EN 19 3000 103066

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
98 Km W 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 1987-01-31
17:35:36
37.702 14.656 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 40079
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-01-31 17:35:36 ± 0.299
Latitude 37.7020 ± 0.0173
Longitude 14.6560 ± 0.0374
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 40079

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) 3814.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 151
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
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) 0.00202
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00567
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 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 40079
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:40:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ML9.Z. 1987-01-31T17:35:58.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 159 0.6327 0.37 0.6
--.GIB.Z. 1987-01-31T17:35:57.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 300 0.5661 0.69 0.4
--.ML9.Z. 1987-01-31T17:35:48.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 159 0.6327 -0.27 1.5
--.GIB.Z. 1987-01-31T17:35:47.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 300 0.5661 -0.73 1
--.MS9.Z. 1987-01-31T17:35:46.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 7 0.222 1.18 0.3
--.MS9.Z. 1987-01-31T17:35:40.70 10.0 positive manual PG 7 0.222 -0.68 2.3
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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