Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 15-02-1987 and time 17:18:03 (Italy) in region 1 km W Forenza (PZ)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Forenza (PZ), on

  • 15-02-1987 16:18:03 (UTC)
  • 15-02-1987 17:18:03 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.8620, 15.8460 at 10 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
Forenza PZ 1 2122 2122
Maschito PZ 5 1670 3792
Acerenza PZ 11 2402 6194
Ripacandida PZ 12 1744 7938
Venosa PZ 12 11863 19801
Ginestra PZ 12 747 20548
Pietragalla PZ 13 4160 24708
Filiano PZ 13 2926 27634
Palazzo San Gervasio PZ 14 4914 32548
Banzi PZ 14 1361 33909
Genzano di Lucania PZ 16 5750 39659
Cancellara PZ 16 1309 40968
Oppido Lucano PZ 16 3813 44781
Rionero in Vulture PZ 16 13230 58011
Atella PZ 16 3827 61838
Barile PZ 17 2785 64623
Avigliano PZ 18 11577 76200
Rapolla PZ 19 4432 80632

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km N of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
45 Km S of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Barletta (94814 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Trani (56217 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Bisceglie (55422 inhabitants)
72 Km SE of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Molfetta (59874 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Bitonto (55540 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
86 Km S of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Bari (326344 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
100 Km SE of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1987-02-15
16:18:03
40.862 15.846 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 41479
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-02-15 16:18:03 ± 1.439
Latitude 40.8620 ± 0.0767
Longitude 15.8460 ± 0.0528
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 41479

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) 9616.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 276
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) 0.8
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00453
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00834
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 41479
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:41:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ORI.Z. 1987-02-15T16:18:37.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 150 0.9213 1.71 0.3
--.MG9.Z. 1987-02-15T16:18:29.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 196 0.7548 -0.75 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1987-02-15T16:18:23.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 233 0.4995 1.25 0.4
--.ORI.Z. 1987-02-15T16:18:22.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 150 0.9213 0.13 2
--.MG9.Z. 1987-02-15T16:18:17.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 196 0.7548 -1.67 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1987-02-15T16:18:14.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 233 0.4995 0.45 2
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