Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 23-02-1987 and time 11:07:30 (Italy) in region 4 km N Tortora (CS)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km N Tortora (CS), on

  • 23-02-1987 10:07:30 (UTC)
  • 23-02-1987 11:07:30 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.9590, 15.7550 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
Tortora CS 4 6187 6187
Maratea PZ 5 5139 11326
Aieta CS 7 823 12149
Praia a Mare CS 7 6725 18874
Trecchina PZ 8 2316 21190
Lauria PZ 12 12919 34109
Nemoli PZ 13 1495 35604
San Nicola Arcella CS 13 1957 37561
Rivello PZ 13 2767 40328
Papasidero CS 16 734 41062
Sapri SA 17 6770 47832
Scalea CS 17 10913 58745
Santa Domenica Talao CS 18 1263 60008
Lagonegro PZ 18 5584 65592
Laino Borgo CS 19 1921 67513
Laino Castello CS 19 848 68361
Castelluccio Inferiore PZ 19 2131 70492
Torraca SA 20 1263 71755
Castelluccio Superiore PZ 20 824 72579

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
76 Km S of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
86 Km NW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Battipaglia (50786 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 2.3 1987-02-23
10:07:30
39.959 15.755 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 41869
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-02-23 10:07:30 ± 0.516
Latitude 39.9590 ± 0.0581
Longitude 15.7550 ± 0.0617
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 41869

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) 8325.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 195
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00210
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00615
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 41869
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:41:37
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ORI.Z. 1987-02-23T10:07:50.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 79 0.5328 1.31 0.2
--.TS9.Z. 1987-02-23T10:07:50.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 123 0.5328 1.22 0.2
--.SGO.Z. 1987-02-23T10:07:44.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 330 0.6882 -0.01 1.7
--.TS9.Z. 1987-02-23T10:07:41.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 123 0.5328 -0.18 1.9
--.MG9.Z. 1987-02-23T10:07:40.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 319 0.2331 0.91 0.4
--.ORI.Z. 1987-02-23T10:07:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 79 0.5328 -1.12 0.6
--.MG9.Z. 1987-02-23T10:07:35.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 319 0.2331 -0.08 2.1
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