Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.8 on date 27-02-1987 and time 13:30:06 (Italy) in region 3 km S Roccasparvera (CN)

A magnitude Md 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Roccasparvera (CN), on

  • 27-02-1987 12:30:06 (UTC)
  • 27-02-1987 13:30:06 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.3200, 7.4420 at 5 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
Roccasparvera CN 3 741 741
Roccavione CN 3 2761 3502
Gaiola CN 3 582 4084
Borgo San Dalmazzo CN 4 12468 16552
Moiola CN 4 234 16786
Rittana CN 5 109 16895
Vignolo CN 5 2600 19495
Roaschia CN 6 107 19602
Valloriate CN 6 109 19711
Valdieri CN 6 935 20646
Robilante CN 6 2306 22952
Cervasca CN 7 5013 27965
Bernezzo CN 8 4104 32069
Boves CN 9 9835 41904
Entracque CN 9 774 42678
Vernante CN 11 1178 43856
Caraglio CN 11 6836 50692
Valgrana CN 11 786 51478
Demonte CN 11 2003 53481
Cuneo CN 12 56081 109562
Monterosso Grana CN 14 505 110067
Peveragno CN 14 5543 115610
Montemale di Cuneo CN 14 241 115851
Pradleves CN 17 250 116101
Limone Piemonte CN 17 1485 117586
Beinette CN 17 3423 121009
Aisone CN 18 248 121257
Dronero CN 18 7035 128292
Villar San Costanzo CN 19 1547 129839
Chiusa di Pesio CN 19 3676 133515
Roccabruna CN 19 1585 135100

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km SW of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
62 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
78 Km S of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
86 Km S of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Asti (76202 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 1.8 1987-02-27
12:30:06
44.32 7.442 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 42169
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-02-27 12:30:06 ± 0.255
Latitude 44.3200 ± 0.0114
Longitude 7.4420 ± 0.0185
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 42169

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) 1941.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 136
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00089
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00275
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:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 42169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:41:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOO.Z. 1987-02-27T12:30:19.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 307 0.2997 0.7 0.3
--.ROB.Z. 1987-02-27T12:30:19.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 93 0.3108 1.07 0.1
--.DA9.Z. 1987-02-27T12:30:16.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 322 0.222 0.14 0.8
--.ROB.Z. 1987-02-27T12:30:13.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 93 0.3108 -0.55 1
--.SOO.Z. 1987-02-27T12:30:13.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 307 0.2997 -0.57 0.9
--.DA9.Z. 1987-02-27T12:30:12.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 322 0.222 -0.04 2.1
--.STV.Z. 1987-02-27T12:30:11.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 229 0.0999 0.26 0.7
--.STV.Z. 1987-02-27T12:30:09.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 229 0.0999 -0.07 2.1
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