Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 19-05-1987 and time 22:39:38 (Italy) in region 6 km W Arquata del Tronto (AP)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Arquata del Tronto (AP), on

  • 19-05-1987 20:39:38 (UTC)
  • 19-05-1987 22:39:38 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.7970, 13.2280 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
Arquata del Tronto AP 6 1178 1178
Montegallo AP 10 523 1701
Norcia PG 11 4957 6658
Accumoli RI 11 667 7325
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 13 281 7606
Montemonaco AP 14 604 8210
Acquasanta Terme AP 15 2916 11126
Preci PG 18 724 11850
Ussita MC 18 444 12294
Visso MC 19 1107 13401
Montefortino FM 19 1178 14579
Amatrice RI 19 2657 17236
Cascia PG 20 3217 20453

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
46 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
51 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
54 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
92 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
94 Km S of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 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 2.3 1987-05-19
20:39:38
42.797 13.228 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 47349
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-05-19 20:39:38 ± 0.783
Latitude 42.7970 ± 0.0189
Longitude 13.2280 ± 0.0715
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 47349

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) 6204.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 240
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00445
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 47349
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:46:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ARV.Z. 1987-05-19T20:40:03.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 343 0.7326 -1.09 0.1
--.MNS.Z. 1987-05-19T20:39:59.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 224 0.5772 -0.12 0.9
--.ASS.Z. 1987-05-19T20:39:57.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 301 0.4995 0.91 0.3
--.ARV.Z. 1987-05-19T20:39:54.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 343 0.7326 0.64 1.1
--.MNS.Z. 1987-05-19T20:39:50.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 224 0.5772 0.01 2.2
--.ASS.Z. 1987-05-19T20:39:48.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 301 0.4995 -0.53 1.5
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