Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 09-07-1987 and time 20:02:40 (Italy) in region Costa Marchigiana Picena (Ascoli Piceno)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Marchigiana Picena (Ascoli Piceno), on

  • 09-07-1987 18:02:40 (UTC)
  • 09-07-1987 20:02:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.1590, 14.1960 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
68 Km NE of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
75 Km SE of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Chieti (51815 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 2.4
ML-VAX 2.7
1987-07-09
18:02:40
43.159 14.196 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 51449
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-07-09 18:02:40 ± 0.712
Latitude 43.1590 ± 0.0173
Longitude 14.1960 ± 0.0455
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 51449

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) 4161.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 299
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00534
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01012
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 51449
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:49:52

ML:2.7

Field Value
Value 2.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 51449
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ASS.Z. 1987-07-09T18:03:18.40 10.0 undecidable manual SN 265 1.1211 -0.17 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1987-07-09T18:03:13.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 290 0.9657 -0.23 0.7
--.ASS.Z. 1987-07-09T18:03:01.60 10.0 undecidable manual PN 265 1.1211 -0.82 0.6
--.ALP.Z. 1987-07-09T18:03:01.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 230 0.5883 -0.04 1.3
--.ARV.Z. 1987-07-09T18:03:00.58 10.0 undecidable manual PG 290 0.9657 0.62 1
--.ALP.Z. 1987-07-09T18:02:53.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 230 0.5883 0.39 1.6
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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