Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 09-07-1987 and time 23:02:59 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 09-07-1987 23:02:59 (UTC)
  • 10-07-1987 01:02:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3360, 14.2120 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
68 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 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
ML-VAX 2.5
1987-07-09
23:02:59
38.336 14.212 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 51489
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-07-09 23:02:59 ± 0.817
Latitude 38.3360 ± 0.0535
Longitude 14.2120 ± 0.0448
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 51489

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) 7115.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 256
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00332
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01319
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 51489
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:49:54

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 51489
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
--.SO9.Z. 1987-07-09T23:03:46.25 10.0 undecidable manual SN 99 1.4652 -0.32 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1987-07-09T23:03:35.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 99 0.9879 0.37 0.5
--.SO9.Z. 1987-07-09T23:03:26.73 10.0 undecidable manual PN 99 1.4652 -0.05 1.6
--.PZI.Z. 1987-07-09T23:03:24.25 10.0 undecidable manual PN 155 1.3986 -1.63 0.2
--.FAI.Z. 1987-07-09T23:03:22.94 10.0 undecidable manual PN 201 1.1433 0.61 1.1
--.ATN.Z. 1987-07-09T23:03:20.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 99 0.9879 0.11 1.8
--.GIB.Z. 1987-07-09T23:03:14.92 10.0 undecidable manual SG 202 0.3663 0.61 0.4
--.GIB.Z. 1987-07-09T23:03:07.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 202 0.3663 -0.38 1.8
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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