Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 31-07-1987 and time 10:05:01 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 31-07-1987 08:05:01 (UTC)
  • 31-07-1987 10:05:01 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.7260, 15.6670 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
60 Km N of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
63 Km W of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
81 Km SW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Catanzaro (90612 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
ML-VAX 1.8
1987-07-31
08:05:01
38.726 15.667 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 53099
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-07-31 08:05:01 ± 0.526
Latitude 38.7260 ± 0.0256
Longitude 15.6670 ± 0.0447
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 53099

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) 4814.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 200
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00526
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00777
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 53099
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:51:13

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 53099
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
--.CZI.Z. 1987-07-31T08:05:22.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 36 0.5994 -0.37 0.7
--.GRI.Z. 1987-07-31T08:05:22.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 80 0.5883 0.44 0.7
--.ATN.Z. 1987-07-31T08:05:22.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 196 0.5883 0.48 0.6
--.SE2.Z. 1987-07-31T08:05:20.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 71 0.8658 1.78 0.2
--.SO9.Z. 1987-07-31T08:05:14.91 10.0 undecidable manual PG 155 0.7215 -0.81 1.2
--.RI2.Z. 1987-07-31T08:05:14.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 115 0.6993 -0.89 1.1
--.GRI.Z. 1987-07-31T08:05:13.58 10.0 undecidable manual PG 80 0.5883 0.21 1.8
--.ATN.Z. 1987-07-31T08:05:13.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 196 0.5883 0.49 1.6
--.CZI.Z. 1987-07-31T08:05:12.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 36 0.5994 -0.87 1.1
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