Earthquake with magnitude of M 1.8 on date 17-08-1987 and time 03:16:00 (Italy) in region 1 km S Vernante (CN)

A magnitude M 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 1 km S Vernante (CN), on

  • 17-08-1987 01:16:00 (UTC)
  • 17-08-1987 03:16:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.2360, 7.5340 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
Vernante CN 1 1178 1178
Limone Piemonte CN 5 1485 2663
Robilante CN 7 2306 4969
Roaschia CN 7 107 5076
Roccavione CN 10 2761 7837
Boves CN 11 9835 17672
Entracque CN 11 774 18446
Borgo San Dalmazzo CN 11 12468 30914
Valdieri CN 12 935 31849
Peveragno CN 13 5543 37392
Roccasparvera CN 14 741 38133
Vignolo CN 15 2600 40733
Moiola CN 15 234 40967
Gaiola CN 15 582 41549
Chiusa di Pesio CN 15 3676 45225
Rittana CN 17 109 45334
Valloriate CN 17 109 45443
Beinette CN 17 3423 48866
Cervasca CN 17 5013 53879
Cuneo CN 18 56081 109960
Bernezzo CN 19 4104 114064
Roccaforte Mondovì CN 19 2085 116149

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km S of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
50 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
76 Km W of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
86 Km S of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
94 Km S of Torino (890529 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
M 1.8 1987-08-17
01:16:00
44.236 7.534 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 54089
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-08-17 01:16:00 ± 0.11
Latitude 44.2360 ± 0.0295
Longitude 7.5340 ± 0.0050
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 54089

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) 3306.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 182
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00130
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00429
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

M:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 54089
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 09:48:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.FIN.Z. 1987-08-17T01:16:18.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 92 0.4773 -0.35 0.1
--.FIN.Z. 1987-08-17T01:16:11.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 92 0.4773 0.13 1.2
--.ROB.Z. 1987-08-17T01:16:10.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 74 0.2442 -0.18 0.5
--.STV.Z. 1987-08-17T01:16:07.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 275 0.1443 -0.12 0.7
--.ROB.Z. 1987-08-17T01:16:06.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 74 0.2442 0.14 1.5
--.STV.Z. 1987-08-17T01:16:04.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 275 0.1443 -0.01 2.2
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