Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 17-08-1987 and time 22:04:26 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 17-08-1987 20:04:26 (UTC)
  • 17-08-1987 22:04:26 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1370, 15.6340 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
Reggio di Calabria RC 3 183035 183035
Campo Calabro RC 9 4536 187571
Villa San Giovanni RC 9 13784 201355
Messina ME 9 238439 439794
Calanna RC 9 934 440728
Fiumara RC 10 1018 441746
Laganadi RC 10 413 442159
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 12 343 442502
San Roberto RC 12 1750 444252
Cardeto RC 13 1641 445893
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 14 1263 447156
Scilla RC 15 4964 452120
Motta San Giovanni RC 16 6208 458328
Scaletta Zanclea ME 18 2140 460468
Saponara ME 19 3988 464456
Rometta ME 20 6650 471106
Itala ME 20 1640 472746

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
3 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
9 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 2.3
1987-08-17
20:04:26
38.137 15.634 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 54139
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-08-17 20:04:26 ± 0.084
Latitude 38.1370 ± 0.0068
Longitude 15.6340 ± 0.0065
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 54139

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) 944.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 101
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00121
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01085
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 54139
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:52:12

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 54139
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
--.MEU.Z. 1987-08-17T20:05:05.87 10.0 undecidable manual SN 211 1.1988 0.2 0.4
--.GRI.Z. 1987-08-17T20:04:57.87 10.0 undecidable manual SG 41 0.9213 -0.09 0.6
--.MEU.Z. 1987-08-17T20:04:48.71 10.0 undecidable manual PN 211 1.1988 -0.4 0.3
--.PZI.Z. 1987-08-17T20:04:48.95 10.0 undecidable manual PN 206 1.1988 -0.2 0.9
--.CZI.Z. 1987-08-17T20:04:48.40 10.0 undecidable manual PN 19 1.1433 0.08 1.3
--.GRI.Z. 1987-08-17T20:04:44.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 41 0.9213 -0.09 1.4
--.MNO.Z. 1987-08-17T20:04:42.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 254 0.7659 0.53 0.2
--.SO9.Z. 1987-08-17T20:04:39.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 100 0.333 0.05 0.6
--.FE2.Z. 1987-08-17T20:04:34.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 105 0.3663 0.15 2.7
--.SO9.Z. 1987-08-17T20:04:33.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 100 0.333 -0.11 1.5
--.ATN.Z. 1987-08-17T20:04:29.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 278 0.1332 -0.2 1.2
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