Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 23-08-1987 and time 22:37:24 (Italy) in region Tirreno Meridionale (MARE)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Tirreno Meridionale (MARE), on

  • 23-08-1987 20:37:24 (UTC)
  • 23-08-1987 22:37:24 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.3920, 15.5580 at 16 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
61 Km W of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Lamezia Terme (70714 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 2.0
1987-08-23
20:37:24
39.392 15.558 16 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 54409
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-08-23 20:37:24 ± 0.383
Latitude 39.3920 ± 0.0166
Longitude 15.5580 ± 0.0247
Depth (km) 16 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 54409

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) 2818.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 220
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00534
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01060
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 54409
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:52:26

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 54409
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
--.SGO.Z. 1987-08-23T20:38:02.60 10.0 undecidable manual SN 351 1.1766 -0.28 0.4
--.MGR.Z. 1987-08-23T20:37:51.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 0 0.7326 0.34 0.4
--.CSI.Z. 1987-08-23T20:37:49.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 55 0.6882 0.49 0.3
--.SGO.Z. 1987-08-23T20:37:46.38 10.0 undecidable manual PN 351 1.1766 -0.17 1.4
--.ORI.Z. 1987-08-23T20:37:43.33 10.0 undecidable manual PN 45 0.9435 0.01 1.8
--.GRI.Z. 1987-08-23T20:37:42.78 10.0 undecidable manual PN 130 0.8769 0.4 0.9
--.ROI.Z. 1987-08-23T20:37:40.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 76 0.7881 -0.34 1.1
--.MGR.Z. 1987-08-23T20:37:39.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 0 0.7326 -0.06 1.9
--.CSI.Z. 1987-08-23T20:37:38.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 55 0.6882 -0.31 1.2
--.TS9.Z. 1987-08-23T20:37:37.95 10.0 undecidable manual PG 66 0.6549 -0.37 1
--.MMN.Z. 1987-08-23T20:37:37.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 33 0.5883 0.55 0.5
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