Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 02-09-1987 and time 23:44:19 (UTC) in region 5 km SE Urbe (SV)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Urbe (SV), on

  • 02-09-1987 23:44:19 (UTC)
  • 03-09-1987 01:44:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4580, 8.6410 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
Urbe SV 5 700 700
Arenzano GE 7 11519 12219
Cogoleto GE 8 9172 21391
Masone GE 8 3679 25070
Tiglieto GE 8 546 25616
Mele GE 9 2725 28341
Campo Ligure GE 10 2955 31296
Varazze SV 12 13251 44547
Rossiglione GE 12 2779 47326
Sassello SV 12 1777 49103
Stella SV 13 3009 52112
Celle Ligure SV 15 5237 57349
Pontinvrea SV 16 847 58196
Albisola Superiore SV 17 10163 68359
Cassinelle AL 18 914 69273
Albissola Marina SV 18 5487 74760
Molare AL 18 2181 76941
Mioglia SV 19 526 77467
Belforte Monferrato AL 19 515 77982
Morbello AL 19 402 78384
Giusvalla SV 20 441 78825
Ovada AL 20 11477 90302

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NE of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
24 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
51 Km S of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
60 Km SE of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
97 Km S of Vigevano (63310 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 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 2.1 1987-09-02
23:44:19
44.458 8.641 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 54669
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-09-02 23:44:19 ± 0.262
Latitude 44.4580 ± 0.0377
Longitude 8.6410 ± 0.0197
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 54669

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) 4468.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 157
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00186
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01133
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 54669
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:52:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.STV.Z. 1987-09-02T23:44:50.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 258 0.9546 -1.34 0
--.ORX.Z. 1987-09-02T23:44:42.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 338 1.2543 -0.12 1.2
--.STV.Z. 1987-09-02T23:44:38.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 258 0.9546 0.19 1.4
--.CKI.Z. 1987-09-02T23:44:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 261 0.2553 0.16 0.7
--.CKI.Z. 1987-09-02T23:44:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 261 0.2553 0.52 1
--.GEN.Z. 1987-09-02T23:44:24.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 100 0.2109 -0.13 1.8
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