Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 06-09-1987 and time 05:59:21 (Italy) in region Costa Marchigiana Fermana (Fermo)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Marchigiana Fermana (Fermo), on

  • 06-09-1987 03:59:21 (UTC)
  • 06-09-1987 05:59:21 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.2610, 14.2380 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
70 Km SE of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Pescara (121014 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 1987-09-06
03:59:21
43.261 14.238 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 54819
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-09-06 03:59:21 ± 0.871
Latitude 43.2610 ± 0.0246
Longitude 14.2380 ± 0.0592
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 54819

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) 5519.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 301
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00615
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01052
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 54819
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:52:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ASS.Z. 1987-09-06T04:00:01.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 260 1.1655 1.02 0.1
--.ARV.Z. 1987-09-06T03:59:54.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 284 0.9657 -0.14 0.8
--.ALP.Z. 1987-09-06T03:59:45.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 225 0.6882 -0.56 0.8
--.ASS.Z. 1987-09-06T03:59:43.12 10.0 undecidable manual PN 260 1.1655 -0.64 1
--.ARV.Z. 1987-09-06T03:59:40.75 10.0 undecidable manual PG 284 0.9657 0.07 2.1
--.ALP.Z. 1987-09-06T03:59:36.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 225 0.6882 0.56 1.3
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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