Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 09-09-1987 and time 00:42:49 (UTC) in region 4 km SW Torricella Sicura (TE)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Torricella Sicura (TE), on

  • 09-09-1987 00:42:49 (UTC)
  • 09-09-1987 02:42:49 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.6380, 13.6180 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
Torricella Sicura TE 4 2641 2641
Montorio al Vomano TE 6 8218 10859
Teramo TE 8 54892 65751
Cortino TE 9 656 66407
Rocca Santa Maria TE 9 537 66944
Tossicia TE 11 1406 68350
Basciano TE 11 2434 70784
Campli TE 11 7209 77993
Fano Adriano TE 12 296 78289
Colledara TE 12 2179 80468
Castel Castagna TE 13 500 80968
Penna Sant'Andrea TE 14 1698 82666
Pietracamela TE 14 271 82937
Valle Castellana TE 15 977 83914
Crognaleto TE 15 1297 85211
Cermignano TE 15 1649 86860
Canzano TE 15 1934 88794
Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia TE 15 4773 93567
Civitella del Tronto TE 16 5116 98683
Castellalto TE 17 7513 106196
Castelli TE 18 1159 107355
Bisenti TE 19 1952 109307
Bellante TE 20 7152 116459

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
37 Km NE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
55 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Foligno (57155 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
Md 2.2 1987-09-09
00:42:49
42.638 13.618 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 54969
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-09-09 00:42:49 ± 0.474
Latitude 42.6380 ± 0.0169
Longitude 13.6180 ± 0.0551
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 54969

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) 4884.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 185
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00130
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00890
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 54969
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:52:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ASS.Z. 1987-09-09T00:43:16.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 301 0.8214 -1.81 0.1
--.MNS.Z. 1987-09-09T00:43:15.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 250 0.7326 0.69 0.5
--.ARV.Z. 1987-09-09T00:43:10.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 330 0.9879 1.11 0.7
--.SDI.Z. 1987-09-09T00:43:07.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 171 0.9324 0.03 1.4
--.ASS.Z. 1987-09-09T00:43:05.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 301 0.8214 -0.81 0.9
--.MNS.Z. 1987-09-09T00:43:05.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 250 0.7326 1.83 0.3
--.AQU.Z. 1987-09-09T00:43:01.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 209 0.3219 -0.3 0.6
--.ALP.Z. 1987-09-09T00:42:56.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 345 0.1443 0 1
--.AQU.Z. 1987-09-09T00:42:55.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 209 0.3219 -0.81 1.1
--.ALP.Z. 1987-09-09T00:42:53.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 345 0.1443 -0.09 3.5
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