Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 11-09-1987 and time 00:33:08 (Italy) in region 1 km E Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 10-09-1987 22:33:08 (UTC)
  • 11-09-1987 00:33:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0130, 15.1440 at 5 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
Novara di Sicilia ME 1 1337 1337
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 4 1019 2356
Tripi ME 6 873 3229
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 4760
Basicò ME 9 612 5372
Antillo ME 10 919 6291
Furnari ME 10 3784 10075
Rodì Milici ME 11 2056 12131
Castroreale ME 11 2504 14635
Montalbano Elicona ME 11 2287 16922
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 20867
Falcone ME 13 2808 23675
Malvagna ME 13 733 24408
Motta Camastra ME 13 845 25253
Limina ME 14 836 26089
Terme Vigliatore ME 14 7395 33484
Roccafiorita ME 14 197 33681
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 15 3215 36896
Oliveri ME 15 2181 39077
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 39743
Moio Alcantara ME 15 717 40460
Mandanici ME 15 601 41061
Graniti ME 15 1492 42553
San Piero Patti ME 16 2915 45468
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 16 41583 87051
Mongiuffi Melia ME 17 600 87651
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 17 842 88493
Gallodoro ME 18 367 88860
Gaggi ME 18 3184 92044
Savoca ME 18 1732 93776
Librizzi ME 19 1660 95436
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 19 4650 100086
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 105489
Pagliara ME 19 1170 106659
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 107639
Merì ME 20 2338 109977

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
45 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.9
1987-09-10
22:33:08
38.013 15.144 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 55089
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-09-10 22:33:08 ± 0.181
Latitude 38.0130 ± 0.0255
Longitude 15.1440 ± 0.0174
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 55089

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) 3217.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 153
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00259
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01149
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 55089
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:53:02

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 55089
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
--.PZI.Z. 1987-09-10T22:33:43.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG 189 0.9657 0.9 0
--.GRI.Z. 1987-09-10T22:33:33.11 10.0 undecidable manual PN 50 1.2765 0.2 1.2
--.PZI.Z. 1987-09-10T22:33:27.52 10.0 undecidable manual PG 189 0.9657 -0.55 0.6
--.MNO.Z. 1987-09-10T22:33:23.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 257 0.3552 0.49 0.4
--.ATN.Z. 1987-09-10T22:33:19.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 60 0.2886 0.01 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 1987-09-10T22:33:16.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 257 0.3552 -0.23 1.8
--.ATN.Z. 1987-09-10T22:33:14.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 60 0.2886 0.02 2.1
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