Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 18-09-1987 and time 01:06:39 (UTC) in region 4 km S Santo Stefano d'Aveto (GE)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Santo Stefano d'Aveto (GE), on

  • 18-09-1987 01:06:39 (UTC)
  • 18-09-1987 03:06:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.5110, 9.4440 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
Santo Stefano d'Aveto GE 4 1126 1126
Rezzoaglio GE 5 995 2121
Borzonasca GE 11 2049 4170
Fontanigorda GE 12 277 4447
Tornolo PR 15 1010 5457
Mezzanego GE 15 1537 6994
Rovegno GE 15 554 7548
Bedonia PR 15 3482 11030
Ottone PC 15 516 11546
Montebruno GE 15 240 11786
Ferriere PC 16 1294 13080
Lorsica GE 16 468 13548
Gorreto GE 16 97 13645
Favale di Malvaro GE 16 466 14111
Fascia GE 18 81 14192
Compiano PR 18 1112 15304
Orero GE 18 565 15869
San Colombano Certenoli GE 19 2683 18552
Ne GE 19 2259 20811
Rondanina GE 19 62 20873
Varese Ligure SP 19 2059 22932
Coreglia Ligure GE 19 285 23217
Carasco GE 19 3733 26950
Cicagna GE 20 2502 29452
Cerignale PC 20 127 29579

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
54 Km NW of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
71 Km NW of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
78 Km SE of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
79 Km SE of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
96 Km NW of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 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
ML-VAX 1.5
1987-09-18
01:06:39
44.511 9.444 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 55579
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-09-18 01:06:39 ± 1.023
Latitude 44.5110 ± 0.0404
Longitude 9.4440 ± 0.0923
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 55579

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) 8587.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 241
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00227
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
Magnitudes information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 55579
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:53:27

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 55579
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
--.FIN.Z. 1987-09-18T01:07:13.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 251 0.9213 0.85 0.4
--.CKI.Z. 1987-09-18T01:07:07.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 264 0.8214 -1.54 0.1
--.IMI.Z. 1987-09-18T01:07:03.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 242 1.2543 -0.5 1.2
--.FIN.Z. 1987-09-18T01:06:59.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 251 0.9213 0.82 0.9
--.CKI.Z. 1987-09-18T01:06:56.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 264 0.8214 0.01 2
--.BOB.Z. 1987-09-18T01:06:49.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 0 0.2553 0.52 0.6
--.BOB.Z. 1987-09-18T01:06:44.69 10.0 undecidable manual PG 0 0.2553 -0.43 1.7
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