Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 18-09-1987 and time 07:28:01 (UTC) in region 3 km NW Roaschia (CN)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Roaschia (CN), on

  • 18-09-1987 07:28:01 (UTC)
  • 18-09-1987 09:28:01 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.2920, 7.4390 at 9 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
Roaschia CN 3 107 107
Valdieri CN 4 935 1042
Roccavione CN 4 2761 3803
Moiola CN 5 234 4037
Gaiola CN 6 582 4619
Roccasparvera CN 6 741 5360
Borgo San Dalmazzo CN 6 12468 17828
Robilante CN 6 2306 20134
Entracque CN 6 774 20908
Valloriate CN 7 109 21017
Rittana CN 7 109 21126
Vignolo CN 8 2600 23726
Vernante CN 9 1178 24904
Boves CN 10 9835 34739
Cervasca CN 11 5013 39752
Bernezzo CN 11 4104 43856
Demonte CN 12 2003 45859
Valgrana CN 14 786 46645
Caraglio CN 14 6836 53481
Cuneo CN 15 56081 109562
Peveragno CN 15 5543 115105
Limone Piemonte CN 15 1485 116590
Monterosso Grana CN 16 505 117095
Montemale di Cuneo CN 17 241 117336
Aisone CN 18 248 117584
Beinette CN 19 3423 121007
Pradleves CN 19 250 121257
Chiusa di Pesio CN 20 3676 124933

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km SW of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
59 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
81 Km S of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
89 Km S of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Asti (76202 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 2.0 1987-09-18
07:28:01
44.292 7.439 9 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 55599
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-09-18 07:28:01 ± 0.077
Latitude 44.2920 ± 0.0064
Longitude 7.4390 ± 0.0390
Depth (km) 9 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 55599

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) 3184.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 131
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00073
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00502
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 55599
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:53:28
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.FIN.Z. 1987-09-18T07:28:22.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 98 0.555 0.42 0
--.IMI.Z. 1987-09-18T07:28:20.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 139 0.4995 0.12 0.5
--.FIN.Z. 1987-09-18T07:28:13.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 98 0.555 -0.22 0.6
--.IMI.Z. 1987-09-18T07:28:12.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 139 0.4995 -0.08 1.5
--.DOI.Z. 1987-09-18T07:28:12.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 326 0.2553 0.01 0.8
--.DOI.Z. 1987-09-18T07:28:07.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 326 0.2553 0.03 2
--.STV.Z. 1987-09-18T07:28:06.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 242 0.0777 -0.05 0.8
--.STV.Z. 1987-09-18T07:28:04.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 242 0.0777 0.08 1.8
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