Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 29-10-1987 and time 00:27:25 (Italy) in region Confine Italia Svizzera (SVIZZERA)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Confine Italia Svizzera (SVIZZERA), on

  • 28-10-1987 23:27:25 (UTC)
  • 29-10-1987 00:27:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 46.2110, 7.8830 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
85 Km NW of Varese (80799 inhabitants)
93 Km NW of Gallarate (53343 inhabitants)
100 Km NW of Busto Arsizio (83106 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 2.2
M 2.3
1987-10-28
23:27:25
46.211 7.883 9 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 57819
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1987-10-28 23:27:25 ± 0.29
Latitude 46.2110 ± 0.0112
Longitude 7.8830 ± 0.0203
Depth (km) 9 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 57819

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) 1999.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 126
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.00146
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01441
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 57819
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:55:24

M:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 57819
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 09:42:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.LPG.Z. 1987-10-28T23:28:02.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 228 1.0656 0.63 0.2
--.LPL.Z. 1987-10-28T23:28:01.40 10.0 undecidable manual SN 229 1.0545 0.09 0.5
--.SLE.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:53.80 10.0 positive manual PN 14 1.5984 0.13 1.9
--.BNI.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:51.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 216 1.4319 0.55 0.6
--.ZLA.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:50.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 14 1.2987 0.89 0.2
--.ORO.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:46.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 173 0.5883 -0.03 0.8
--.LPG.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:46.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 228 1.0656 0.03 1.3
--.VDL.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:46.90 10.0 undecidable manual PN 75 1.1211 -0.18 1.2
--.LPL.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:45.90 10.0 undecidable manual PN 229 1.0545 -0.24 1.1
--.LLS.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:44.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 50 0.999 -0.89 0.2
--.VAI.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:39.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 118 0.6993 -0.48 0.8
--.ORO.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:37.20 10.0 positive manual PG 173 0.5883 -0.28 2.3
--.DIX.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:32.50 10.0 positive manual PG 248 0.3552 -0.63 1.2
--.MMK.Z. 1987-10-28T23:27:30.10 10.0 positive manual PG 160 0.1665 0.51 1.6
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