Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 15-01-1988 and time 17:57:50 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Mercatello sul Metauro (PU)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Mercatello sul Metauro (PU), on

  • 15-01-1988 17:57:50 (UTC)
  • 15-01-1988 18:57:50 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.6690, 12.3470 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
Mercatello sul Metauro PU 2 1378 1378
Borgo Pace PU 4 606 1984
Sant'Angelo in Vado PU 5 4133 6117
Belforte all'Isauro PU 6 769 6886
Sestino AR 6 1355 8241
Piandimeleto PU 8 2167 10408
Lunano PU 10 1527 11935
Frontino PU 11 293 12228
Peglio PU 13 696 12924
Carpegna PU 13 1674 14598
Badia Tedalda AR 14 1087 15685
Apecchio PU 14 1882 17567
Urbania PU 14 7099 24666
Pietrarubbia PU 15 660 25326
Piobbico PU 16 2029 27355
Macerata Feltria PU 17 1990 29345
Sassocorvaro PU 17 3504 32849
Pennabilli RN 18 2869 35718
San Giustino PG 19 11297 47015
Montecopiolo PU 19 1128 48143
Sansepolcro AR 20 15884 64027
Monte Cerignone PU 20 669 64696

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km NE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
47 Km SW of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
53 Km S of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
53 Km SW of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
58 Km W of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
66 Km SE of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
78 Km SE of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
84 Km S of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Ancona (100861 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.9
1988-01-15
17:57:50
43.669 12.347 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 61069
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-01-15 17:57:50 ± 0.252
Latitude 43.6690 ± 0.0250
Longitude 12.3470 ± 0.0203
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 61069

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) 3228.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 100
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
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) 0.00259
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.02639
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 61069
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:58:11

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 61069
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
--.FVI.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:36.82 10.0 undecidable manual PN 5 2.9304 -0.8 0.5
--.CM8.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:16.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 128 0.7437 -0.41 0.8
--.ALP.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:16.86 10.0 undecidable manual PN 134 1.2543 2.34 0.1
--.MME.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:15.18 10.0 undecidable manual PN 294 1.2987 0.11 1.5
--.PII.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:15.87 10.0 undecidable manual PN 272 1.3098 0.5 1.3
--.BDI.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:15.77 10.0 undecidable manual PN 287 1.3098 0.37 1.4
--.ASS.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:13.57 10.0 undecidable manual SG 159 0.6327 -0.46 0.5
--.AM8.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:10.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 96 0.9102 1.74 0.5
--.PGD.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:09.15 10.0 undecidable manual SG 294 0.4995 -0.09 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:08.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 110 0.4551 -0.17 0.6
--.CM8.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:05.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 128 0.7437 -0.92 0.8
--.ASS.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:04.55 10.0 undecidable manual PG 159 0.6327 0.49 1.8
--.CRE.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:01.62 10.0 undecidable manual SG 260 0.2886 -0.13 0.7
--.ARV.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:00.26 10.0 undecidable manual PG 110 0.4551 -0.45 1.3
--.PGD.Z. 1988-01-15T17:58:00.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 294 0.4995 -0.45 1.6
--.CRE.Z. 1988-01-15T17:57:56.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 260 0.2886 -0.21 1.8
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