Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.8 on date 05-05-1985 and time 22:57:44 (UTC) in region 7 km E Norcia (PG)

A magnitude Md 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Norcia (PG), on

  • 05-05-1985 22:57:44 (UTC)
  • 06-05-1985 00:57:44 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.7770, 13.1820 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Norcia PG 7 4957 4957
Arquata del Tronto AP 10 1178 6135
Accumoli RI 11 667 6802
Castelsantangelo sul Nera MC 13 281 7083
Montegallo AP 14 523 7606
Cascia PG 15 3217 10823
Preci PG 16 724 11547
Cittareale RI 18 482 12029
Montemonaco AP 18 604 12633
Amatrice RI 19 2657 15290
Acquasanta Terme AP 19 2916 18206
Visso MC 19 1107 19313
Ussita MC 19 444 19757

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
50 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
51 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
74 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
94 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
97 Km S 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 1.8 1985-05-05
22:57:44
42.777 13.182 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 5909
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-05-05 22:57:44 ± 0.279
Latitude 42.7770 ± 0.0155
Longitude 13.1820 ± 0.0252
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 5909

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) 2680.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 134
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00251
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00478
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:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 5909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:10:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.AS1.Z. 1985-05-05T22:58:01.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 306 0.4773 -0.45 0.4
--.CM2.Z. 1985-05-05T22:57:59.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 356 0.4107 0.03 1
--.AS1.Z. 1985-05-05T22:57:56.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG? 306 0.4773 1.39 0
--.MNS.Z. 1985-05-05T22:57:55.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 223 0.5328 -0.16 1.4
--.CM2.Z. 1985-05-05T22:57:53.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 356 0.4107 -0.3 1.4
--.ALP.Z. 1985-05-05T22:57:51.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 89 0.2775 0.07 1.7
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