Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 12-04-1988 and time 05:26:49 (UTC) in region 2 km W Ortonovo (SP)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Ortonovo (SP), on

  • 12-04-1988 05:26:49 (UTC)
  • 12-04-1988 07:26:49 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.0850, 10.0230 at 5 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
Ortonovo SP 2 8277 8277
Castelnuovo Magra SP 2 8415 16692
Ameglia SP 6 4365 21057
Fosdinovo MS 6 4883 25940
Sarzana SP 6 21976 47916
Carrara MS 6 63133 111049
Lerici SP 9 10228 121277
Arcola SP 10 10607 131884
Massa MS 11 69479 201363
Santo Stefano di Magra SP 12 9360 210723
Vezzano Ligure SP 13 7356 218079
Montignoso MS 14 10323 228402
Aulla MS 15 11263 239665
Portovenere SP 15 3630 243295
Podenzana MS 15 2180 245475
Bolano SP 15 7813 253288
Follo SP 16 6337 259625
La Spezia SP 16 93959 353584
Minucciano LU 18 2102 355686
Casola in Lunigiana MS 18 988 356674
Forte dei Marmi LU 18 7510 364184
Tresana MS 18 2044 366228
Fivizzano MS 19 7925 374153
Seravezza LU 19 13073 387226

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km W of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
11 Km W of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
16 Km E of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
30 Km NW of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
47 Km NW of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
51 Km NW of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
100 Km W of Scandicci (50609 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.9
1988-04-12
05:26:49
44.085 10.023 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 66389
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-04-12 05:26:49 ± 0.405
Latitude 44.0850 ± 0.0252
Longitude 10.0230 ± 0.0285
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 66389

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) 3609.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 194
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00364
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01109
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 66389
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:02:52

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66389
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
--.PGD.Z. 1988-04-12T05:27:31.50 10.0 undecidable manual SN 99 1.2321 0.35 0.4
--.PGD.Z. 1988-04-12T05:27:15.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 99 1.2321 1.36 0.1
--.PII.Z. 1988-04-12T05:27:08.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 135 0.4995 -0.75 0.2
--.MME.Z. 1988-04-12T05:27:08.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 77 0.4995 -0.02 0.6
--.BDI.Z. 1988-04-12T05:27:05.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 93 0.3996 -0.79 0.2
--.BOB.Z. 1988-04-12T05:27:05.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 329 0.7881 -0.43 1.1
--.PII.Z. 1988-04-12T05:27:00.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 135 0.4995 -0.15 1.5
--.MME.Z. 1988-04-12T05:27:00.86 10.0 undecidable manual PG 77 0.4995 0.14 1.6
--.BDI.Z. 1988-04-12T05:26:59.80 10.0 negative manual PG 93 0.3996 0.01 3.2
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