Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 17-05-1985 and time 10:39:46 (Italy) in region 4 km E Montefalco (PG)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Montefalco (PG), on

  • 17-05-1985 08:39:46 (UTC)
  • 17-05-1985 10:39:46 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.9050, 12.7020 at 10 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
Montefalco PG 4 5679 5679
Trevi PG 5 8469 14148
Foligno PG 6 57155 71303
Bevagna PG 8 5081 76384
Castel Ritaldi PG 9 3278 79662
Spello PG 10 8645 88307
Campello sul Clitunno PG 11 2442 90749
Gualdo Cattaneo PG 12 6155 96904
Giano dell'Umbria PG 13 3846 100750
Cannara PG 14 4305 105055
Valtopina PG 18 1398 106453
Sellano PG 19 1079 107532
Spoleto PG 19 38218 145750
Assisi PG 20 28299 174049
Vallo di Nera PG 20 364 174413
Cerreto di Spoleto PG 20 1075 175488

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km S of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
34 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
38 Km N of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Arezzo (99543 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 1985-05-17
08:39:46
42.905 12.702 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 6349
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-05-17 08:39:46 ± 0.412
Latitude 42.9050 ± 0.0180
Longitude 12.7020 ± 0.0463
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 6349

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) 4266.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 165
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) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00138
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00550
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 6349
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:10:43
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1985-05-17T08:40:07.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 181 0.5106 1.42 0.1
--.CM2.Z. 1985-05-17T08:40:03.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 48 0.4218 0.31 1.1
--.PO9.Z. 1985-05-17T08:40:02.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 151 0.3663 1.6 0.1
--.AR1.Z. 1985-05-17T08:39:59.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 16 0.6105 -0.51 1.3
--.MNS.Z. 1985-05-17T08:39:56.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 181 0.5106 -1.21 0.6
--.CM2.Z. 1985-05-17T08:39:55.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 48 0.4218 -0.34 1.8
--.AS1.Z. 1985-05-17T08:39:55.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 346 0.1554 0.96 0.4
--.PO9.Z. 1985-05-17T08:39:54.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 151 0.3663 -0.2 1.9
--.AS1.Z. 1985-05-17T08:39:51.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 346 0.1554 0.45 1.7
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