Earthquake with magnitude of Md 3.5 on date 16-10-1988 and time 15:12:16 (UTC) in region Costa Greca Ionica (GRECIA)

A magnitude Md 3.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Greca Ionica (GRECIA), on

  • 16-10-1988 15:12:16 (UTC)
  • 16-10-1988 16:12:16 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 16-10-1988 17:12:16 (UTC +02:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Europe/Athens)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0390, 21.0630 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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 3.5
M 3.7
1988-10-16
15:12:16
38.039 21.063 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 78909
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-10-16 15:12:16 ± 0.312
Latitude 38.0390 ± 0.0312
Longitude 21.0630 ± 0.0226
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78909

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) 3993.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 180
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.01878
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.07860
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

Md:3.5

Field Value
Value 3.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 78909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:14:13

M:3.7

Field Value
Value 3.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 78909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 09:54:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PTJ.Z. 1988-10-16T15:14:23.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 337 8.7246 0.28 0.9
--.BSS.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:39.41 10.0 undecidable manual PN 303 5.5389 0.38 1.1
--.SGO.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:33.68 10.0 undecidable manual PN 303 5.106 0.48 1
--.ATN.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:23.70 10.0 undecidable manual PN 274 4.3956 0.26 1.3
--.BRT.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:18.71 10.0 undecidable manual PN 316 4.1292 -1.14 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:17.73 10.0 undecidable manual PN 273 3.9405 0.67 0.8
--.FE2.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:17.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 273 3.9072 0.36 1.3
--.CZI.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:16.88 10.0 undecidable manual PN 290 4.0182 -1.34 0.1
--.SKO.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:16.60 10.0 undecidable manual PN 5 3.9405 -0.49 1.1
--.VAY.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:10.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 20 3.4632 -0.23 1.4
--.LCI.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:07.90 10.0 undecidable manual PN 317 3.2301 -0.35 1.3
--.OHR.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:05.70 10.0 undecidable manual PN 357 3.0747 0.47 1.1
--.PLG.Z. 1988-10-16T15:13:04.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 39 2.9637 0.2 1.4
--.KZN.Z. 1988-10-16T15:12:55.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 15 2.331 0.82 0.6
--.ATH.Z. 1988-10-16T15:12:51.30 10.0 undecidable manual PN 92 2.0868 -0.36 1.3
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