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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 3.4 on date 17-10-1988 and time 23:46:28 (UTC) in region Costa Greca Ionica (GRECIA)

A magnitude Md 3.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Greca Ionica (GRECIA), on

  • 17-10-1988 23:46:28 (UTC)
  • 18-10-1988 00:46:28 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 18-10-1988 01:46:28 (UTC +02:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Europe/Athens)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8880, 20.9680 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.

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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 3.4
M 3.7 		1988-10-17
23:46:28		 37.888 20.968 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 79059
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-10-17 23:46:28 ± 0.355
Latitude 37.8880 ± 0.0307
Longitude 20.9680 ± 0.0233
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 79059

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) 3975.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 186
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 34
Number of defining phases 34
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) 0.01910
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.09681
Number of stations at which the event was observed 32
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 32
Magnitudes information

Md:3.4

Field Value
Value 3.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 79059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:14:23

M:3.7

Field Value
Value 3.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 79059
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
--.KBA.Z. 1988-10-17T23:49:02.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 330 10.7448 0.6 0.7
--.LJU.Z. 1988-10-17T23:48:44.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 331 9.435 0.13 1
--.CEY.Z. 1988-10-17T23:48:39.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 329 9.2241 -1.41 0.2
--.ASS.Z. 1988-10-17T23:48:28.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 311 8.1474 1.76 0.1
--.ARV.Z. 1988-10-17T23:48:27.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 314 8.2584 -0.66 0.7
--.SOI.Z. 1988-10-17T23:48:10.95 10.0 undecidable manual SN 273 3.8628 0.23 0.6
--.SDI.Z. 1988-10-17T23:48:06.49 10.0 undecidable manual PN 306 6.6711 0.48 1
--.GRI.Z. 1988-10-17T23:48:06.30 10.0 undecidable manual SN 285 3.6741 0.09 0.6
--.DUI.Z. 1988-10-17T23:48:01.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 308 6.2493 0.9 0.7
--.USI.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:58.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 279 6.1494 -0.65 0.9
--.FG2.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:54.77 10.0 undecidable manual PN 312 5.9163 -0.79 0.8
--.BSS.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:49.88 10.0 undecidable manual PN 302 5.5389 -0.55 1.1
--.MGR.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:38.72 10.0 undecidable manual PN 299 4.7508 -0.88 0.8
--.BCI.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:36.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 350 4.5177 -0.33 1.3
--.ATN.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:33.74 10.0 undecidable manual PN 274 4.329 -0.04 1.5
--.SDA.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:33.40 10.0 undecidable manual PN 344 4.2624 0.54 1.2
--.TDS.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:31.11 10.0 undecidable manual PN 296 4.0071 1.77 0.1
--.BRT.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:30.78 10.0 undecidable manual PN 315 4.1847 -0.98 0.7
--.GA2.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:29.52 10.0 undecidable manual PN 274 4.0404 -0.3 1.4
--.CZI.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:28.88 10.0 undecidable manual PN 290 3.996 -0.27 1.4
--.PHP.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:28.40 10.0 undecidable manual PN 353 3.8073 1.8 0.1
--.FE2.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:27.68 10.0 undecidable manual PN 273 3.8406 0.68 1
--.SOI.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:26.58 10.0 undecidable manual PN 273 3.8628 -0.78 0.9
--.GRI.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:25.53 10.0 undecidable manual PN 285 3.6741 0.78 0.9
--.VAY.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:23.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 18 3.6408 -0.72 1
--.TIR.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:22.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 345 3.552 -0.53 1.2
--.SE2.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:22.18 10.0 undecidable manual PN 289 3.4965 -0.13 1.5
--.OHR.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:18.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 357 3.219 -0.32 2.7
--.LCI.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:18.92 10.0 undecidable manual PN 318 3.2856 -0.52 1.2
--.PLG.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:17.40 10.0 undecidable manual PN 36 3.1413 0.12 1.5
--.KBN.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:12.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 356 2.7306 0.25 1.4
--.KZN.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:08.70 10.0 undecidable manual PN 13 2.4864 0.27 1.4
--.ATH.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:04.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 86 2.1645 0.07 1.5
--.SRN.Z. 1988-10-17T23:47:03.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 338 2.1201 -0.18 1.4
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